Chapter Three: The Blessed Below - Episode 63

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Alright, guys, let's do a quick recap and then we're gonna open our scene at breakfast.
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What do you remember?
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Where are we?
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What's going on?
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What what revelations have transpired?
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Tate had a friendly chat with our maybe not shining purple-eyed friend.
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Tate still thinks they're shining though.
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And he learned quite a few things.
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Um, I don't remember last week that well, but that happens.
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Uh Mr.
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Purple Eyes knows a little bit about Divisio.
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He said that, and I believe Tate did reiterate most of this information to Birdie, uh, that Divisio had gained access and snuck into Sierra T at one point, but the only man that made it out was the sheriff.
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We also learned that the hole in the center of Sierra Ton is there's uh an entity in there of some kind, and the locals blessed below.
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Yeah, they refer to it as the blessed below, and they feed it uh either corpses or live people.
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Live people, they throw people into it, and it essentially shits out the green gems.
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Yep.
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Now, I don't think we got clarification on whether they provide a gem and then it infuses it, or if it actually creates a gem and spits it out.
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They mine the gems.
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They mine the gems.
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So it is one with the earth theoretically, and it's exclusions.
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Excretions.
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Excretions.
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Got that.
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Got that.
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It's exclusive.
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Excretions uh are the gems.
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Which probably have like life force in them somehow.
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Which is why we would get healed if we had one on us and we were injured.
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Yeah.
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Purple eye and Tate Clay made a plan to sneak in to Ciratin.
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That's right.
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Yeah, underground uh cavern.
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Underground caves.
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Yep.
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Uh he wanted that there's some people that are pretty hard to sneak around and hide from in there.
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But he worked with Birdie a little bit to create a plan to create a distraction.
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Yes, and I believe that distraction involves copious amounts of TNT.
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TNT and fire and gunshots and one more time.
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Prrr.
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Yeah.
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Exactly.
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Then we went and we went to see uh our two friends.
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Yep.
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Uh Fontaine and Zorsen.
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Zorsen's in the hospital.
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Yep, and then we agreed to meet Fontaine for breakfast.
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Yep.
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We definitely have Zorsen with a gem, one of the green stones.
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And and what else he'd mentioned, you know, Divisio had called for help.
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There was a train car of Divisio thugs and or recruits or hired muscle in route to uh where we're at right now, the name of the town.
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What short tree falls?
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So with any luck, there'll be a sticker, a few sticks of dynamite or two missing.
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That's right.
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Who was gonna go do that?
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Uh Purple Eye.
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That's right.
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I haven't quite given him a name yet.
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Purple eye works for now.
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Better than Pink Eye.
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Um True.
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I don't know.
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Scratch your face and find out.
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So yeah, they uh Purple Eye is going to attempt to sabotage the tracks to delay uh the Divisio reinforcements.
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Maybe.
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Maybe.
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Yep.
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He was worried about the ramifications.
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Mm-hmm.
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And uh and then we left the hospital and said that we would meet Fontaine for breakfast.
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Weren't you at one point going to send a telegraph?
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Uh to to uh what's her what's her name again?
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Heidi.
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Yeah, to Heidi Ripplinger.
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Yes, uh, that's where we left off.
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Birdie was on his way to send that telegram, and then we were gonna go.
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I don't know what what Bertie and Tate's plans for the afternoon were.
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Yeah, I think we forgot to mention in an in a recap a few weeks ago, but uh we had a conversation with Zorsen off-screen and we gave him some more information, like where we're staying and stuff like that.
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Somebody called out a uh uh uh continuity error in the Discord.
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Did they?
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Yeah, so yes.
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That's our that's our in-universe explanation.
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There you go.
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Boom.
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Suck it.
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Hell yeah.
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Um that person's uh uh trying to make a Minecraft world based on Apollo's cradle.
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That's fucking cool.
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So shout out that person.
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I gotta send them a map.
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Yes.
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Uh so I think we were gonna send the telegraph and then probably go and play with dynamite for a little bit to get everything ready for the potential assault on Sierra Torrow.
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Okay.
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Uh let's kind of fast forward past the uh telegram to Heidi.
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What what would it say?
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Uh we would uh provide we would we needed to look up something specific.
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It had to do with Divisio, the dude with the white suit.
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Nope.
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You're what we were originally gonna send was the letter and see if they could decipher it.
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That's what it was.
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But we deciphered that.
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You were just gonna send an update and say Zwarsen's injured, yada yada yada yada.
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And then I don't know if there's anybody in Duluth or somebody that can get here soon.
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I think that yeah, that was it.
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Yeah, if we have any other reinforcements that we can call on, please come.
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Okay.
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That's that's the only information you're giving her is Zwarsen is injured and but alive.
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But alive.
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Um severe threat.
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Yeah, I'm trying to think if there is something else we want to send.
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I mean, she can do research for you guys, she can look for help, you know.
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Um, we could uh mention like Divisio Army incoming.
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Uh we don't have to telegram guys in in Divisio, but uh uh you can badge your way away around that.
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Good man.
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Um I think Bertie would also add uh the info that we have heard about the blessed below and have her look into anything similar that they've heard of in the past to see if there's you know, if they've ran into something similar or heard something, like, you know, do they have a potential solution to it?
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Tate would want it to be known to HQ that Davisio pulled favors and has a small army coming.
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Yes.
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What's the what's the Zorsen's boss's name again?
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Fuck that guy.
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Uh Winston Churchill or some shit.
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Shit, I forgot his name.
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Starts with a C.
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His name is Commissioner Alborn.
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Commissioner Alborne.
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Alborne.
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Yeah, the C as the Commissioner.
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Yep.
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Yes, and you'll have this.
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You'll fight them from the trenches and fight them from the beachers.
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Overnight, Tate would have uh wired a couple sticks of dynamites together into bundles.
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Okay.
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Connected the fuses.
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That way he has like a I don't know.
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You see all the cartoons?
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There's one in the middle, and then it's just surrounded with like an octagon of and it's a big bundle.
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More power in a blast.
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Okay.
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Write that down in your inventory.
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I am Okay.
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Nothing about the man in white to Heidi.
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Oh, we should probably send the name.
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And uh Jay Callaway leading third organization.
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Yep, man in white, suspect.
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Description and extreme threat.
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I believe tied to um all that is written.
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That was the title of our second adventure, right?
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So let it be written.
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So let it be written.
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Um that was White Birch.
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White Round.
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White round.
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White round.
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White Birch is a golf course.
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Oh, wow.
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Hey, I got my golf cart from a golf course.
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Hell yeah.
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An old man that snowbirds and lives in a golf course just north of Big Lake.
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That's kind of awesome.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so like I said, we're gonna fast forward through the telegraph section.
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You're sending Heidi an update, right?
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Sworsen is injured, but he is stable.
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Uh Davisio is like super active, pulling favors.
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There's gonna be a small army headed this way.
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Uh research the Blessed Below a little bit, see if there's anything that matches that description elsewhere, uh, and look into Jake Halloway, the man in white.
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And uh and also if Ajah's available.
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Oh, I know what you're talking about.
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Um second.
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Ajaya.
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If Ajaya is available, bring artillery.
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Uh because it's like super late at night, you guys don't get a reply right away, but they're leaving a message.
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There's a telegraph like at the HQ, right?
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Yeah, yeah, Ricardo man's that.
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So it would be going straight to them.
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I guess I don't know how that would work in this time period if it's like a late night telegraph.
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We'll just say like, oh, he'll send the wire in the morning, you know, when they pick up.
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I think they had like recording devices.
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It's called paper.
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You know, they would just that it would put the dots and the dashes onto a piece of paper.
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I don't think they printed like that though.
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I don't know.
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I don't think I'm sure they would write out the message and they would translate it with with uh Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm saying.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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But like uh what I'm imagining is they probably would like check to make sure there's someone on the other end to receive there's green gems that heal people.
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The HQ can have something that gets a message.
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If it's a historical, somebody let me know in the comment section.
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But what I'll say is they're gonna check for to see if someone's on the other end.
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If they're not, then they'll they'll wait to send the message until there is.
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Magic.
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Magic.
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Yeah.
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Say four bundles of dynamite seem fair.
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Sure.
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And that's the well, you bought a shit ton of dynamite on the government's dollars.
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There were two boxes.
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Yeah.
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Tate and Bertie are at different tables.
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In a perfect world.
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Just kidding.
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Men like me would not exist.
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But this is not a perfect world.
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Where were you, December 17th, 1966?
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Potion seller.
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I require your strongest potions.
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You could not handle my strongest potions.
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They're too strong for you.
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Okay.
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I'm so glad you enjoyed that.
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I hate you too.
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With love.
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I hate you too with love.
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You've seen that video, right?
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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You know that guy's uh right, he wrote the newest Spider-Man movie?
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How am I gonna know if he's a righty or a lefty?
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Alright.
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Jumping out the window.
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Okay.
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Please.
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So we open our scene.
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Birdie and Tate.
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You're not actually at different tables, are you?
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No.
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Okay.
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They're grabbing breakfast.
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Fontaine is with them, and this is Warsen as well.
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Let me rewind a little bit.
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Tate and Bertie are sitting at a table drinking coffee, steaming, bags under their eyes.
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It's been a very busy couple of days.
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The diner's not terribly busy.
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Some people wander around eating their eggs.
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Fontaine walks in through the door.
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They recognize him right away, despite him wearing a slight cigar, slight disguise.
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This time he's got mutton chops.
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And a cigarette in his mouth.
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Behind him walks in Swarsen.
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Oh, hell yeah.
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Morning, Z.
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You see Fontaine around?
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Morning.
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Yeah, uh, I know actually.
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It's a little bit rough, but a lot better.
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Well, good to see you on your feet.
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Alright, gents.
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What's the plan?
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What's the status of the gem you had on you?
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He pulls it out of his pocket and sets it on the table, kind of cupping his hands so the rest of the place can't see it.
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But those at the table can.
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It's completely dim.
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Pale.
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See, that's that's what they do.
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They help you out a bit.
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Probably depends how big or how many.
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And probably should have given you more than one.
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Well, all their uh life for uh power's gone.
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They don't.
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Yeah.
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I had some gnarly dream though.
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Like you were inside something.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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Yep.
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Same here.
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Welcome back to the field, I guess.
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Thanks.
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So well, we got that taken care of.
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What's the plan next?
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We're Fontaine filled me in a little bit.
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Well, sent uh sent a wire to Heidi.
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Um but it was late, so we didn't get a response yet.
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So after this this plate here, I was gonna run up and see if we got a response.
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All right.
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Basically said, you know, we're in a bit of a situation here, and could definitely use a bit more support if any's available.
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I haven't mentioned, you know, letting Ajaya come up with a bit more, you know, something a little more sturdy.
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Yeah.
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What's the chance you got any non-commissioned friends around?
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Or any more non-commissioned friends around.
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Well, uh, what do you think, Fontaine?
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We had that one guy in St.
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Paul we worked with.
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Yeah, I don't know if I trust him though.
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I mean, keep his mouth shut about something like this.
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I think it's gonna have to just be the four of us, fellas.
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Five.
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Just then Deputy, it was piles, right?
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And Deputy Brissick, Copkins, Copkins, Cockkins.
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Just then, Deputy Cockins bursts into the diner.
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He asks the hostess some questions, and the hostess points over to you.
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He quickly jaunts over, pulls up a ta chair from another table, sits down.
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Hey uh guys.
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Uh how you guys read the paper yet today?
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Or anything?
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I don't know, heard the news?
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It's probably the news I was told to expect.
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Well, told to expand you why don't you fill us in?
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Well, uh last night there was a huge string of disappearances.
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We've been busier than all hell.
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People knocking on our doors, whole area.
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Crowing County.
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I I mean, there's at least seven people reported missing.
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That's the first we heard of it.
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All in one night.
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Usually same description, uh the hoods, middle of the night, taken violently if they had to.
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Tate's gonna look over at Birdie and Lot happened really fast, huh?
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Lotta happening really fast.
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Was there any kind of pattern?
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Just uh I don't know.
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It's too early.
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Yeah.
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Couple here, couple there.
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I mean, can we load up a couple horses?
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Yeah, I'm sure we can load up a few horses, yeah.
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What are you thinking?
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Thinking we gotta move pretty fast.
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So you know what?
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We know what's gonna happen.
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They're gonna throw those poor folks in.
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Tate slowly nods his head.
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You heard about the firefight out, uh Yeah, yeah, we heard about that.
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Firefight?
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Is that you guys?
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Talking about uh what West of town?
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Ammerhurst?
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Yep.
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Yeah, we heard about that.
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He pauses for a moment.
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There's like a knowingness to his his eyes.
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Okay.
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Well, and then I'll take it it's settled.
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Part of it is uh biggest fish to fry is a you know a jaunt a bit northeast of here.
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Okay.
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Uh well I'll get some horses.
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Uh four, five?
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Uh who load the horses and let's get half a dozen if you can.
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Why don't you load the deputies that care too?
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Alright, yeah, I can do that.
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Maybe I don't know if this is the best idea, but we might have men in the family that care and have a gun.
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You talking like a militia?
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More heads on one side.
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Uh Z, what do you think?
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Uh I don't like it, but I'd rather keep civilians off the books if possible.
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Civilians, I guess, as far as they go or going to get their own kin back, not getting inside of where we gotta go.
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How much how much Fontaine tell you about his plan?
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No, I didn't tell him, eh uh very well.
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He didn't tell me.
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I mean I'm sneaking in.
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The help of one of Creed's associates.
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To Sierriton?
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Tate nods his head, yes.
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Alright.
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I'm gonna need as big of a diversion on the other side of that wall as I can get.
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We got some contraband we can use too.
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Wait, if we keep individuals that want to get their families back, far enough away, but still.
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popping a few shots in some direction.
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It's gonna sound a lot better than just five or six guns shooting that way.
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Allegedly they got individuals in there with uh rain baguette half baguette it took what it took what to take him down?
00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.759
Who's he talking to right now?
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Kind of looking over at uh it's worse than mainly but our group of the other three.
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I think I see what you're saying here.
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No.
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See we wouldn't have to swear anyone in per se.
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But uh deputy if we could you know kinda let some folks know who don't know like maybe they need to make it uh make their way over to you know our mutual area northeast of here and that's where they're gonna find their folks maybe to show up ready to dance.
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We wanted to know that if you had to do that that might be a better idea.
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But clearly they're having you're also adding folks who you know ain't gonna follow a plan or anything.
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I mean they could just as easily mess this whole thing up.
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Yeah well the it might not follow a plan but they'll follow a crowd I'd rather not be in a crowd.
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Yeah you've seen the Arabs though they all stick together that's a lot of collateral damage.
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I mean what happens if they let loose into a crowd now you got I mean seven people missing and then you got I don't know twelve dead try to get my kids back yeah I don't know I think Deputy if you can wrestle up a few of your uh compatriots I mean I know I could wrestle up about three I mean two or three we got the munitions I think we we can make we can make a lot of noise especially with uh you know our other acquisition so what you got in that armory over there deputy why don't I show you easier tape eats the last bite of egg off of his plate pushes it forward and stands up and you go take a peek at that maybe we gotta hash out a plan here seeing how you're gonna be running solo is like maybe we can figure out a a good game plan to get you covered while you're doing that.
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Tate's gonna look over the three of them four of them uh Fontaine Birdie and Deputy Copins and Fontaine and Swordson yeah yeah just the three of them out of your three who we reckon's the best shot you mean precision Tate nods is he I'm not the worst probably me yeah that I wouldn't argue that yeah probably means just pass off the prize possession to you for a little bit oh I got something might be you birdie uh fine fine I'll take it I think we might trade my bench actually yeah that makes a lot of sense I'm sitting in the bench I don't like it selfish like that but yeah that old rat a tat has got some got some beat to it it does does you you get you get comfy with it and then uh go without but I'll make do cheap alright Tate goes to follow the deputy deputy walks off uh we'll get to that hopefully they got a Gatling gun doubtful they have a maxim a belt fed maximum Browning 40 calway are we from uh uh uh Ripley it would have been active back then yeah I don't know when it began to be honest I think it was it's Google when did Camp Ripley or Fort Ripley I think they're calling it now 1848?
00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:47.920
There we go guaranteed there's a Gatlin gun there but is there one in Short Tree Falls?
00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.559
Who knows?
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God bless America Okay I guess let's so we'll start with you we'll get your your little scene out of the way and then we'll do his he walks you to the sheriff's office opens the door there's a flight of stairs under a trapdoor toward the back there's a cage with some lockers bags shelves shelves full of ammo bags full of small arms some look a little beat up a little rusty sees all kinds of things mostly six shooters a couple derringers knives confiscated weapons inside the lockers are bigger firearms bolt action rifles a semi-automatic shotgun a couple of those some handguns nothing too crazy though what's the chance of this sheriff department getting a cart no easy real easy I want some lumber oh I see what you're doing yeah we can get that how about we got a barricade on a cart maybe even a mobile barricade pole behind it provide some cover a little few windows in it we could even make it seem like there's more of us see and he grabs a shotgun down no he doesn't do that he grabs a few of the sparse semi-automatic weapons down and he sets them like on a table all facing the same direction evenly spaced apart sitting up like it was shouldered what if we were to somehow mount this to a piece of wood and then take some fish and liners and all roll for the triggers one liner and shoots five six guns at once wouldn't hit nothing but it would sure suppress and do some damage I don't know try it I'll take it to the local craftsman guild can you can you rush I don't think I need to tell you but we're out of time I'll see what I can do I'll see what I can do I'll see if I can wrangle some other stuff too but this is what we you know small town like this let's try that maybe we can get a couple of cards with some barricades or something saw the landscape around there right is it a big open field and then the walls there's a it's forest with the walls but the the they've cleared out like uh 50 yards away from the walls are are like cleared out so there's at least some cover if we're trying to assault this.
00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:13.119
Yeah okay little bit yeah I mean you yeah if you're 51 yards away you could get behind a tree.
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He's estimating they are yeah you could do that yeah yeah something to something to give us a little more cover and the bodies that you can would I think it's important we I haven't been there myself I've been near it but that is a pretty wooded area.
00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:39.119
This will need to be able to fit at least a small you know trail cart trail.
00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.799
Can't be too wide is all I'm saying.
00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:46.960
Yeah this is right but the way things sound is there cart carts in and out of there all the time.
00:30:47.279 --> 00:31:05.359
Right trading type air quotes trading we could throw a couple logs on the sides of a cart whatever gives us a better y'all a better chance.
00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:21.200
What if we pulled it most of the way once we got close enough pushed it from behind keep the horses out of the way probably a smart decision.
00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:44.240
Alright maybe maybe if we take some semblance of how they used to do things over across the waters and all that something to protect people like a small roof or something even if it ain't gonna stop a bullet it's gonna stop some vision.
00:31:46.240 --> 00:32:22.880
Yeah well let's load some bags up we got an octa octopus we got an octopus oh fuck that's eight we gotta act faster Maybe if you figure all these disturbances and Well all my other guys are busy right now dealing with those disappearances so how about this I trust you enough down here I'll I'll go get the rest taken care of.
00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:30.400
I'll work here and clearing out a cult that's disturbing people looks pretty good on the ballot for the next sheriff.
00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:39.200
And well the way I see it towns like this can use someone that actually gives a shit.
00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.960
There's a lot to think about.
00:32:45.440 --> 00:33:11.680
Well just uh I trust you'll lock the door when you're done and I'll be back as soon as I can I'll be here swap or up unless you wanna I mean I described what all the guns were and everything and you know he can he can stuff a big bag full of he stuffs a bag full of a ton of yeah yeah and and starts working on getting some sort of covering concealment ready.
00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:18.480
Yeah yeah yeah I like that idea of having like a like a semi-armored you know cart or whatever.
00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:24.400
I mean you gotta remember Tate's would assault places on a little rowboat.
00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:51.839
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah so he's kind of got the he's making a landship no cover around you how do I get here to there while people are shooting at me so Fontaine and Zwarsen are at the table still with Bertie what what are they discussing?
00:33:53.359 --> 00:34:21.360
Uh let's do it in character so he's getting a bunch of guns from the sheriff's office potentially what's our plan here we're gonna knock on the door say hey we're coming in they say no we post up and start shooting at the walls yeah see that's what we need to figure out because that that just sounds like an open declar uh declaration of war.
00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:32.719
Yeah um and it might come to that but at a minimum i I don't really want to be the one to walk up to them doors and knock on it.
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:37.920
You know we have a we have it on pretty good authority that they're aware of us.
00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.960
Right.
00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:48.400
And because they just did a uh coordinated snatch and grab this night means they're very much aware that we're coming.
00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:52.159
Or it's unrelated but I highly doubt it.
00:34:53.199 --> 00:35:01.760
So I don't know like we want to get their attention focused outward so they're not looking inward.
00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:09.199
No only a fool would think that they wouldn't guard those caverns that lead to the place.
00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.679
Right.
00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:20.880
But if we make a lot of noise up top well maybe they'll pull whoever's guarding that off to come man the wall I've never seen the place before I've never been there.
00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:23.440
I don't know what we're coming to expect.
00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:30.320
I don't know if the woods go right up to the wall or if there's a mile wide clearing you know just a straight killing field.
00:35:32.000 --> 00:37:37.119
So a little bit got a good look at the place didn't he from a balloon actually yeah that's right he did and he drew a little map too thank you it's been it's been a long couple days yeah um yeah let's look at his uh Fontaine wipes his forehead he's kind of red and sweating how you doing fine fine a cup of coffee or something uh yeah he reaches for a cup of course birdie notices his hand is wrapped up from that bite you got yourself checked out right yeah of course okay well you know we'd want we wouldn't want you going rabbit on us now yeah no we're fine let's look at this map all right uh Charlie forgets what the map looked like so there's uh small like uh like village right with a wooden wall around it uh I don't know how much detail he would have put into it but I assume he would have like described all this to you little hilly in the area not terribly so but little hilly uh big hole in the very center uh of the village and then there's maybe about 50 yards of clearance between the walls and the forest where it's it it looks probably manually uh cleared out yeah they chopped down a bunch of trees to make the palisade right got it so best we can figure they got a wooden palisade up with a couple towers on it they got a gate at least one gate I didn't see evidence of another one so as far as I can tell there's one way in and one way out without making a new entrance out baggage the way these towers are spaced to me seems like whoever built them didn't really know what they were doing didn't like study siege craft or anything because there are a couple blind spots.
00:37:39.440 --> 00:38:03.679
Yeah so you know I always try to empathize with those I'm gonna tangle with right you know put myself in their shoes try to think the way they think and if I was in Sierra in charge of defending it I would assume that whatever's coming is going to come for those front doors.
00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.039
Right?
00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:16.719
And uh I think one way to really stir the pot it does actually I mean like it doesn't look it does look like there was thought to where the towers were put.
00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:40.800
You know maybe there's a little blind spot here and there but and that was me like seeing if you'd like yeah yeah yeah well because I'm thinking about it um it does look like a really old style of fort at least you know like something that would have been made like you know during the Civil War or something like that like the 1860s.
00:38:41.119 --> 00:39:02.559
Absolutely yeah I can imagine it um there's gonna be towers on the corners no curved walls a lot of straight walls and you know yeah they're yeah they're they're straight and then they take a turn and then they're straight and then they take a turn so it's it's I don't know how many sides it would have but it's it's not a perfect circle.
00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:04.960
Yeah or a square or rectangle.
00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:22.559
Yeah yeah but from what I'm thinking looking at this drawing here of the map if we can somehow get their attention over here and go place a good amount of this dynamite at this section of the wall over here.
00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:50.559
If you think you're safe because you got this wall around you and then suddenly there's a big old hole in it you know not in the way you're looking well that's gonna draw a lot of attention right so I think I think us making another breach in the wall can uh I think that'll do a lot to really confuse and so chaos.
00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.239
Yeah.
00:39:52.719 --> 00:40:01.599
I'm not suggesting we storm the breach okay we're we definitely don't have the numbers for an assault um but if they think there's one coming.
00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:15.679
Well even if we're taking pot shots at 'em I mean you know from a distance as long as we make sure to fend off something that comes out of that gate.
00:40:16.400 --> 00:41:00.800
Oh like a like a Sally something yeah yeah that's that's always a possibility I mean we don't know what kind of numbers they got in there we can estimate uh I think the estimate I read was somewhere around 200 give or take yeah so if you have 200 folks then you figure you know probably 30 of them are kids 30 of them are old right half men half women and they're people you know it's not like they're all soldiers or anything so you know we could easily find ourselves encountering a group of a hundred folks you know able to bear arms just because they can bear an arm doesn't mean they're gonna be proficient with it.
00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:21.679
Right and I don't know about you guys I'm not trying to not try to rush across the lawn and get in there necessarily right we are going to have to try to figure out some way of signaling between Tate and ourselves because eventually we do have to go in there.
00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.719
Right?
00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:47.679
Well the objective the objective is to blow the hole blow the hole and get out I don't think we're trying to clear I mean let's say we get seven guys in there we're not arresting a hundred and fifty people no that's blow the hole come back when we have numbers we gotta we gotta get Tate a good backpack.
00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:59.440
You know it's hard to tell exactly how big that hole is you know he was up in one of the balloons but I'm thinking a backpack full of dynamite it's probably a good start.
00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:14.480
Yeah well that's his plan that is his plan all right well let's reconvene white I got some things to get out of my bag when are we doing this planning on it?
00:42:14.800 --> 00:44:03.840
Well uh we were gonna begin moving and getting everything set up tonight but because they just pulled in a bunch of folks I think I don't want to go there during the day no of course not yeah that's that's dumb uh so I think tonight's the night we move yeah I think so all right well I'll head back to my place you'll head back we'll we'll get our stuff get ready uh meet at the sheriff's yeah yeah let's meet at the sheriff's all right uh you'll check the telegram and uh all right perfect all right guys then uh see you at the sheriff's and what time is it it's breakfast right yeah I say uh nine sure whatever you guys may have set a time uh last episode I maybe it was nine I don't remember it doesn't matter that much about nine a yeah all right well I'll go take care of some stuff and uh I'll meet you there say around lunchtime all right we'll do all right in a few hours then be safe you too the two get up throw some dollar bills down sees the amount that Fontaine puts on the table and throws an extra dollar on there Fontaine's a bad tipper they leave Bertie's heading to the telegraph the train station mailbox thing correct he gets there What does that reply say?
00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:09.199
Very short, very simple.
00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:14.320
Information received looking into it.
00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:44.480
This was the response we received from the telegraph.
00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:51.440
Can you show me what you said?
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:55.599
He shuffles through some papers and shows it to you.
00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:57.440
That's exactly what you wrote.
00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:02.800
And you sent it to this number.
00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.480
And that response came from that number.
00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:11.199
And you were able to verify that.
00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:21.360
Or wait, hold on.
00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:22.559
Let me see that.
00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.599
Let me roll an intuition or something.
00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:33.199
Okay.
00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.400
Okay.
00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:42.719
Yeah, this kid just seems like a bit of a dummy.
00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:46.719
I'm gonna look at the new message.
00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.280
Okay.
00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:02.239
How bad is it worse?
00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:46.639
I'd like to send a reply.
00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:47.599
Okay.
00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.840
Good to hear.
00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:53.760
Big Z's on his feet.
00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:58.400
Right then, Bertie hears a train coming.
00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:01.199
A train horn sounds in the distance.
00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:04.639
Bertie's gonna turn around and look.
00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:06.400
How far away?
00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:07.760
Not that far.
00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:10.000
Take this down quick.
00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:11.519
Okay.
00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:12.320
Okay.
00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:13.280
Good to hear.
00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:15.440
Big Z is on his feet.
00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:17.519
Big Big Z?
00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:18.159
Big Z.
00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.960
Letter Z.
00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:19.360
Yep.
00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:20.880
Is on his feet.
00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:23.840
More to follow.
00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:31.760
Birdie's gonna flip a dime at him and get the hell out of him.
00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:33.280
Fell out of his hand.
00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:35.920
Make sure to send that as soon as possible.
00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:41.840
As he's walking out the door, the door swings open.
00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:54.159
A very, very tall man, dark skinned, bald, with purple eyes, looks down at Bertie.
00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:58.559
Is your name Bertie Johnson?
00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:00.320
It is.
00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:01.599
Hubert?
00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.880
That's it.
00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:05.039
Let's talk.
00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:05.679
Okay.
00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:08.159
Have a seat.
00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:10.719
Maybe we should talk elsewhere.
00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:13.599
Birdie's hand is on his gun.
00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:20.079
Roll a uh, I don't know, like a bravery check.
00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:22.960
What what what would add what would work with that?
00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:24.480
What's compatible with that?
00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:25.760
Hmm.
00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:29.199
What would you roll to not be intimidated?
00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:30.719
That's what I'm looking at.
00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:42.000
Um, I have an intimidate.
00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:43.760
I guess roll it back.
00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:45.519
Roll roll your intimidate, I guess?
00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:46.079
I don't know.
00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:47.199
Alright.
00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:50.719
Shit, that's a nerd.
00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:53.039
Well, let me see your sheet real quick.
00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:53.360
Okay.
00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:55.679
You can keep the roll, but let me see your sheet.
00:48:55.920 --> 00:49:00.239
How about uh oh, power! You'd roll power.
00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:01.199
Willpower, right?
00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:02.559
That makes sense, doesn't it?
00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:03.760
Uh, sure.
00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:08.159
Well, I mean, if somebody's trying to intimidate me.
00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:10.320
Like he has an intimidating presence.
00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:14.960
I think it would be a.
00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:16.880
Yeah, willpower I'll roll a willpower.
00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:18.079
Okay, yeah.
00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.559
85.
00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:21.679
Over.
00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:24.719
What's 50.
00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:28.639
Bertie is very nervous.
00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:36.800
Very, like, I don't want to say frightened, but Yeah, he he is definitely not comfortable around this man right now.
00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:40.079
Yeah, he feels like he could seriously hurt him if he tried.
00:49:40.239 --> 00:49:43.199
Like, this guy could hurt Bertie if he tried.
00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:48.239
Well, how about we get out of here and go talk somewhere else?
00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:50.719
This will be quick.
00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:52.480
Let's sit down.
00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:54.480
You see what's out there?
00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:57.199
Yes.
00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:01.920
I'd really rather not be here when that gets here.
00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:04.159
Well.
00:50:07.199 --> 00:50:13.280
I'm going to give you two options, and I'll leave you on your day.
00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:23.599
I know that you and your friends are very curious about our way of life.
00:50:26.719 --> 00:50:30.880
I beseech you to leave your curiosity at just that.
00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:40.000
But you've been contacted by a young man.
00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:42.719
Alexander.
00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:50.079
Go on.
00:50:53.199 --> 00:50:56.079
He is of interest to us.
00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:57.280
Very important.
00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:10.639
We'll have rewards you could not imagine.
00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:14.480
What's the option two?
00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:27.519
Well.
00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:34.320
Your curiosity would be beyond satiated.
00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:39.280
Have a good day.
00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:40.719
You two.
00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:44.320
And he walks out.
00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:49.440
Just as the train brakes start to wind.
00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.840
Bertie's gonna kinda gather himself.
00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:57.840
Make sure to send the telegram.
00:51:58.480 --> 00:51:59.840
Who was that guy?
00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:01.440
Just send the telegram.
00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:02.480
ASAN.
00:52:05.519 --> 00:52:08.480
Bertie's leaving the train station very fast.
00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:10.480
He's not running.
00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:11.360
Yeah, right?
00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:13.119
But he's locked in with a purpose.
00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:17.599
Like he doesn't want to stand out in the crowd, but he's definitely like I don't want to be here.
00:52:18.320 --> 00:52:21.119
The train is like stopping, right?
00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:23.440
And he can see through the windows.
00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:27.840
He recognizes military uniforms.
00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:30.000
A lot of them.
00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:30.880
Okay.
00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:33.519
Or that's where we'll end this episode.
00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:34.800
Jesus.
00:52:50.800 --> 00:52:53.599
Hello everybody, it's me, Cody Zen.
00:52:54.480 --> 00:53:01.760
I'm here to talk to you about um everything happening in the world.
00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:03.199
No, I'm just kidding.
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How's it going, everybody?
00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:34.559
Um, it's your boy Cody here to chit-chat with you all a little bit, you know, and tell you about, as you already know, the merch store and the Discord and the yada yada.
00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:36.960
Chip, go buy a t-shirt or something if you want.
00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:43.519
I mean, you know, maybe leave a comment, leave a review, a review, leave a thumbs up, you know, or a subscribe, whatever.
00:53:43.599 --> 00:53:45.280
You know what the what do the kids say?
00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:45.920
That's what they say.
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Like and subscribe.
00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.920
That's what the kids say.
00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:59.280
They say follow me on, follow me on uh Twitter, uh follow me on Blue Sky, follow me on Reddit, follow me on Reddit, like all my Reddit post, share my Reddit post to your grandma.
00:53:59.360 --> 00:54:00.719
I don't fucking know, you know.
00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:01.920
I don't do that shit.
00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:05.360
I try not to, you know, it's it's a fucking mind suck.
00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:12.960
The uh social media, you know, and and if you don't know about this thing, there's a thing it's called mimetic warfare.
00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:15.360
If you've never heard about that, you should look that up.
00:54:15.519 --> 00:54:21.840
It's the, I mean, everything you see on the internet, especially now more than ever, and it's just gonna continue to get worse.
00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:29.280
Almost everything you see is like in some way, shape, or form designed to influence you.
00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:33.840
Companies do this, film studios do this, governments do this, of course, right?
00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:39.920
So, like when you're scrolling on fucking Instagram or Twitter and you see a post about something, right?
00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:43.199
That's like getting you frustrated, getting you upset, look it up.
00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:45.920
Look it up, check a couple of sources, right?
00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:48.639
Like, don't just believe the AI overview on Google.
00:54:48.960 --> 00:54:56.079
I see so many people who who will Google something really important, or maybe it's not important, but you know what I mean.
00:54:56.159 --> 00:55:00.480
And in the they just go with the first like two sentences that they see in the AI overview.
00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:03.039
And it's like that can be wrong.
00:55:03.199 --> 00:55:04.480
That can be wrong, that can be super.
00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:14.639
I mean, anything can be wrong, but I mean, it just it absolutely blows me away how I mean it's like propaganda on steroids, right?
00:55:14.800 --> 00:55:16.960
When you look, you look at this stuff.
00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:21.840
Um and and and it's like how much of it is natural, right?
00:55:21.920 --> 00:55:24.480
Versus how much of it is a company, right?
00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:26.239
Like, like preservatives.
00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:39.920
Are preservatives actually bad for you, or do companies want their food to go bad so you have to buy more because it doesn't last as long in the fridge, or you know, the Cub Foods or the Walmart has to order more because you know the food goes bad.
00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:41.679
Like, are preservatives actually bad?
00:55:41.760 --> 00:55:42.320
I don't know.
00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:43.679
I haven't Googled this.
00:55:43.840 --> 00:55:44.639
You should Google it.
00:55:44.719 --> 00:55:46.559
I'm probably I'm gonna Google it right after this, right?
00:55:46.639 --> 00:55:50.880
Are preserv, what, what, what is the like this we'll say, what does the science say?
00:55:51.039 --> 00:55:55.199
But even then you got to wonder are these scientists funded by these big companies?
00:55:55.360 --> 00:55:57.840
Look at big tobacco, look at big oil.
00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:08.639
You can even look at you know why uh they call it unleaded gasoline when you go to the gas station to fill up your tank and now it's fucking five dollars a gallon just about because who knows why, right?
00:56:08.719 --> 00:56:15.519
But I mean, well, we all know, but regardless, the reason it's called unleaded gasoline is gasoline used to have lead in it.
00:56:15.760 --> 00:56:25.119
Gasoline used to have fucking lead in it, and and guess what that does to to a city full of cars pumping out fucking lead fumes right into the air, right?
00:56:25.199 --> 00:56:26.480
It was really, really bad.
00:56:26.719 --> 00:56:47.199
And obviously we know that's bad, but big oil spent it was like five years in the courts where big oil was like paying off scientists and paying off like you know, big great, you know, universities and whatever, despite the, you know, and it it took years, years, like a handful of years to get that um, you know, fixed.
00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:51.280
Uh, meanwhile, they're still just pumping lead into the air, you know, or cigarettes, right?
00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:52.000
How many people?
00:56:52.079 --> 00:56:54.239
I don't know how old the audience is, right?
00:56:54.320 --> 00:57:06.079
But but if you're, you know, my age or probably older, probably older, um, like there was a a big period where where cigarette companies were telling people that cigarettes aren't bad for you, right?
00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:06.880
Um, sugar.
00:57:07.199 --> 00:57:11.119
I mean, sugar companies used to say that sugar was actually a good weight loss supplement.
00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:12.480
I mean, it's crazy.
00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:40.559
And and it's it's it's like that now, but worse because all they have to do is is hire some bot farm that has thousands of cell phones plugged into AI fucking accounts, and all those accounts are going on Reddit and Instagram and Twitter and all this fucking shit, and or the comment sections on YouTube and just posting a bunch of stuff to sway your opinion, you know, and uh that's why you gotta stay the fuck off social media and just like like you pay attention to local news.
00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:47.920
You know what I found is like I I am somebody who I I want to know what's going on in the world, um, and I'm always gonna tune in.
00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:50.800
There's some people, it's really bad, it's unhealthy, right?
00:57:50.880 --> 00:57:57.760
I've I've had a friend who I I had to like tell him, I think you should stop following the news because he got so obsessive about it.
00:57:58.000 --> 00:58:01.440
Um, but I think overall, like local news.
00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:03.599
How often do you read about your local news?
00:58:03.760 --> 00:58:25.280
Do you read about like, you know, the the the museum down the street that has a new exhibit or you know, a new park that just opened up, or like a nice old lady that made a lemonade stand, or you know, I mean, local politics, if you want to get into politics, your mayor, your sheriff, your your city council, your governor, like these things impact your life so dramatically.
00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:33.280
And a lot of people do not realize that, you know, the president does not determine the the local policing policy in your city.
00:58:33.360 --> 00:58:34.159
You know who does?
00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:37.599
The mayor and the city council and the sheriff and all those people, right?
00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:38.639
The the police union.
00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:42.159
Like if you need to vote, fucking hey, get out there and vote.
00:58:42.239 --> 00:58:44.159
It's it's almost time to vote, people.
00:58:44.239 --> 00:58:51.039
And it drives me nuts, drives me off the wall when fucking people talk about how bad you know shit is and oh, this and that.
00:58:51.119 --> 00:58:54.960
And then they only vote in presidential elections and then they don't research anything else.
00:58:55.039 --> 00:59:01.280
They don't know who their senator is, they don't know, and you know, it's like I've been guilty of this before too, but like fucking hey.
00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:10.960
I mean, just uh if everybody just got the fuck off of the internet, god damn it, except for this show and like a couple other pretty good shows, you know.
00:59:11.199 --> 00:59:15.760
Um, anyway, uh I'm gonna let y'all go uh with that one.
00:59:15.920 --> 00:59:20.880
I'm I'm I recently started reading uh some StarCraft novels.
00:59:20.960 --> 00:59:24.000
I don't know if you guys saw the new StarCraft trailer.
00:59:24.159 --> 00:59:27.280
Uh, I grew up with that shit and I'm very excited.
00:59:27.440 --> 00:59:29.920
Um, cautiously, I should say, oh hi, Chamberlain.
00:59:30.000 --> 00:59:33.760
Chamberlain's meowing, I'm sure you can hear him, but cautiously excited.
00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:37.039
Uh uh, and that's as much as I can say.
00:59:37.199 --> 00:59:39.039
I mean, I the trailer looks awesome.
00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:40.880
I loved the first game as a kid.
00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:46.880
I loved the second game as a teenager, and uh hopefully, god willing, they actually finish the game.
00:59:46.960 --> 00:59:53.599
If if if you know fucking uh Blizzards tried to make like StarCraft ghosts and that went nowhere, right?
00:59:54.000 --> 01:00:00.239
But God willing, god go, god willing, we get a new StarCraft game, even if it's not an RTS.
01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:03.440
I'm a big RTS guy, but it's okay.
01:00:03.679 --> 01:00:04.320
It's okay.
01:00:04.400 --> 01:00:06.639
At least it's maybe it's a hopefully.
01:00:06.800 --> 01:00:18.320
I I will say the ex uh who is it, the team lead or project lead for the StarCraft game was the executive producer on Far Cry three, which I is I think probably still the best Far Cry game.
01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:18.719
I don't know.
01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:23.679
I haven't played the last two, but um, it's one of my favorite games of all time is Far Cry three.
01:00:24.239 --> 01:00:28.880
Um, probably like you know, number nine all time or something for me personally.
01:00:28.960 --> 01:00:31.280
I don't know, because there's a lot of other games on that list.
01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:36.320
But regardless, I will let all of you beautiful people go.
01:00:36.400 --> 01:00:38.400
Uh, don't forget to check out the Patreon.
01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:40.960
We got new content popping up on there pretty soon.
01:00:41.119 --> 01:00:42.880
Don't forget to check out the merch store.
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Don't forget to share with your friends and tell your friends.
01:00:45.599 --> 01:00:48.400
And, you know, we got some really big episodes coming up here.
01:00:48.559 --> 01:00:52.800
Um, you know, I know there's been some, we'll call them filler episodes.
01:00:52.960 --> 01:00:55.360
We, you know, let's cut let's call a spade a spade, right?
01:00:55.519 --> 01:01:00.079
But um, as you know, and I think I've talked about this, like work was really kicking my ass.
01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:04.719
I was having a really bad emotional uh kind of stint for a while.
01:01:04.880 --> 01:01:08.880
Uh, you know, some personal stuff going on, work stuff going on.
01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:10.079
I mean, it was all bad.
01:01:10.159 --> 01:01:11.360
It was bad all around.
01:01:11.440 --> 01:01:16.480
You know, I can't complain too much, but you know, and then I was honestly, I was getting really burnt out.
01:01:16.639 --> 01:01:20.960
I know I talked about that, but uh, I mean, we're back in fucking action, man.
01:01:21.039 --> 01:01:22.159
We're back in action.
01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:24.159
Uh, I'm I might be busy, right?
01:01:24.320 --> 01:01:28.880
I go to the gym, you know, I go take take the lady out for dinner, you know.
01:01:29.039 --> 01:01:32.239
Sometimes I'll have a cigar on the porch with some friends, right?
01:01:32.320 --> 01:01:34.800
You know, we'll go to the gym, go to the gym.
01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:41.840
I I I got my dead, my deadlift, if anybody cares, my deadlift, I got up to 365, and I'm very proud of that.
01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:48.079
Um, I used to be scared of deadlifting, but you know, because I'm like, fuck, I'm gonna fucking break my back in half.
01:01:48.239 --> 01:01:52.000
But uh now I now I break the floor and that feels pretty good.
01:01:52.159 --> 01:01:59.840
But okay, now for real though, I will let you all go and uh you know, go go uh make the world a better place.
01:01:59.920 --> 01:02:01.920
You know, nobody else is gonna do it but you.
01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:03.920
All right, like like and you can.
01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:12.480
You smile at somebody, hey, you say hi to somebody, maybe you donate a few bucks to a charity, you tell somebody they're wearing a really you like their hat, right?
01:02:12.559 --> 01:02:14.239
You tell somebody you like their hat.
01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:18.719
Uh, you know, you call up a friend, you call up a family member, maybe you volunteer.
01:02:18.800 --> 01:02:19.440
I don't know what it is.
01:02:19.519 --> 01:02:20.559
I mean, I look at it.
01:02:20.639 --> 01:02:21.679
We're seriously last thing though.
01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:29.519
I tell people all the time, like, like not everybody has to be a fucking vegan tree hugger to fucking save the world, right?
01:02:29.679 --> 01:02:34.000
If we all just did a little bit less bad, it would go a long way, right?
01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:38.960
If everybody did a little less bad, that's a lot less bad in the world.
01:02:39.039 --> 01:02:43.039
And if everybody did a little bit more good, there'd be a lot more good in the world.
01:02:43.119 --> 01:02:45.360
I mean, truly, you think about that, right?
01:02:45.599 --> 01:02:48.159
Um, you know, ounces make pounds, right?
01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:49.599
Pennies make dollars.
01:02:49.760 --> 01:03:00.719
You might think that buying cage-free eggs and almond milk isn't like really making the world a better place, but if everybody pitched in a little bit in the in whatever way they could, right, it it really adds up.
01:03:00.880 --> 01:03:02.079
It really, really does.
01:03:02.239 --> 01:03:05.039
Um, so you know, make the world a better place.
01:03:05.199 --> 01:03:07.679
Fucking love yourself, all right.
01:03:08.239 --> 01:03:10.559
Uh, and uh everything else.
01:03:10.719 --> 01:03:11.920
Okay, talk to y'all later.
01:03:12.000 --> 01:03:12.320
Bye.