[Atari Twilight: Roll Out] Episode 12: ...Until All Are One

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twitch dot tv slash on made Gaming. Arise millions and welcome to this unmade
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gaming production. Join us on our
adventures as we take a jump to the
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left, a step to the right, and time work all around the multiverse
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to find out exactly how to save
the town of Garrett in this original tale
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from the Loop actual play Atari Twilight
Rollout, my friends for the last time,
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Welcome to Atari Twilight. This is
episode twelve of our Rollout season,
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the second part of our series finale. Before we go forward, some mechanics,
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I will let you know this.
I will need somebody to roll leadership
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for us, and Rob already gets
four dice for his leadership pool. I
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wonder why. The other thing that
I will say is this, Michigan's that
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come in this evening for the series
finally are at my discretion. I may
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use them to make things worse,
I may use them to make things better.
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I already have one still banked.
That one's in play, my friends,
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If you would please go to your
Spotify playlist, please go down if
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you would, all the way are
close to the bottom track number twenty four
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separate ways by Journey. I don't
know why this came up, but boy,
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oh boy, is it timely.
I will put forward that since last
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week happened, that Shannon has to
rule leadership I already did, oh great
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successes. So as Rob has a
pool of four dice to use, Shannon,
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you two have a pool of four
dice to use. Each of your
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respective pools cannot be used for your
own character, but they may be given
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to any of the other characters or
any role, and in any amount.
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You can give all four dice for
one role, split them up however you
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would like for any other subsequent role. My friends, we've had our previous
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previously on. We do not need
a further recap. This is the second
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part of our series finale. You
are looking down upon the Loop, the
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absolute culmination of everything and everyone that
has led you to this point. It
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stretches before you. You know.
At the very center lies version of Mitch,
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an evil, older version that if
everything you've learned is correct, is
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held bend when destroying everything. For
reasons unknown between you and him, Evil
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Mitch has arranged for every one of
your foes from season one and season two,
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and all points in between north,
southeast, east and west to be
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between you and him, to simply
buy him time. Your friend Ben,
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upon being retrieved from where he was
held prisoner by evil Mitch, has informed
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you that this is his plan.
He doesn't believe that you can make it
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to him in time. He believes
you will argue, He believes that you
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will be distracted. He believes he
knows you better than you know yourselves.
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And at this, as you are
all together for the last time, you
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stand with Ben Mackenzie, doctor Holter
Arkaville, a good version of one of
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your foes inside the Loop, and
Jimmy main Street. Jimmy a former peer
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of yours who has been stuck in
a back and forth time travel, now
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an older man looking at you,
ready to help. But my friends,
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it is this always has been.
The only way to go forward is to
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go back. And for the last
time, I ask you, as you
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stare down upon all of this,
the final objective, what do you do?
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Shannon? What's the plan? Is
that what it feels like when you
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guys ask, we gotta me and
Rob need to go on our own and
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for us, you guys need to
back up Mitch so he can get to
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it. You can get where he
needs to go. Jimmy comes out over
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to Yu Shannon, Arkaville, the
bad one. He's keeping everyone in an
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old munitions bunker. He converted it
was his into a command station. It's
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just outside of the Nexus. It's
it's on our way there. I don't
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know. You see that he's very
confused. You notice that there is dried
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blood in both of Jimmy's ears.
Things are changing. I can't remember the
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right way, but I was there. I was a prisoner when I was
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younger, when I was Chris and
I dove and they couldn't keep me there.
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And but Maggie's there, and your
dad, and pretty Serge is there,
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and Jay and I think there might
be more about I can't remember,
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but we gotta get minched to the
end. Are you okay? And she
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like kind of points? Are you
feeling off? I'm just dizzy. Things
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are changing. I'm remembering good stuff
but remembering cloudy stuff too. I Ben
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steps forward and puts his hand on
Jimmy's shoulder. Shannon, they want us
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to split up, but they need
to he needs to keep Mitch back.
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I don't know what that means.
But if we get held up. If
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Mitch doesn't make it to the end, then it's over. So you don't
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think we should split up? I
don't know. And you can see that
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Ben is just as torn as Jimmy. He doesn't seem to be as befuddled
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and confused, but he it seems
like he was given information and he has
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accepted this information as fact. And
Ben has been repeating it quite a bit.
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We just got his get to the
end. He has to get there.
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If he doesn't get there, if
we get held up and it's over,
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it's over. Hey, hey,
Ben, Yeah, how do you
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know? I overheard him? Man, they were they were talking, and
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I heard him the evil version and
he points over Georgia that one and knew
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where where were they? Where were
they talking? Where they had me?
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Man? Where they where they had
me? Who? Who was I there?
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But but but bat m no,
not bad mentioned in time? Man.
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Mitch starts mumbling and like pacing not
far, but like you know,
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like four or five feet back and
forth. Uh. That's really suspicious,
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right, is anyone else right?
Any? I mean they could have done
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it on purpose, yes, that's
yeah. But well, if you're if
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you're like a like if you think
you're a mastermind and you have a prisoner.
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Wouldn't it be really convenient to just
slip the prisoner the thing and then
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he get scapes or gets free or
whatever and then tells everyone And that's exactly
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where you want. Yeah, that's
true. He bad, bad, bad
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bad guys get caught monologueing all the
time, though, Ben shaking his head.
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No, man, it's the truth. I know it's the truth.
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I know it. They weren't lying
to me. I know it, and
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I trust me. Man, you
gotta trust me. I make a role.
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Yeah, you can make a roll. You can use an empathize.
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Here, we'll see if you want
to suss something out about Ben. Ben,
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you just ga successes. Ben is
telling you the truth, but he's
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leaving something out. I thought you
overheard it. Yeah, Man, you
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just said they wouldn't lie to you. No, I mean they wouldn't say
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it around me to lie to me, to get me to tell you all
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that. Ben, what else aren't
you telling us? You can be honest?
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Because right now, at this point, the more information we have,
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the better. Shanny. You've gotta
trust me. You've got to trust me.
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We gotta get mitched to the end. It's the only way I can't.
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I told you all I can so
telling us whatever it is that you
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know that you can't tell us.
Shouldn't it change things? Though I tell
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you it will, you won't go
forward. But if you just whisper it,
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I'll trust fun. HI believe you, buddy. He starts to cry,
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all right, what's the plan.
I guess we'll stick together. Okay,
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all right, lead on. She
actually steps away. Just give me
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a second, Jerry. She kind
of ushures very over in as whispering as
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of a tone as she can.
When we first met, you were going
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to do something that would change you. But I think we need to change
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this time. I don't even have
a gun, no, but I think
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you're capable of more than you believe. You need to protect Ben, of
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course, at all costs, because
I think Ben is going to be part
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of what makes or help Smitch make
it all the way. I could be
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wrong, but if there's something that
he's holding back, then we need to
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make sure that he makes it too. I think I understand what you're saying.
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You're the gun, Jerry. You're
you're the gun. Oh I didn't
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understand it at all. Okay,
Okay, We're all gonna be okay,
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right, Shannon's lying, she doesn't
believe that, but I don't think Jerry
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can see that. All right,
well let's go. Then Shannon's going to
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lead the way. And with Shannon
taking point, you would all hear Ben
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just whisper thank you. And as
you all start walking, please go to
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your Spotify playlist. I would like
you to go to track number three,
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Little Toy Soldiers by Martika. And
as you dip down into the valley that
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is the Loop, several things start
to come into focus. There is a
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war raging in different parts of the
loop, not in your immediate section as
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you kind of enter into the area
and through the blasted gait you saw last
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session. But around you there are
in many ways torn and dismembered bodies of
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those those green creatures, those gremlins
that just seemed to be in various states
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of destruction. You even see large
metallic versions of fallen Decepticons. They are
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gray and cold. Fans would know
them to be rumble and frenzy. Pulses
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of intermittent light can be seen deep
within the loop and in various buildings and
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in the three large vents. This
light with flash. There's no rhyme nor
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reason to it. It's not sequential, and it's no pattern to it.
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And around this entire space, sometimes
encompassing half of one of these Gremlins or
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one of these Decepticons is fused and
burnt earth in a perfect circle. My
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friends, roll me and investigate one
for Rob. Mhm, Rob have my
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only success, and none of us
are paying attention. Yeah, okay,
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So at this moment, those of
you that have tuned your Mitchie talkies to
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the kind of confiscated frequency of go
one oh six point one, they crackle
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to life, and you hear from
a distance, almost like speaking through a
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can or down a well. You
hear Veronica Kirkshaw as she says the luke
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is firing some type of orbital laser
as an anti personnel defense mechanism. We
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are trying to jam it, but
devastators in the building. Optimist has fallen.
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There's a crackle and a sputter,
another crackle and a sputter, A
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crackle and a sputter. It's firing, Rob. Time slows you hear Optimist's
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voice. Rob. Look to the
stars. A bolt of light white hot
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is dropping from the heavens. Directly
word. Ben frags my friend, this
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was your wish? What do you
do? M h. He's gonna grab
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Ben at the back of the shirt
and just tossing, but like a step
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Todd, He's gonna put every ounce
of his scrowning arms into this and pretty
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much thrown to the ground. Being
hurts better than being dead. You don't
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have to roll for this. The
rest of you see in the last moments,
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this push of Ben mackenzie as Rob
takes his place. Rob, you
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have them flash, a flutter of
a butterfly, a beating of a heart.
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Do you say anything to your friends? Two? Lower one? H
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h. It doesn't hurt you all
see Rob ought turned to dust. Ben
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starts screaming, no, it was
supposed to be me. No wrong,
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No, supposed to be me.
What do you do? Uh? Mitch
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is on his handsonies feudally scooping Robin
too a pile. Jerry's dumbfounded for a
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minute, but he's gonna forcefully step
up to Ben and lift him up by
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like the the scruff of his jacket
and just start yelling, get up.
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We have to move now. Shannon
goes to Mitch and locks her arm into
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his We have to go. He's
not resisting, he's just carrying whatever he
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can and crying. Jimmy just says
as he snaps a salute where Rob fell,
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gotta make it mean something. We
gotta get mitched to the end.
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H Jerry, You're gonna have to
basically do the same with Ben he is.
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He just keeps saying, We're supposed
to be me, man, it
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was supposed to be me. It
was suposed to be b Jerry, was
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supposed to be me. Wasn't supposed
to be any of us. Let's go.
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You all continue deeper into the loop, if you could please queue up,
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if you would track number four by
Don Henley. As you move deeper
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into the loop, you see there
is a entrance to a tunnel almost like
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the top of the stairwell that has
turned into a fortified bunker. Beyond it,
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deeper into the loop, there is
a war raging, a battlefield,
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impossible explosions, and these lasers that
are dropping from the sky seemed to frequent
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this area with extreme precision and numerous
attacks. In front of this subterranean tunnel
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entrance stands Rick Rugan, Carl Baker, and a being covered in insects,
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vaguely humanoid, my friends. The
only way to advance is to take this
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tunnel. Arcaville points it should lead
you deeper in. It's just straight but
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and he looks at the people that
are standing there. George, I need
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you to roll a comprehend or an
investigate, and you may do somebody plus
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two no successes. Again, that
read out that seems to be just above
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your power level on the right hand
side of your screen is flittering and filtering
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through, and it seems to be
making sense, but nothing that you can
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kind of put together. It's starting
to almost form words that you shouldn't be
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able to understand it if it's written
in another language that you are slowly beginning
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to be able to conjugate to learn, but you can't put it all together
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again. If you want, if
you have luck to spend, you have
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pride to use, you can push. If you wish it's not something you
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have to do, you can let
the role stand. I'd like to use
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luck. I feel like this is
something I should know. Okay, well,
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I guess we'll find out it's not
meant to be. And again with
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that use of luck, what I'm
gonna say is the next opportunity I give
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you for this one, and I'll
like you'll, you'll, you'll be able
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to get it, but it's gonna
take a little time. This is something
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that you'll now be able to under
understand that you're focused on it, but
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it's gonna take time. Jerry,
you see them, Regan, your dad,
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This creature. Ben is in your
arms essentially, and he looks up
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at you. If you're staying here, I'm staying too, man. What
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do we do what we've always done? Save these assholes? And Jerry's going
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to reach into his pocket and pull
out of a bowl of pennies that he've
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had for a really long time at
this point, the papers all worn down
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on the outside, and he's going
to hand it back to bed, all
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right, man, and he wraps
his fist around the pennies. Jerry,
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if you here's the bargain. If
you engage them, I'll give the rest
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of the group a plus two to
sneak past. Yep, Yeah, that's
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a bargain. Jerry would take everybody. Ben will refuse to leave Georgia or
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will refuse to leave Jerry's side.
If this is what you plan to do,
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the rest is on you. Guys, say your last words to Jerry
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Baker. I think Georgia pull out
his his iconic item, red Apple cigarettes
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and he gives one to uh to
Jerry and lights of for him. Smoke
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him if you got him, cheer, He's going to spend his last moments
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looking foolish and coughing because he doesn't
smoke. Remember, God, good,
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good, God, good God,
damn it, why are you being polite
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to me? So now I'm just
kidding. Shannon just leans in and tells
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Jerry don't hold back at all this
time. Mitch quietly walks to the two
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of them and just like looks back
and forth with a height difference. Remember
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remember what I said, if it
if it looks like you can't win,
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you've run. The point is to
get me through, right, So it
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doesn't matter what happens after I get
past. As long as I get in,
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We're gonna buy you all the time
that we can. Man. Just
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just like Rob, get there and
finish this. Mitch hugs Ben and then
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follows Shannon. He huggs you as
hard as you've ever been hugged in your
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life, and you hear him whispering
in your ear. Cheers, my brother,
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you're my best friend. I know, man, I know I'll see
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you on the other side, both
of you. Hey, hey, Shannon,
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kick Mitch's ass. You can count
on it. What can I do
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do the other one? Oh yeah, the person in the group that is
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going forward, the person, I
believe it, Shannon with the best stealth.
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Best stealth may roll with a plus
two. Okay, all right,
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here's my regular role and then my
two come on one two successes, you
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will be able to sneak past them. M Ben stands beside you. Jerry,
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how do you get their attention?
I think Jerry's gonna like call out
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dad. Hey. All three of
them turn to look. You got some
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new friends. Rugen Stock starts to
laugh. We lost one flag left us.
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He starts walking forward, and the
other two are following. He spreads
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his hands. He seems healthier.
He seems not as thin as the last
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time you saw him. He's again
began to put that balk on that he
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had right after the death of Ben's
mom. Someone had to be death.
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We need another horseman, Jerry curs
or. Your father bleeds over to his
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sons, and he turns to the
insect covered creature and says isn't that right?
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Denny and the insect creature. Your
brother looks at you and says,
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kill me, Jerry. Meanwhile,
inside the tunnel, my friends, Shannon,
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Mitch, George, Ben Mackenzie and
Emmy and doctor Arkaville. Are you
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moving for speed or are you moving
for stealth? When you enter down the
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wrought iron stairs into a large,
straight as an arrow tunnel, it's lit
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by that same white, bluish glow
and goes just in a beeline. You
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can't see anything in here. It's
as if there are rooms that lead off
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of this tunnel, but they all
seem to go into sealed doors. None
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of them are open. The battle
above has not spilled down into this tunnel.
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If you run, I give you
a time bonus. If you stealth,
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I give you a sneak bonus.
But it's up to you. How
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far of a distance is it.
It looks like at least a couple hundred
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yards. And then there's a slight
elbow turn. You're not sure exactly what
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that means. Kay, speed,
everybody go with that. The leaders spoken,
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I would say, Shannon's sculling the
shots, so okay, So you
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all start running, and Arcaville is
keeping up surprisingly well. He is being
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helped by both Jimmy and Ben or
I'm sorry, not Ben, both Jimmy
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and anybody else that will kind of
give him assistance. But the old man's
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moving, he's moving quickly, and
he's moving with purpose. And as you
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go down this tunnel and you hit
that slight elbow bend, you come face
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to face with a face that you
remember from the hospital, Shannon. You
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see the robotic feline visage of ravage, but it is cold and gray.
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No life, if that's what it
was called, exists in this creature anymore,
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not more than a arm's reach for
one of these titans away. The
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blue cassette type body of sound wave
rests the only blue hint of it in
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the face. The rest of it
is gray, lifeless, and unmoving.
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After the elbow turn, about fifty
yards ahead, the area opens up and
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you can see and kind of feel
and sense here beneath the earth that it
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widens and there's a bluish glow coming
from the area. What do you do?
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Is it just a big open room
again? The tunnel continues, and
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then you can see ahead that there
is a wider space that you haven't had
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a chance to investigate. Yet from
that bigger space is a very profound blue
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glow. Okay, she slows just
a little bit, and make sure that
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Mitch is kind of between, like
in the middle of everybody rather than on
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the sides or behind. Is Mitch
still keeping up, Yeah, he is,
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He's keeping pace with you. Okay. She goes forward, maybe tries
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to identify which direction the light is
in or is it just overwhelmingly bright in
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that whole area. When you get
into the area without any need for a
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role or investigate or anything like that, you can see that the glow is
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being produced by these stacks and stacks
of cubes. These cubes are all blue
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in color, and they are glowing
this profound bluish glow. It's the same
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glow that was in the liquid that
you all rushed through the tubes in it
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now seems to be contained within these
almost like cube like aquariums. They're translucent.
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You can actually see it as if
it's a liquid inside is slashing back
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and forth, captured elements of that
same energy that you flowed through. That
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energy on. As soon as you
enter the area, you all hear a
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voice who goes there, George the
glyphs and ciphers on the right hand side
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of your screen come into clear focus. The first two bits of information that
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you received earlier you can now read. It says Optimus Prime offline, rob
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them as Prime offline. And the
new bit of information that appears says,
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Lord Megatron. Do we see where
this voice came from? Do we see
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it's it's ahead and it's booming.
Show yourselves, I see you in my
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scanner. Ah, George will let
go of doctor Arkerville and let Jimmy hold
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him, assuming it he still needs
some support. Yeah, and kind of
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like brushes between Shannon and Mitch and
just this is a this one's mine.
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Mitch grabs butts uh, it's fun
to say. Mitch grabs George and like
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pulls him towards him, and he
just like very stone cold says that the
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cubes are explosive. Don't don't touch
him, don't bump into him, find
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a way to use it. It's
not your dad. I'm sorry man.
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You kind of let's them go.
Yeah, but it's just kind of like
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silently nods acknowledging it and kind of
goes well to lall are one and it
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turns around and heads into the room. Since George has engaged Megatron, you
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all get a plus two to stealth
to sneak past and George as you walk
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in your readings. Underneath the reading
of Lord Megatron says Energohn detected. Use
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caution, whoever would like to roll
stealth, I assume Shannon again, you
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may do so. You have leadership
dice and played too, yeah and then
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two just one success, you will
be able to pass by. And as
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you are sneaking through the space Megatron, you fully realized robotic Megatron stands to
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face the area in which George is
approaching from. Are you trying to be
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stealthy, George or are you walking
in to face him directly? George doesn't
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have much time for stealth. I
think he's more upfront, so I think
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he just broad shoulder, just walks
right now. You all take this time,
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and you're able to sneak by and
through an access hatch that doctor Arcaville
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indicates. Megatron stands there for a
moment a beat another without the need for
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a role. You can see that
he has wounded. He has been through
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some type of battle. There is
energy sputtering off of slashes and would appear
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to be gunfire across the portion of
one portion of his torso his chest,
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and when he sees you, he
says, ah, shock wave, my
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old friend, there you are.
The war's done, the primes have fallen.
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It's over, my friend. We
can finally go home. I am
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home and you can fuck off.
You don't remember, my friend. You
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are confused. Do you know what
you are? I have an idea.
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You are a Decepticon. You came
here with me. I in the body
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of the Mother you and the body
of the Sun. I was able to
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take over Eugene. You remained dormant
until time was needed. The war is
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over. I know it's hard for
you, my friend, but you must
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know that I speak the truth.
I've learned a couple of things over the
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last couple of years. One of
those is labels aren't that important, and
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you can choose them at one time. I also learned that it's not over
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until it's over. Then look at
it this way. If you can't remember,
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I have no wish to fight you. You make the call. We
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can bleed this planet dry and power
cyber drown for centuries, or leave with
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what we have and spare this place. Come with me and I can show
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you things you've only dreamed of.
Spaceships off the shoulder of Orion, sea
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beams glittering in the darkness near the
Tan house a gate. If you stay
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here, the humans around you will
live and die, while you remain eternal.
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After a time, you will be
unable to differentiate between them. Each
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human life will be lost like tears
in the ray. Will you return with
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me? Before you say anything,
we continue with the other group. My
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friend DM me with your response.
You emerge from the tunnel. The ground
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is still littered with fallen combatants,
but now more Loop robots roll me and
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investigate Mitch. Two successes, you
see that in this area it seems to
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be primarily Loop defenses, meaning it's
just those bipedal robots. But you also
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notice that here and there these robots
have large sections of themselves missing. There
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are no blast marks around them,
there are no scorching or laser fire or
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explosions, and you're not sure how
you know this, but with two successes
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you realize that they have been someone
has made them partially dive ahead, you
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see the bunker and Jimmy points to
it. That's it, That's where they
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kept us. That's where they kept
us, and beyond that another couple hundred
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guards. Arkable points hatch the next
just down here? Where is where?
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Where would you be if you were
here? And she looks to Arkabul.
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I don't know. I don't I
don't want to be here at all,
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but I guess if I had,
if I was trying to start the loop,
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would be from there. And he
points to the command bunker. That's
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the same place that Jimmy indicated the
prisoners were being held. Well, if
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we stop him, then that stops
other Mitch, right, it should.
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If he can't power up the loop, then I don't know where would get
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the energy? Bad? Niche would
get the energy right, So let's go
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there. Jimmy, can can anyone
else dive? Not that I've ever met,
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man, And you don't know how
your stuff happens. I just get
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thrown around. I can't control it, man. And next that one time
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that you you help me with the
walkie, let me cheat talkie. That
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was the only time a doc If
if if the dive is like the slide
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or like the portal, and you
can make the portal and you can make
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the dive, could you science fiction
this and make it into like a gun.
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We take time. I understand what
you're trying to say, but maybe
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take an awful lot of power,
Shannon, those aren't broken. What do
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you mean those chunks that are missing
her partially dove Well, like they were
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like pushed like I did to part
No, kind of like how I pushed
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Optimus, but like just a part
like just I just pushed your arm away
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and the rest of you thing that
you could eventually learned to do. Probably,
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but that's a lot. And he
like points to the slew of robots.
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So either bad me is real fast
or there's a device or and if
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article is the one that invented the
slide and the portal and he's the one
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that invents to the portal gun.
Okay, so if you're going that way,
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I get what you're trying to say, basically saying that it's dangerous because
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we don't know what caused this.
Yeah, but you'd be prepared for that
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is what I'm trying to say,
less of a surprise. If you know
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that he has a portal gun.
It might not be a gun just with
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touch, But I get what you're
saying. But if we can stop at
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Arquevillain in there, then other you
doesn't have the power he needs to do
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what he wants to do. Yeah, making a lot of organs there,
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But yeah, your arquebillin shakes his
head slowly. You would have thought of
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that. It's probably true. I
also don't know what he's try going to
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do or if it needs power.
The loop needs an immense amount of power
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to do what I can do naturally, So maybe he's the power source.
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I don't know, or then what's
wrong and I'm the power source and that's
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why I need to be there.
Do we need that power to do the
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the one second loop thing that you
were talking about, Yeah, thoughts his
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head. So we need them to
turn on the power either way. If
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it's just on, it's okay.
We can siphon the power directly from the
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loop. If he's going to activate
the accelerator or at full capacity, we
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don't need that much, I don't
think so just if maybe not doing what
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bad me is going to do,
but keeping the loop on he's almost getting
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does that makes sense, we can
still take him out if if if you
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think that's we can still take out. So we just need this loop's energy.
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We don't want him, okay,
So then we just prevent him from
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connecting to the others. If it's
a it's a holding cell, then we
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could use all the people we can
get. That's true. Are you guys
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walking and talking as you do this? By the way, are you kind
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of puddled up to are the are
the bots patrolling like it's an aggressive ghost
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town? Okay, so they're all
like disabled? Yeah, okay, we
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can yeah yeah then if if they
if they're disabled, they were walking,
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yeah, ROMI and investigate somebody,
just one person, please, uh okay,
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00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:57.400
I'll do it. Fudge Monkeys,
Nope, you're not sure, Yeah,
407
00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:04.519
Shannon, for you, it's more
like the wind changes and you just
408
00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:10.880
see the spinley form of Arkaville leap
forward and he says, yogo, Frank
409
00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:22.400
no, And you see Frankenstein's monster, not the kindly Frank that Poulter remembers,
410
00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:27.519
for This is not a Frank nurtured
with love and kindness. This is
411
00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:35.199
a monster created by a monster that
wanted an attack dog with a devastating backhand,
412
00:49:36.239 --> 00:49:42.119
frank strikes Arkaville and sends him flying
into Mitch and Shannon, but before
413
00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:47.559
he goes down, a flash a
pop of fire comes from Arkabill's hands,
414
00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:55.199
as he ignites the laboratory lighter he
used for his Bunsen burners. The pop
415
00:49:55.199 --> 00:50:01.360
of flame is just enough to spook
the gruesome preacher and cause it to lope
416
00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:07.920
back off into the darkness. Arkaville
is on top of both of you,
417
00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:14.079
Shannon and Mitch. Jimmy rushes over
to your side, and you see his
418
00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:19.400
face drop when he looks down and
sees Arcaville on top of you all.
419
00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:29.760
What do you do? At first? Shannon looks at Arcaville, see if
420
00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:35.800
he's going to get up on his
own. He is not kind of figure,
421
00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:39.440
you see. His face is glanced
with pain. He still seems to
422
00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:51.440
be alive, but his chest is
broken. He just says, it's my
423
00:50:51.639 --> 00:51:04.639
heart. He reaches for Mitch and
Shannon. Mitch hasn't moved. She takes
424
00:51:04.679 --> 00:51:15.880
his Arqueville's hand. He has incredible
pain written across his face, but in
425
00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:22.199
his eyes there is only love.
And though they are trembling with this agony,
426
00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:28.519
one of his fingers touches the white
band on each of your hands,
427
00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:44.519
and he taps them and you hear
him say good and then he's gone.
428
00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:57.079
She kind of inches her way kind
of backwards and out from under Arqueville and
429
00:51:57.320 --> 00:52:07.199
kind of tries to pull Mitch as
well. Mitch slides out and then grabs
430
00:52:07.239 --> 00:52:15.400
the pack that he had containing the
box with the slide parts in it and
431
00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:22.280
just sort of shoulders the pack.
Shannon picks up the lighter that Arkaville was
432
00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:32.199
using, just in case, and
you have it. The three of you
433
00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:39.679
stand there, Mitch, Shannon,
and Jimmy. Jimmy looks at the two
434
00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:45.079
of you. Your dad and the
others will be in their Shannon, so
435
00:52:45.280 --> 00:52:52.119
will our Arkaville. He's bad news
and completely nuts. Whatever he's doing.
436
00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:58.360
I know it's gonna auto bots.
If it's okay, I want to go
437
00:52:58.400 --> 00:53:05.760
with Shannon. If I can help, that's where it will be. Uh.
438
00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:17.760
The kids, the other kids,
they said he's younger. Doc said
439
00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:25.119
he he is. H he's a
weak heart and he has bad eyes.
440
00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:36.159
He can't he can't deal with loud
noises, h and bright lights. It's
441
00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:43.679
good to know, Jimmy, not
Jimmy. Do you still have your walkie?
442
00:53:45.840 --> 00:53:51.559
Yeah? Mitch? Is is it
possible to create some kind of a
443
00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:57.519
feedback loop with both of these and
she grabs hers. Yeah, but it
444
00:53:57.760 --> 00:54:00.440
would be local, Like I could
I can make a feed back loop.
445
00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:06.079
We just need a noise right yeah, yeah, yeah, hold on,
446
00:54:06.599 --> 00:54:09.559
and he like pulls out the radio
shack backpack, puts the two of them
447
00:54:09.599 --> 00:54:14.480
together, like tunes them to like
the same frequency that's like not a normal
448
00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:21.119
frequency, and then duct tapes them
together, duct taping the button down and
449
00:54:21.159 --> 00:54:23.039
then turns the volume all the way
down on both of them, enhands it
450
00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:30.760
back and says, just just crank
the knob. Okay, Mitch, roll
451
00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:36.480
me a tinker for this weapon you
have just created. Take an extra die
452
00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:45.480
cool cool cool, Greg. I'm
gonna use my iconic item on this as
453
00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:54.760
well. I think let's do it
two successes plus h just two successes.
454
00:54:59.400 --> 00:55:02.320
If you is this item, you
may do so at a plus four.
455
00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:13.719
Okay. Cool, my friends,
this is the last fork in the road.
456
00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:27.840
Mitch and Shannon say your final words
to one another. HM, it's
457
00:55:27.880 --> 00:55:37.559
been an interesting experience. I can
say that, but remember your promise.
458
00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:55.679
You can't go back. Yeah yeah, I know, uh, I know.
459
00:55:57.639 --> 00:56:05.440
Get everyone out getting come to you
once we regroup, get in,
460
00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:15.239
get your dad, get everyone there, go back for everyone else. M
461
00:56:21.239 --> 00:56:31.719
okay, okay. Shannon pulls Mitch
and gives him a hug. Mitch is
462
00:56:31.760 --> 00:56:37.519
stiff. He's never got hugged by
a girl. The closest was the time
463
00:56:37.559 --> 00:56:45.599
he was on a skateboard. Uh, and he just stands there. Okay,
464
00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:53.079
Okay, don't die. Yeah,
same same, Oh man, It
465
00:56:53.079 --> 00:56:55.320
would suck if I go in there
and the bad used there and she just
466
00:56:55.360 --> 00:57:00.280
stabs me again. Okay, No, I'm not gonna think about that.
467
00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:05.480
Okay, yeah, don't think about
the book. Good luck you too,
468
00:57:05.039 --> 00:57:09.800
come to me. He walks towards
the nexus, and as Mitch heads towards
469
00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:15.360
the Nexus, Shannon, you enter
the bunker, which turns into any immediate
470
00:57:15.639 --> 00:57:22.119
descent upon some stairs. This bunker
is filled with the same bluish glow as
471
00:57:22.199 --> 00:57:29.199
the space that was sheltering Megatron before
it, but here it seems purposeful,
472
00:57:30.440 --> 00:57:37.119
set to a task. It pulses
everywhere through veins and lines of light on
473
00:57:37.199 --> 00:57:40.079
the far wall. When you reach
the bottom of the stairs, the large
474
00:57:40.119 --> 00:57:45.320
space that you see on that far
wall, you see the tube filled with
475
00:57:45.440 --> 00:57:51.320
energy on that you flowed through.
Now you're on the other side of Alice's
476
00:57:51.360 --> 00:58:01.280
looking glass. So little Soldiers,
Comfort Daddy. The voice is nearly swallowed
477
00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:10.400
up by the humlet technology. I
do know for you, Oh, oh,
478
00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:15.239
Jimmy creeps up beside you. I
don't think he knows I'm here.
479
00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:27.760
Good, and she kind of hands
him the walkie around. Okay, you
480
00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:31.480
know that disc you carry gives off
magnatude fields, right, might as well
481
00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:36.559
have set up a flare gun.
Maybe I wanted you to know I was
482
00:58:36.599 --> 00:58:43.119
here. He is standing in the
middle of the space, but you are
483
00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:46.360
still in shadow, as the areas
around the outside that aren't lit by these
484
00:58:46.360 --> 00:58:51.440
tubes of energy on are pretty dark. He seems to know where you are,
485
00:58:51.480 --> 00:58:54.679
obviously from your the sound of your
voice, but he's tracking oddly.
486
00:58:54.880 --> 00:59:07.840
Roll me an investigate two successes.
His eyes are pitch black, no lights
487
00:59:07.880 --> 00:59:16.519
whatsoever. Mhm you hear Jimmy's voice
as he creeps away. I don't think
488
00:59:16.559 --> 00:59:21.719
I'm going to see you again,
Shannon, Thank you for everything you've given
489
00:59:21.800 --> 00:59:27.840
up for us. Thank you for
being my friend. She just nods.
490
00:59:30.760 --> 00:59:36.760
Arcaville starts to walk around like a
showman. You want a front row seat?
491
00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:45.119
Why single handedly conquered Death's that what
the cell is all about? Immortality,
492
00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:52.480
he produces as he looks at the
wall of running energy on this device
493
00:59:52.519 --> 01:00:04.440
will change the world. Well,
you want to, I wonder how it
494
01:00:04.480 --> 01:00:13.840
works. That sounds like something that
you want to say to somebody before they
495
01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:15.840
can get killed. So no,
I don't want to see how it works.
496
01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:28.199
You're not interested in Your dad was
His little friends were Sarge and Thrice.
497
01:00:28.920 --> 01:00:35.480
She was sneaky little one. He
said you'd show up, said you
498
01:00:35.480 --> 01:00:43.320
wanted your hill? Whatever the hell
that means? Do you want your hill?
499
01:00:43.480 --> 01:00:46.079
Is this your hill? Little soldier? Are you ready to die on
500
01:00:46.199 --> 01:00:53.280
it? The question really is if
you're ready to die for this supposed vision
501
01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:59.800
of changing the world. I have
no intention of dying. In fact,
502
01:01:00.360 --> 01:01:05.920
I fully intend to live forever.
And it's at this point that it's more
503
01:01:06.000 --> 01:01:14.079
profoundly apparent that this Arkaville, unlike
the elderly man who just died in your
504
01:01:14.239 --> 01:01:20.880
arms. On the surface, he
is at least thirty years younger. He
505
01:01:21.000 --> 01:01:27.800
seems well, he's got long hair, just as the elder Arcaville did,
506
01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:34.159
but he's vibrant, healthy and strong. Jeff bridges everybody for a face claim,
507
01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:42.760
Hm, I'm wanna live forever,
and so is everyone else. We
508
01:01:42.840 --> 01:01:52.800
don't have a good god here on
earth, not until tonight. Is the
509
01:01:52.920 --> 01:01:58.760
floor like kind of smooth slipper like
what is the texture of the floor,
510
01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:02.639
that's it's your question. No,
sure, sure, it's like a laboratory
511
01:02:02.760 --> 01:02:06.920
tile, if that makes sense.
So it's like that we're wet, it
512
01:02:06.920 --> 01:02:09.519
would be slippery. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it probably has some grip
513
01:02:09.559 --> 01:02:14.719
to it. But it's also probably
a conjunction thing with shoes, you know,
514
01:02:14.840 --> 01:02:16.239
So if you had the wrong shoes
on and you were down here,
515
01:02:16.280 --> 01:02:21.440
you'd probably be all over the place. Okay, can I see what kind
516
01:02:21.480 --> 01:02:24.360
of shoes Arca fills wearing. Oh
yeah, if you're earlier, investigate they
517
01:02:24.360 --> 01:02:30.000
are impractical loafers, no socks,
because we had a discussion about that before.
518
01:02:30.280 --> 01:02:34.199
What that means they don't have riverized
soles. I'm gonna go ahead and
519
01:02:34.239 --> 01:02:40.880
say no. Okay, his achilles
heel is actually his heels. Great,
520
01:02:43.880 --> 01:02:52.039
Okay, So the are there like
containers or cells or anything in this like
521
01:02:52.159 --> 01:03:00.079
bunker area or is it just like
that commands control center thing? Yeah,
522
01:03:00.119 --> 01:03:02.760
this whole area to fully flush it
out, it has low level would look
523
01:03:04.000 --> 01:03:08.159
to be stations for multiple multiple personnel. Each station is almost think of like
524
01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:12.119
a command center at NASA, you
know, as you would have telemetry at
525
01:03:12.119 --> 01:03:15.440
one and communications at another. Basically
the size of a desk and a half.
526
01:03:16.719 --> 01:03:20.199
You know, you could peer over
them if you were seated behind them.
527
01:03:20.199 --> 01:03:22.000
And there were six of those such
stations. None of them are manned.
528
01:03:23.079 --> 01:03:27.280
There is a rise or almost like
a stage, with what would appear
529
01:03:27.320 --> 01:03:30.840
to be a screen behind it if
they were displaying, you know, with
530
01:03:30.960 --> 01:03:34.320
slides or pictures or graphs or something
of that nature. And that's where he
531
01:03:34.440 --> 01:03:38.519
is standing. Behind him. Built
into the wall, or perhaps a part
532
01:03:38.559 --> 01:03:43.480
of the wall itself, is this
vast machine that seems to be at least
533
01:03:43.559 --> 01:03:47.039
ninety percent tubes of this energy in
this light that are kind of rolling and
534
01:03:47.119 --> 01:03:52.480
moving in and of themselves, almost
like a puzzle. And as it pulses
535
01:03:52.519 --> 01:03:55.800
and shifts with each one intermittently kind
of firing and rushing this energy around,
536
01:03:57.119 --> 01:04:00.599
he is standing in front of it, proud as a peacock of whatever the
537
01:04:00.920 --> 01:04:05.079
this is that he made. Okay, But he's by himself as far as
538
01:04:05.079 --> 01:04:13.599
you can see. Yeah, okay, trying to think. So, is
539
01:04:13.639 --> 01:04:20.960
there any metal or makeshift that looking
like item at it, like if it's
540
01:04:20.960 --> 01:04:26.880
on a wall or something that Shannon
could pry off of something else. I
541
01:04:27.079 --> 01:04:31.639
tell you what, Let's roll for
this. Roll me a D six if
542
01:04:31.679 --> 01:04:34.800
you get a five or six,
there will be a fire axe in a
543
01:04:34.880 --> 01:04:42.400
case on the wall. Okay,
let's hooke my right A six. Yes,
544
01:04:43.400 --> 01:04:48.199
look what's right there? Uh?
Okay, Shannon will vary quietly in
545
01:04:48.280 --> 01:04:53.880
the shadow, open up the case
and take the fire ax up. You
546
01:04:53.960 --> 01:04:56.960
have a fire axe, and for
the scene will be a plus two.
547
01:04:57.440 --> 01:05:01.599
Okay, you're here for your da. I had a little soldier. I
548
01:05:01.639 --> 01:05:08.280
already told you I'm here for you, and I'll tell you what I'll give
549
01:05:08.320 --> 01:05:15.800
you your dad. No harm,
no foul. Sean Locke walks right on
550
01:05:15.920 --> 01:05:24.119
out of here. You want me
to just believe that he's unharmed? Oh,
551
01:05:24.159 --> 01:05:29.400
I mean he's still in one piece. Why don't you show me,
552
01:05:31.119 --> 01:05:39.039
Frank Get the first one, first
one, the first one, Frank No,
553
01:05:39.039 --> 01:05:45.320
no, yes. And you hear
a door open. You hear the
554
01:05:45.800 --> 01:05:50.480
audible cussing of somebody at least doing
a very good imitation of Sean lock.
555
01:05:54.079 --> 01:06:00.079
The Frankenstein's monster walks into the light
holding your father is thin, thinner than
556
01:06:00.079 --> 01:06:05.280
you remember, grayer than you remember. Along the temples, he sees you,
557
01:06:09.599 --> 01:06:15.880
Shannon, and then he lunges at
Arkaville. You start away from her,
558
01:06:15.199 --> 01:06:21.000
and then Frank just lifts him off
the air until he's dangling. Who
559
01:06:23.199 --> 01:06:32.519
Stoe feisty, You're gonna have him
all yours a gift of me in exchange
560
01:06:32.559 --> 01:06:45.599
for what? Turning around and walking
off my hill, Hey Dad, what's
561
01:06:45.599 --> 01:07:00.760
our song? He looks at you. We are star dust and Arcaville looks
562
01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:06.239
between the two of you. Hey, I'm gonna need a decision, Frank,
563
01:07:06.400 --> 01:07:14.280
get ready to tear that one in
half. Your decision and before you
564
01:07:14.320 --> 01:07:23.440
get a chance to before you get
a chance to answer, Jerry, you
565
01:07:23.519 --> 01:07:30.320
and Ben stand before these three.
Your brother Denny, covered in these bugs,
566
01:07:30.320 --> 01:07:36.679
says, kill me, Jerry,
kill me, and Rugan much like
567
01:07:39.320 --> 01:07:45.679
our former peacock is strutting in front
of your family. Your dad just had
568
01:07:45.719 --> 01:07:54.079
to move in on my territory.
Melanie was mine and she would have ended
569
01:07:54.199 --> 01:07:57.519
up with me. But your dad
here did something, didn't you. He
570
01:07:57.559 --> 01:08:02.599
turns around and he squeezes your dad's
face. You never told me what you
571
01:08:02.719 --> 01:08:06.480
did, Carl? What was it? Some type of wish? Love spell?
572
01:08:06.679 --> 01:08:14.159
Curse your dad? Jerks A curse
shit, Carl, I'm impressed.
573
01:08:15.480 --> 01:08:18.800
So you sold your soul to have
Melanie fall in love with you. A
574
01:08:19.039 --> 01:08:27.760
fucking idiot. Your dad says,
no, I used to curse to make
575
01:08:27.840 --> 01:08:35.239
you leave her alone. I don't
know why it stopped working. Regan pauses,
576
01:08:36.119 --> 01:08:41.119
and for a moment he turns his
back to you. So you're telling
577
01:08:41.159 --> 01:08:45.159
me she fell in love with you
by her own free will. I don't
578
01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:53.640
fucking believe it. Carl Ben looks
to you. Jerry, my friend,
579
01:08:55.439 --> 01:09:01.479
what do you do so, Greg? When when Jery like got his superpowers?
580
01:09:02.439 --> 01:09:05.960
Sure that's the question we should always
ask, right, Well, yeah,
581
01:09:06.560 --> 01:09:13.439
we were messing with like high power
equipment and focus through a crystal,
582
01:09:16.960 --> 01:09:25.800
and Jerry just again saw like a
like a high power energy beam vaporize one
583
01:09:25.840 --> 01:09:30.359
of his friends. But he's got
these crystals in his pocket. Sure,
584
01:09:30.479 --> 01:09:34.880
sure, I think Jerry's going to
pull one of them out and kind of
585
01:09:34.920 --> 01:09:42.119
like site down it in his hand
like he's holding a pistol pointed at Rugen
586
01:09:45.119 --> 01:09:49.520
and all the electricity he can muster
out of his body, He's going to
587
01:09:49.600 --> 01:09:55.479
try to channel it through this crystal
and shoot Rugen right in the back.
588
01:09:57.199 --> 01:10:01.039
My friend, roll me a force
with this improvised weapon at a plus one.
589
01:10:04.359 --> 01:10:12.960
All right, I'll have to roll
an extra I sure hope it works.
590
01:10:14.560 --> 01:10:17.039
All right. So that's uh,
I got one luck. You know,
591
01:10:19.359 --> 01:10:23.520
it seems like a good time to
use it. Let's rock it out,
592
01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:27.640
my friend. Everybody could give him
a die. You certainly can do
593
01:10:27.640 --> 01:10:29.840
it right now if you'd like,
I'll let I'll let him roll it for
594
01:10:29.840 --> 01:10:31.479
the first roll too. Go ahead
and roll me a D six if you
595
01:10:31.479 --> 01:10:38.960
want to. Let's just very alright, I'm on a roll. Okay,
596
01:10:38.960 --> 01:10:41.720
So if you reroll it, you
still continue to have that leadership die,
597
01:10:41.760 --> 01:10:44.880
but you will get a condition or
now you're using luck, you'll get you'll
598
01:10:44.880 --> 01:10:48.840
get the reroll or the die from
Shannon regardless even with the reroll, my
599
01:10:48.920 --> 01:11:00.039
friends, please uh track twenty four. That's four classes? Who alrighty?
600
01:11:00.119 --> 01:11:09.319
So, my friend, as you
let this lightning fly, it blasts into
601
01:11:09.840 --> 01:11:15.520
the back of Rugen and he begins
to kind of twist and his whole body
602
01:11:15.680 --> 01:11:23.359
spasms, but he does not fall. Instead, almost as if pulled on
603
01:11:23.640 --> 01:11:30.199
giant marionette strings, your father begins
to no no as he moves forward,
604
01:11:30.239 --> 01:11:34.359
and you see lightning lance on his
own fingers and across his own frame,
605
01:11:34.920 --> 01:11:41.399
and you see your brother covered in
the bugs begin to twirl into a spire.
606
01:11:41.840 --> 01:11:46.479
As these bugs begin to tornado out
from him and come towards you and
607
01:11:46.560 --> 01:11:51.560
Ben and your dad tears streaming down
his face. I can't stop it,
608
01:11:53.000 --> 01:11:59.960
Jerry, And the energy is lancing
as it's cutting into Rugan. Your father.
609
01:12:00.000 --> 01:12:04.119
Father puts a hand in front of
the bolt and begins to absorb it
610
01:12:04.279 --> 01:12:11.039
himself as Rugan falls away, smoking
from his shoulder. When he turns around,
611
01:12:11.439 --> 01:12:19.079
the flesh on the right side of
his face is ebony black. My
612
01:12:19.159 --> 01:12:25.119
friend, what do you do as
you continue to maintain this beam that is
613
01:12:25.159 --> 01:12:29.359
shooting out of your hand, but
your father now seems to be catching it
614
01:12:29.439 --> 01:12:43.119
on his end. My family is
standing here with me, even if they
615
01:12:43.239 --> 01:12:54.800
can't now get out of the way. Your dad, his entire body is
616
01:12:54.880 --> 01:13:00.600
shaking, and your brother again.
The insects are starting to warm around you.
617
01:13:00.640 --> 01:13:03.600
They're getting blistered and popped by the
energy that you're creating. You hear
618
01:13:03.680 --> 01:13:09.880
Ben screaming beside you, as he
doesn't have the same lightning bug protection that
619
01:13:09.920 --> 01:13:15.560
you do, and you hear Carl
scream out I can't fight him, but
620
01:13:15.680 --> 01:13:24.319
you can. You're my boys.
You're all my boys. Roll me and
621
01:13:24.479 --> 01:13:33.199
investigate. Jerry at a plus four, Well, no, that's zero.
622
01:13:35.439 --> 01:13:41.680
I can give him someone. I'm
dead right, my I can sure you
623
01:13:41.720 --> 01:13:44.079
can give him as many as you'd
like. When you're dad, my friend,
624
01:13:46.880 --> 01:13:49.680
All all right, for this moment, I'll give you two. I'm
625
01:13:49.880 --> 01:13:55.560
I'm gonna hold on to two,
just a kase somebody else. No,
626
01:13:55.720 --> 01:14:03.000
I couldn't make anything of it.
I'll take it back. Kay. As
627
01:14:03.000 --> 01:14:08.119
this all begins to happen, if
you're gonna are you maintaining this beam?
628
01:14:08.439 --> 01:14:15.000
Yeah? I think he's he's maintaining
and taking slow steps forward like he's just
629
01:14:15.079 --> 01:14:23.399
trying to clear a path basically.
Okay, So as you do this,
630
01:14:25.319 --> 01:14:30.119
I need you to make another force
role. If you do not get three
631
01:14:30.159 --> 01:14:42.920
successes, you're going to take a
condition. All right, Yeah, now
632
01:14:42.960 --> 01:14:46.359
I beat devastator. I feel like
this is another time to use pride.
633
01:14:47.399 --> 01:14:55.079
Jerry. Jerry doesn't believe he can
fail. I give you one success,
634
01:14:55.159 --> 01:15:05.000
my friend. Oh take it.
No, No, that's not going to
635
01:15:05.079 --> 01:15:11.800
do it. That's one success,
roll me another investigate plus four. As
636
01:15:11.800 --> 01:15:18.399
you take the condition, we'll go
with injured. Zero success is there?
637
01:15:26.000 --> 01:15:31.800
All right? Should have a condition? There you will. The bugs are
638
01:15:31.840 --> 01:15:38.520
swarming all over you. As Rugan
begins to move completely behind your father,
639
01:15:38.960 --> 01:15:42.439
your father is spasming, not with
the effects of the lightning. His own
640
01:15:42.520 --> 01:15:45.800
lightning is surrounding him. But it
seems to be him trying to fight against
641
01:15:45.840 --> 01:15:53.359
his body to do something. But
the spasms are only small, incremental movements.
642
01:15:53.439 --> 01:15:57.239
He can't control himself and your brother. As he steps forward, the
643
01:15:57.239 --> 01:16:00.319
only thing he can do is say
kill me, Jerry, Kill me,
644
01:16:00.439 --> 01:16:03.640
Jerry. As he takes each step. But these bugs running in and out
645
01:16:03.640 --> 01:16:09.319
of his ears. You can see
elements of his flesh that have been riddled
646
01:16:09.359 --> 01:16:14.279
with these bites of these insects.
I need you to rule me another force,
647
01:16:14.399 --> 01:16:19.840
my friend. Another failure gives you
a conditions. It's been pointed out
648
01:16:19.840 --> 01:16:28.199
in the chat that don't forget the
plus four dice for your crystals or is
649
01:16:28.199 --> 01:16:31.119
that a one time thing? Greg, he has more crystals if he wants
650
01:16:31.159 --> 01:16:34.159
to use those, as he's kind
of burning through them, that's a plus
651
01:16:34.199 --> 01:16:41.680
one for the crystals, right,
I do have three? Well, I
652
01:16:41.720 --> 01:16:46.479
guess two if I burned through one, so yeah, I guess I'll help
653
01:16:46.479 --> 01:16:59.279
burn burn another one. Now it's
two successes. Again. You take another
654
01:16:59.279 --> 01:17:04.000
condition, though this one is upset. We will equate it as a little
655
01:17:04.039 --> 01:17:13.199
more than rage. My friend,
roll me another investigate again with the same
656
01:17:13.199 --> 01:17:21.359
pluses as before. Hey, I've
got two successes this time. You're not
657
01:17:21.439 --> 01:17:28.560
sure why you look away, But
when your father screamed out, you're my
658
01:17:28.680 --> 01:17:32.279
boys. You're all my boys.
As you look to your right, you
659
01:17:32.319 --> 01:17:36.319
see Ben's squatting at the creatures,
and when he looks up at you,
660
01:17:36.319 --> 01:17:49.800
you see energy lick between his eyes, and it's not your electricity. Can
661
01:17:49.840 --> 01:18:03.920
I reach back grab Ben's hand and
I'm just like in the Devastator fight,
662
01:18:06.039 --> 01:18:11.199
kind of look down at him and
urge him with one fist and both of
663
01:18:11.279 --> 01:18:18.079
us to point our fists at the
same same target and just nod at him.
664
01:18:18.279 --> 01:18:26.359
Hears streaming down his face. He
grabs your hands pressed Palm to palm
665
01:18:26.560 --> 01:18:35.520
is the roll of pennies between the
two fabulous Baker boys. As with a
666
01:18:35.600 --> 01:18:45.119
combined might one shot by Jerry and
a newly formed lightning blast from Ben lances
667
01:18:45.119 --> 01:18:51.520
out and hits Carl. As he
seems to accept that, you see a
668
01:18:51.560 --> 01:19:00.000
smile go across his face and he
reaches back and instead of grabbing or instead
669
01:19:00.119 --> 01:19:04.640
of trying to grab the lightning from
Ben, he wraps his hand around the
670
01:19:04.840 --> 01:19:12.600
sheltering Rugan who immediately starts to convulse
with the electricity that's flowing through the mall.
671
01:19:13.399 --> 01:19:25.439
And Carl looks over at your brother
Danny circuit, and that's always says,
672
01:19:26.680 --> 01:19:42.840
what do you do, my friend? Well, I think Jerry,
673
01:19:42.960 --> 01:19:48.600
like like I said, he's been
he's been doing this slow press forward throughout
674
01:19:48.640 --> 01:20:00.560
this. I think if he if
he's able to push it close enough hill
675
01:20:01.680 --> 01:20:14.880
hug his father just letting the energy
flow. At this point, you're able
676
01:20:14.920 --> 01:20:20.800
to do it. And despite the
stings and the bugs, Ben is able
677
01:20:20.840 --> 01:20:26.520
to draw Denny in as well,
until there is a circle of lightning,
678
01:20:27.119 --> 01:20:31.960
and Rugin, being kind of the
odds spoke of the wheel, is feeling
679
01:20:31.960 --> 01:20:40.479
the energy. But his entire skin
has become glossy, ebony black. It's
680
01:20:40.479 --> 01:20:45.279
almost like it's oil, and he's
screaming as it kind of bubbles across his
681
01:20:45.399 --> 01:20:55.840
surface. Jerry, I'm going to
tell you this. You can end this.
682
01:20:58.359 --> 01:21:06.439
You have to become the lightning.
You can see that your father is
683
01:21:06.439 --> 01:21:15.079
burning up. He's has too much. You can see that Ben hasn't had
684
01:21:15.079 --> 01:21:21.720
your experience with this. He's even
the short blast that he's given, he's
685
01:21:21.760 --> 01:21:30.800
already beginning to weaken and dim and
your brother, Denny. He seems already
686
01:21:30.880 --> 01:21:38.399
dead. It's up to you,
my friend, how do you end this?
687
01:21:55.039 --> 01:22:08.039
Carry's gonna stop, He's he's gonna
he's gonna stop. He's hugging his
688
01:22:08.159 --> 01:22:13.199
dad. You know, everything's falling
apart. And I think at this point,
689
01:22:13.239 --> 01:22:17.760
he's probably about the same size as
his father. He's he's grown into
690
01:22:17.760 --> 01:22:23.520
a large boy. And he's just
gonna look over his dad's shoulder as the
691
01:22:23.600 --> 01:22:30.159
lightning kind of fades away, and
he's just gonna kind of kind of laugh.
692
01:22:31.920 --> 01:22:42.760
You don't matter. You're too late. You can't stop us. And
693
01:22:42.880 --> 01:22:53.399
whatever comes, Jerry's ready for it. Then wraps his arms around you and
694
01:22:53.520 --> 01:23:01.399
Carl as well, and you don't
see what comes, but there is a
695
01:23:01.439 --> 01:23:08.479
white, brilliant light. What is
the last thing that Jerry Baker says?
696
01:23:16.239 --> 01:23:30.479
He'll He'll glance at Ben, catch
you on the flip side, and Ben
697
01:23:30.520 --> 01:23:48.279
and Jerry are gone. George Megatron
looks at you. What is your decision?
698
01:23:48.560 --> 01:24:05.479
Shock Wave? M you just don't
listen to you. I am selfish.
699
01:24:06.960 --> 01:24:21.760
I want my friend back. It's
too bad. I'm not Shockwave.
700
01:24:27.439 --> 01:24:36.920
My name changed a long time ago. I'm Ultra Magnus. Roll me a
701
01:24:38.119 --> 01:24:45.680
charm? Could I possibly light up
a cigarette? Could live for that line,
702
01:24:46.640 --> 01:24:49.199
dude, after the night that I've
had, If you fucking he can
703
01:24:49.319 --> 01:24:57.159
light up a cigarette? Man?
All right, here we go. I
704
01:24:57.279 --> 01:25:11.479
rolled like twelve dice and no successes. Yeah, luck already again. If
705
01:25:11.479 --> 01:25:16.920
there's anybody that wants leadership, you
can push it if you'd like. I
706
01:25:17.319 --> 01:25:20.520
have you not used your pride?
You may, I'm not sure I haven't.
707
01:25:21.319 --> 01:25:25.039
I do have my pride and it
might be applicable here. It is.
708
01:25:25.079 --> 01:25:31.079
I'm a survivor. I'll absolutely give
it to you, okay, oh
709
01:25:31.199 --> 01:25:42.960
us pride. Instead of arguing with
you, Megatron looks at you and nods,
710
01:25:45.079 --> 01:25:54.960
so be it. Autobot. I
have no wish to fight you.
711
01:25:57.640 --> 01:26:08.119
I am leaving this place. Are
you going to try and stop me?
712
01:26:17.840 --> 01:26:30.680
Well? I have to at least
try if your intent is to attack?
713
01:26:32.359 --> 01:26:38.640
Is that what you're intending to do? Yes? In the bottom right hand
714
01:26:38.720 --> 01:26:49.199
corner you see an autobot symbol appear
and it says transform. Yes, of
715
01:26:49.239 --> 01:27:02.279
course, Greg, my friend,
roll me a force. No successes.
716
01:27:05.760 --> 01:27:13.000
As you stand there for a moment, you feel yourself become lighter as your
717
01:27:13.079 --> 01:27:18.359
heels lift and then your toes lift. Off of the ground and much like
718
01:27:18.560 --> 01:27:24.039
a disc or a magnetute disc in
the palm of Shannon Locke. You lift
719
01:27:24.079 --> 01:27:30.600
two three four inches off the ground
and around your wrist where a watch would
720
01:27:30.640 --> 01:27:34.239
be worn. On both of those
you see a halo of light appear as
721
01:27:34.239 --> 01:27:40.800
if floating above your wrists on each
side. Megatron looks at you and says,
722
01:27:42.359 --> 01:27:51.239
what a waste and he is going
to attack you as he raises his
723
01:27:51.479 --> 01:28:00.840
arm cannon up. I need you
to make me a move. Role successes,
724
01:28:01.000 --> 01:28:05.640
The blast goes off, and with
three successes you are able to fly
725
01:28:05.960 --> 01:28:14.560
and zip like a child of Neverland. And instead of the errant shot striking
726
01:28:14.880 --> 01:28:19.159
a cube of energy on behind you, it blasts off into the ceiling,
727
01:28:19.800 --> 01:28:25.319
creating a huge chunk of debris that
falls and narrowly misses one of the stacks.
728
01:28:26.720 --> 01:28:30.560
He turns to fire again. But
you, my friend, can do
729
01:28:30.680 --> 01:28:38.800
something here. What do you do? So to clarified, this is his
730
01:28:38.880 --> 01:28:42.680
full form, like he's fully here? Or is this he is fully He
731
01:28:42.720 --> 01:28:46.720
does not look like Eugene Butts whatsoever? He looks like g one Megatron.
732
01:28:50.239 --> 01:28:59.079
Is there potentially a hose or pipe
of energron in this area? There you
733
01:28:59.079 --> 01:29:02.359
don't see any of the clear ones, but there are there's piping inventing running
734
01:29:02.439 --> 01:29:10.680
everywhere in this subterranean area. I
think it needs a little bit of juice,
735
01:29:10.680 --> 01:29:18.479
greg I would like to I don't
know if it's slammed into him,
736
01:29:18.520 --> 01:29:27.199
but my goal is to drown him
in energy on. Okay, rome a
737
01:29:27.239 --> 01:29:38.880
force three successes, and like you
punched the derelict robots in the Magnetarine truck
738
01:29:38.920 --> 01:29:45.039
graveyard before the full maturation of your
powers, you are able to pool these
739
01:29:45.079 --> 01:29:50.119
pipes from the wall. As energyon
begins to spill and rush into the area.
740
01:29:50.800 --> 01:29:56.079
This energyn is hot. It is
bubbling in places. You can see
741
01:29:56.079 --> 01:30:00.119
that some of it is a normal
temperature like what you flowed through. Some
742
01:30:00.159 --> 01:30:04.840
of it is almost molten. As
it comes out and sprays everywhere, you
743
01:30:04.880 --> 01:30:11.000
can see that he is attempting.
He is aggressive, but in his wounded
744
01:30:11.000 --> 01:30:15.000
condition. You see him as this
begins to flow into the area, touching
745
01:30:15.000 --> 01:30:18.359
his feet, he reacts as if
acid has touched him, and he begins
746
01:30:18.399 --> 01:30:24.760
to back up towards a large kind
of open garage type door in the back.
747
01:30:25.520 --> 01:30:28.439
Not the service entrance that the rest
of your friends went through. This
748
01:30:28.479 --> 01:30:32.279
is a larger kind of a where
deliveries would probably be gone, but without
749
01:30:32.319 --> 01:30:35.000
the need for a role. It
looks as if he plans to retreat.
750
01:30:38.279 --> 01:30:53.239
He's backing through the stacks of energy
on are you going to stop him?
751
01:30:53.279 --> 01:30:59.840
Your father? If that's what you
call him, he will suffer for your
752
01:31:00.119 --> 01:31:14.199
insolence, ultra madness. I think
with that it seals butts his conviction and
753
01:31:14.199 --> 01:31:19.880
he goes to stop him. What
are you gonna do if I'm still flying?
754
01:31:20.520 --> 01:31:24.680
Or am I own crownd them?
You're kind of hovering with attitude,
755
01:31:25.199 --> 01:31:32.640
hovering with it. I could accept
that. Uh. I think it's just
756
01:31:33.159 --> 01:31:46.680
almost like when I knife handed the
h bad butts through the slider. I
757
01:31:46.720 --> 01:31:50.000
think I'm going to spear. I'm
just gonna go for like a spear dive
758
01:31:50.039 --> 01:32:02.720
into this guy. Roll me a
force. No successes you spear dive into
759
01:32:02.800 --> 01:32:05.520
him. I will allow you to
push this. I will allow you to
760
01:32:05.960 --> 01:32:10.960
use anything you would like. If
you want to roll again or take the
761
01:32:11.000 --> 01:32:17.640
result, I'll push. Do I
accept the condition before or after after,
762
01:32:17.880 --> 01:32:26.920
but you will get the condition injured. Okay. One success you are able
763
01:32:27.000 --> 01:32:31.119
to spear into him. His exterior, though wounded, is still very strong
764
01:32:31.199 --> 01:32:35.800
and causes you to bend a bit
as you hit it kind of bow backwards
765
01:32:35.840 --> 01:32:42.680
as your bodies, though strong,
can't really match up to the Cybertronian steel
766
01:32:42.760 --> 01:32:45.560
that he is. But you're able
to kind of sneak your hand into one
767
01:32:45.600 --> 01:32:49.600
of the wounds that are pre existing, and as you knife into him,
768
01:32:49.720 --> 01:32:58.159
a huge spew of sparks and energy
on comes out, igniting the energy on
769
01:32:58.239 --> 01:33:09.000
cubes. My friend would is what
does George but say at the end,
770
01:33:18.920 --> 01:33:30.079
You'll never hurt anybody ever again,
And like a hero of old, he
771
01:33:30.239 --> 01:33:45.520
keeps his word. Shannon Frank holds
your father aloft Arcaville looks at you.
772
01:33:45.520 --> 01:33:56.199
Your father or death your decision,
little soldier. Well, I did come
773
01:33:57.479 --> 01:34:00.720
for you, but we have this. It's a really nice conversation. So
774
01:34:01.000 --> 01:34:14.119
I guess I'll take my dad Bright
drop him. Drop your dad drops to
775
01:34:14.159 --> 01:34:24.239
the ground. Sean looks between the
creature. Both creatures slowly begins to walk
776
01:34:24.279 --> 01:34:28.039
towards you, keeping them. He's
back and kind of walking to the side
777
01:34:28.760 --> 01:34:34.560
until he puts himself between you and
them. Get out here, Dad,
778
01:34:35.600 --> 01:34:43.079
He's let us go. I know, trust me. He looks back at
779
01:34:43.119 --> 01:34:53.880
you. I do with all my
heart. Shannon kind of gives him a
780
01:34:53.960 --> 01:35:01.319
smirk. Hey, Arquaville, I
forgot to introduce you to somebody. Hey,
781
01:35:01.399 --> 01:35:12.960
Jimmy his you see Arkaville's back kind
of straighten. Jimmy's not sure what
782
01:35:13.000 --> 01:35:18.319
you wanted to don Milwaukee. You
see an object come flying into view,
783
01:35:19.399 --> 01:35:26.960
and just as it flies into view, the first ear piercing squawk begins to
784
01:35:27.079 --> 01:35:30.199
hit. From the feedback, I'm
gonna let you roll force for this,
785
01:35:30.800 --> 01:35:36.800
but do it at plus four okay, gift from good Mitch. Okay,
786
01:35:39.199 --> 01:35:51.199
uh so force and then that was
one plus four two successes. Arkaville drops
787
01:35:51.239 --> 01:36:00.760
to his knees and he is grabbing
his ears and screaming. Okay. Shannon
788
01:36:00.880 --> 01:36:04.800
would like to literally sprint as fast
as possible, and she is going to
789
01:36:04.840 --> 01:36:13.920
swing the axe at Arkavill's head,
my friend. With that plus two from
790
01:36:13.920 --> 01:36:18.720
this scene driven item, roll me
another force as you're going full happy Gilmore
791
01:36:18.920 --> 01:36:30.399
on okay two on the regular role
plus two plus two please three successes.
792
01:36:31.000 --> 01:36:39.159
With the three successes that you needed, you bury this axe into the head
793
01:36:39.840 --> 01:36:47.119
of doctor Holter Arkaville. A demon
is not revealed. A robot is not
794
01:36:47.279 --> 01:36:53.760
revealed. He does not stand up
and pluck the axe from his head,
795
01:36:54.399 --> 01:37:03.479
casting it aside like some god that
he claimed to be he died. You
796
01:37:03.560 --> 01:37:12.439
hear your father scream Shannon, and
you feel something reaching for you. I
797
01:37:12.560 --> 01:37:18.800
need you to roll me a move
role. Can I use my iconic item,
798
01:37:19.159 --> 01:37:24.239
the leather bust? I know I'm
technically not wearing it, but absolutely
799
01:37:24.279 --> 01:37:33.600
yeah. Okay, this is the
last episode for Successes. You duck with
800
01:37:33.640 --> 01:37:38.479
your father's knowledge on your own instincts, and as you kind of roll forward
801
01:37:38.560 --> 01:37:42.479
out of the way, leaving Arkaville, who drops to his knees, still
802
01:37:42.520 --> 01:37:45.079
clutching his ears, and then drops
the side with the axe sticking out of
803
01:37:45.119 --> 01:37:56.880
his forehead. Content warning, Frankenstein
sweeps the air above where your head would
804
01:37:56.880 --> 01:38:04.279
have been without the need for an
investigate role. The machinery around you,
805
01:38:05.279 --> 01:38:10.800
which was loud that he had to
talk over before, seems to get louder
806
01:38:12.640 --> 01:38:19.399
and louder, and your dad is
You see him screaming and motioning yeah,
807
01:38:19.520 --> 01:38:26.760
and Jimmy moves deeper in and you
see him at the what presumably a bank
808
01:38:26.800 --> 01:38:32.319
of cells that Frankenstein extracted your father
from, and you see him furiously trying
809
01:38:32.359 --> 01:38:45.560
to open them. You see the
face of Maggie a sarge and of Thrice,
810
01:38:46.199 --> 01:39:08.920
otherwise known as Jay h M damn
it ah, Greg. Do I
811
01:39:09.039 --> 01:39:14.920
have time for Shannon to smash the
console behind her with the axe and then
812
01:39:15.000 --> 01:39:20.920
make a run for it. Absolutely, But I will tell you this a
813
01:39:20.920 --> 01:39:27.760
bit of meta knowledge. Meta.
You may disable it, but it may
814
01:39:27.840 --> 01:39:38.880
be very dangerous to you. Well, I'm gonna use my pride because I
815
01:39:38.920 --> 01:39:48.760
never backed down. So well,
whatever that happens will happen. So as
816
01:39:48.800 --> 01:39:56.239
you pull the axe out of where
it was placed, you bring it forward.
817
01:39:56.960 --> 01:40:00.680
Your father is charging you, trying
to stop you. He's nowhere close.
818
01:40:01.680 --> 01:40:05.199
Jimmy and the others are safely to
the far side of the space,
819
01:40:08.359 --> 01:40:14.159
and you bring the acts down with
your pride. There is no need for
820
01:40:14.199 --> 01:40:24.319
a role. There's just a brilliant
white light. I didn't think you would
821
01:40:24.359 --> 01:40:35.279
all do this. What does she
in and say? I thinks she just
822
01:40:35.319 --> 01:41:02.640
says, we're all just stardust.
Give me just a second and Shannon is
823
01:41:02.680 --> 01:41:13.159
gone. Mitch. You are alone. The NEXTUS building is in front of
824
01:41:13.159 --> 01:41:27.199
you. How do you approach?
He just walks in. As you walk
825
01:41:27.279 --> 01:41:31.600
in, you enter this large space
for what seems to be a large space,
826
01:41:31.680 --> 01:41:36.560
but when the doors opened, there
is a set of familiar wrought iron
827
01:41:36.640 --> 01:41:54.319
stairs. Heading down, it's it's
the it's the electric chair walk. Each
828
01:41:54.359 --> 01:42:02.800
step is like slow and purposeful,
and he just walks down quietly. When
829
01:42:02.800 --> 01:42:10.399
you get about two thirds of the
way down, you have to reach out
830
01:42:10.399 --> 01:42:19.359
and grab a railing as the space
kind of rocks and rolls as thousands of
831
01:42:19.479 --> 01:42:28.800
energy on cubes explode. A second
later, there is another smaller explosion.
832
01:42:30.640 --> 01:42:44.000
This one is localized closer, almost
next door in that command bunker. Once
833
01:42:44.039 --> 01:42:46.199
you enter the space at the bottom
of the stairs, it opens up into
834
01:42:46.239 --> 01:42:56.279
a pretty mundane laboratory. The interior
pulses with a purple light. A massive
835
01:42:56.359 --> 01:43:00.159
line of blue energy on is intersected
in a vast X with a line of
836
01:43:00.600 --> 01:43:06.760
glowing red energy on. White boards
are everywhere. Classic coke cans are scattered
837
01:43:06.800 --> 01:43:15.560
across the floor. Are you trying
to be stealthy? No, Greg,
838
01:43:15.600 --> 01:43:30.920
I already know I'm here. You
hear your own voice about you. Just
839
01:43:32.199 --> 01:43:35.520
sit over against the wall and don't
ask any questions. You'll figure it all
840
01:43:35.560 --> 01:43:40.920
out in a few years. Anyway. I'm pretty sure I got it,
841
01:43:40.960 --> 01:43:45.520
man. Cool, Yeah, I
just sit down. Then that's not how
842
01:43:45.560 --> 01:43:55.399
this goes this time. You're around
the corner, and you see in front
843
01:43:55.399 --> 01:43:59.560
of this device that looks almost like
a telescope that has like, you know,
844
01:43:59.600 --> 01:44:01.720
like a sight line and a huge
apparatus kind of reaching up into the
845
01:44:01.720 --> 01:44:11.479
sky. Cool your jets. Man, listen, if you forget any ideas
846
01:44:11.600 --> 01:44:14.960
of I don't know, pulling out
a gun you found and shooting me,
847
01:44:15.319 --> 01:44:23.239
I've got insurance, so have a
seat. What what what insurance could you
848
01:44:23.279 --> 01:44:31.359
have? The best kind? Man? Come on? All right? Shit,
849
01:44:32.680 --> 01:44:39.920
do you remember when we were falling
off of that tower between Trade Winds
850
01:44:40.039 --> 01:44:45.520
and the magtruck graveyard. Yeah,
Laser being a robot swooped in right,
851
01:44:45.640 --> 01:44:54.680
grabbed you and said, son,
huh dude, that's me. I just
852
01:44:54.720 --> 01:44:59.560
haven't done it yet. Sit the
fuck down. Man, You do anything
853
01:44:59.600 --> 01:45:04.680
to me, you're out of here. So what you're saying is, if
854
01:45:04.680 --> 01:45:11.239
I do anything to me, you're
out of here. Paradox is weird,
855
01:45:11.319 --> 01:45:15.239
ma'am. Don't you know what I'm
trying to do here? Do you know
856
01:45:15.279 --> 01:45:18.960
what's happened? They probably don't.
I didn't. I don't really care at
857
01:45:19.000 --> 01:45:24.640
this point. I think your friends
are all dead. No, I know,
858
01:45:24.880 --> 01:45:29.760
I knew they weren't making it out. They're all dead like I got
859
01:45:29.760 --> 01:45:39.039
it and know what death means.
You wait ten minutes, I'm bringing them
860
01:45:39.039 --> 01:45:43.960
all back, bro, that's what
you think, That's what I'd fucking no,
861
01:45:44.199 --> 01:45:57.199
man, ten minutes. Just sit
back and in ten minutes they'll all
862
01:45:57.239 --> 01:46:06.520
be here like nothing fucking happened.
Man, I'm resetting all the fucking garrets.
863
01:46:08.960 --> 01:46:16.000
What's what's the power source? This
is a beauty man, You've got
864
01:46:16.039 --> 01:46:17.880
a lot of fun shit ahead of
him. So I'm gonna give you a
865
01:46:17.880 --> 01:46:20.319
little bit of jumpstart. I probably
shouldn't have swore I wouldn't do this shit,
866
01:46:20.880 --> 01:46:26.279
but let me put it. Check
this. I knew exactly where the
867
01:46:26.359 --> 01:46:31.600
loop was gonna expand all the farms
and ship they were gonna steal by,
868
01:46:33.520 --> 01:46:39.840
so over the course of a couple
of decades, I bought the land next
869
01:46:39.880 --> 01:46:47.840
to him. Dude, I hot
wired the loop. If the fucking clue,
870
01:46:47.880 --> 01:46:51.159
man, I took it. I
took it all. I brought them
871
01:46:51.159 --> 01:47:00.199
all here, Megatron flag all these
assholes they're fighting each other. You're welcome,
872
01:47:00.600 --> 01:47:05.600
But why though, to bring back
our friends? Come on, man,
873
01:47:06.119 --> 01:47:10.760
if this is our villain arc,
where's the monologue? You've seen every
874
01:47:10.800 --> 01:47:15.640
movie beat? You're getting it right
now? I'm telling you how cool I
875
01:47:15.680 --> 01:47:18.039
am by doing all this shit.
But I already know how cool I am.
876
01:47:18.079 --> 01:47:23.319
That's why I'm here. No,
no, no, So why thank
877
01:47:23.359 --> 01:47:31.239
your universes? Why Megatron? Why
the monsters? Why he points to all
878
01:47:31.279 --> 01:47:38.199
the white boards. It's math,
man. I had to make sure I
879
01:47:38.239 --> 01:47:45.960
had every fucking base covered. And
I mean, I hate to say I
880
01:47:46.000 --> 01:47:49.560
told you so, because it's really
like telling about myself. I told myself,
881
01:47:50.520 --> 01:47:57.479
but it did and I will and
I'm a fucking badass. Okay,
882
01:47:57.560 --> 01:48:00.359
all right, I mean all right, so if I have to eight ten
883
01:48:00.399 --> 01:48:02.760
minutes, yeah, but before the
before we start the clock, right,
884
01:48:02.800 --> 01:48:05.319
I'm sure you gotta hit a few
buttons. You show me how you hot
885
01:48:05.319 --> 01:48:08.439
wired it, like, I'm sure
that's going to be super useful in the
886
01:48:08.439 --> 01:48:11.000
future. Right, I'm not going
to show you how a hot wire.
887
01:48:11.039 --> 01:48:14.640
You gotta learn this shit, man, otherwise you'll get done too quick and
888
01:48:14.680 --> 01:48:17.479
then you'll try this before it's supposed
to happen. I'll let you know this.
889
01:48:17.479 --> 01:48:20.319
This is one thing that I told
myself that I would let the fair
890
01:48:20.399 --> 01:48:24.920
second. Oh yeah, that was
one of the loop pierced the veil.
891
01:48:24.960 --> 01:48:30.199
They fucked everything up when they did
that Locke and our Dad fucked absolutely everything
892
01:48:30.279 --> 01:48:34.079
up, but the one good thing
was they got that spare second in eighty
893
01:48:34.119 --> 01:48:40.520
seven, March twenty fourth, to
be exact, I'm resetting all the fing
894
01:48:40.520 --> 01:48:45.079
garrets to March twenty fourth, nineteen
eighty seven, before any of this shit
895
01:48:45.239 --> 01:48:55.159
happened, stopping it all. I'm
stopping the original loop jump. I'm gonna
896
01:48:55.159 --> 01:49:02.199
bring Dad back. Well, fuck
it, year, Oh man, why
897
01:49:02.279 --> 01:49:10.159
did you kill us in every dimension? Because we're fucking stupid. Man.
898
01:49:11.920 --> 01:49:25.000
We think we know it all man, and we fucking argue and we don't
899
01:49:25.039 --> 01:49:30.880
know it all man. I do
you know why? Because I fucking won.
900
01:49:32.800 --> 01:49:35.720
None of those others would listen to
me. All of them are fucking
901
01:49:35.800 --> 01:49:40.800
dead because they didn't listen to me. Jerry, Benn, George, Rob
902
01:49:41.119 --> 01:49:54.359
fucking Shannon. They're all fucking dead
because they didn't listen to me. You
903
01:49:54.399 --> 01:50:01.920
were right, man, and now
we get to show them. They won't
904
01:50:01.920 --> 01:50:06.640
ever know it, but we're the
fucking heroes of the day. Man.
905
01:50:08.119 --> 01:50:16.760
We pulled the sword from the fucking
stone. Yeah yeah, yeah, So
906
01:50:16.880 --> 01:50:27.239
you need ten minutes to show everyone
who the hero is. Right. You
907
01:50:27.319 --> 01:50:32.279
can't stop it, dude, I
get it. Man. They did our
908
01:50:32.279 --> 01:50:38.119
best have a fucking seat? Man? You need an army and you ain't
909
01:50:38.159 --> 01:50:45.199
got blood. Yeah, okay,
I'm gonna go. I'm gonna hang out
910
01:50:45.199 --> 01:50:58.560
over here. When you turn around, Mitch, there's a hooded figure behind
911
01:50:58.600 --> 01:51:06.640
you, not looming over you,
about five feet off to your right.
912
01:51:09.600 --> 01:51:14.760
Not the need for a role.
You realize that this is the the same
913
01:51:14.800 --> 01:51:25.079
hooded figure you saw in the garret
with the only McDonald's. The hooded figure
914
01:51:26.439 --> 01:51:33.560
steps into the glow of the purple
and your older self says, holy shit,
915
01:51:34.960 --> 01:51:41.359
did you actually get one through?
Fucking good on you, guys at
916
01:51:41.479 --> 01:51:46.600
both of you have a seat,
more people to celebrate. The figure reaches
917
01:51:46.680 --> 01:51:56.520
up, grabs their hood, pulls
it down and says, I'm not going
918
01:51:56.560 --> 01:52:11.720
anywhere. Who do you think you
are? Because you're not him? What
919
01:52:11.800 --> 01:52:16.880
the fuck are you doing here,
man, Mitch? This Rob looks seventeen.
920
01:52:24.000 --> 01:52:29.880
What the fuck's going on? Man, it's been a few years,
921
01:52:30.960 --> 01:52:42.720
figured some stuff out. I'm onder
your ass now. You can't stop me.
922
01:52:42.800 --> 01:52:51.520
Man, It's still just the fucking
two of you. You see four
923
01:52:51.560 --> 01:53:00.319
other figures step out of a brilliant
white light behind Rob. I thought you
924
01:53:00.359 --> 01:53:12.279
were good at math. George Jerry
Shannon Ben one moment you were where you
925
01:53:12.279 --> 01:53:20.439
were and with the pull of a
sweat miss shirt hooded seventeen year old robot,
926
01:53:21.960 --> 01:53:32.199
you are here. The fuck is
going on? Man? What the
927
01:53:32.239 --> 01:53:39.079
fuck is this? How are you? You're all supposed to be You're all
928
01:53:39.079 --> 01:53:45.600
supposed to be dead. Guys,
I need five minutes? He needs bullshit?
929
01:53:49.119 --> 01:53:56.279
What the fuck is going on here? Listen, don't fucking do anything,
930
01:53:56.319 --> 01:54:02.199
man, you you you you,
you screw us all up. Too
931
01:54:02.279 --> 01:54:15.840
late for that. You only need
five twenty five well guard and you all
932
01:54:15.880 --> 01:54:24.800
hear the heavy footsteps of something as
it emerges from the shadows behind Mitch,
933
01:54:26.159 --> 01:54:31.920
and that large silver robot with the
slice of light for an eye steps forward
934
01:54:33.399 --> 01:54:40.960
towards You need to fucking army man, fuck him up, gort and you
935
01:54:41.000 --> 01:54:45.479
see the light begin to glow.
My friends, everybody please go to number
936
01:54:45.520 --> 01:54:54.920
twenty two. Excuse me, number
twenty three on our Spotify playlist, Rob,
937
01:54:56.840 --> 01:55:05.319
Welcome back, my friend. As
your friends gather around you, you
938
01:55:05.399 --> 01:55:14.239
need five minutes. What do you
say to your newly arrived friends. You
939
01:55:14.319 --> 01:55:26.079
haven't seen them in a while.
God, we're so young. We'll reminute
940
01:55:26.159 --> 01:55:34.760
later. Get big Mitch and he's
gonna half half step, half charged towards
941
01:55:36.279 --> 01:55:45.720
Big Mitch. My friends, this
is your story. To tell tell me
942
01:55:45.760 --> 01:55:49.760
what you want to do. Roll
your dice, and if you get twelve
943
01:55:49.800 --> 01:55:57.520
successes, you beat Mitch and Gordon. And because of the Michigan's we received
944
01:55:57.560 --> 01:56:01.119
tonight, any conditions you have have
her gone. Your luck is back,
945
01:56:01.399 --> 01:56:14.760
as is your pride. Go get
them auto bots. So Rob's gonna do
946
01:56:14.840 --> 01:56:21.920
something that's very had not rubbish,
as they know. And in his approach
947
01:56:21.960 --> 01:56:26.800
towards Big Mitch, he's gonna crow
hop and just punch him right dead in
948
01:56:26.840 --> 01:56:32.319
the face, or attempt to just
yeah, roll me some force, my
949
01:56:32.399 --> 01:56:38.039
friend, h add whatever you would, I would suggest, adding everything you
950
01:56:38.119 --> 01:56:47.520
have to it. So I'm gonna
use both looks. So let's see,
951
01:56:47.560 --> 01:57:00.840
I'm just gonna boost that up.
And also the other two you can use
952
01:57:00.840 --> 01:57:02.439
your lucks to reroll if you'd like. I'll give you more dice to do
953
01:57:02.479 --> 01:57:05.159
that instead of counting him as extra
dice. Yeah, yeah, let's do
954
01:57:05.199 --> 01:57:13.560
that. Then yep, one success. Can I go ahead and roll it
955
01:57:13.600 --> 01:57:16.039
again? Just give him a two
piece you absolutely can. Yeah, keep
956
01:57:16.039 --> 01:57:21.439
the one that you have and you'll
incur. Yeah. So it's he hasn't
957
01:57:21.479 --> 01:57:25.479
actually ever punched anybody. It's all
been in the air, so this is
958
01:57:25.520 --> 01:57:28.880
the first time he's gonna make physical
contact with a person. It's a good
959
01:57:28.880 --> 01:57:31.319
one though, as you crack him
along the side right by the ear.
960
01:57:32.479 --> 01:57:36.520
What's everybody else do? As you
have one success my friends? Did you
961
01:57:36.560 --> 01:57:42.880
want to add your pride into that
too? Which has been refreshed Rob?
962
01:57:43.279 --> 01:57:47.119
Oh? Yeah, absolutely, why
not. Let's let's do that. You're
963
01:57:47.119 --> 01:57:57.319
at two successes, my friends?
Friends? Who's up next? Los?
964
01:57:57.399 --> 01:58:06.560
Jerry? Yeah? Oh no,
bad timing, gosh started? Hey Greg?
965
01:58:08.399 --> 01:58:16.960
Yeah? My ax gone? Nah
yeah, okay, uh, I'm
966
01:58:16.960 --> 01:58:23.800
trying to remember. Shannon's trying to
remember some of the stuff that Mitch and
967
01:58:23.960 --> 01:58:27.159
her talked about while working on the
Battlewagon. So they were like the whole
968
01:58:27.199 --> 01:58:30.520
summer, right, So he talked
about all sorts of mechanical shit that Shannon
969
01:58:30.600 --> 01:58:36.680
was kind of paying attention to but
not entirely, and is trying to think
970
01:58:36.960 --> 01:58:46.800
of something that would create a vulnerability
in the robot, like something that he
971
01:58:46.840 --> 01:58:56.359
would only do. Mm hmm.
You know that's a weird No, you're
972
01:58:56.399 --> 01:58:58.520
looking for a week spot, is
that what you're trying to do? Yeah,
973
01:58:58.560 --> 01:59:02.640
Okay, I tell you what.
I won't cause you to have a
974
01:59:02.720 --> 01:59:10.600
push for this, but you'll need
to basically take one of your dice and
975
01:59:10.800 --> 01:59:14.279
spend that to roll and investigate,
kind of give yourself a bonus action if
976
01:59:14.319 --> 01:59:18.199
you will so roll and investigate,
and then based upon that will allow you
977
01:59:18.239 --> 01:59:26.560
to make your strike. Okay,
so two successes on investigate. That beam
978
01:59:26.600 --> 01:59:30.800
of light seems to be the weakest
point. Strangely enough, it's just about
979
01:59:30.800 --> 01:59:40.079
the size of an axe blade.
Cool. Okay, is this a very
980
01:59:40.159 --> 01:59:45.720
tall Shannon's got ups? So yeah, you can definitely get up there to
981
01:59:45.800 --> 01:59:50.520
make the swing it's about Okay.
I was like, is this thing like
982
01:59:50.600 --> 01:59:57.119
twelve feet or higher? Because as
you're gonna need a boost. Okay,
983
01:59:57.239 --> 02:00:02.119
if you want to go narratively and
get a boost from somebody like Fastball special
984
02:00:02.159 --> 02:00:11.159
Issue, I'm all here for it. Okay. Cool. Yeah, who's
985
02:00:11.279 --> 02:00:15.359
the closest to Shannon? I can't
remember that order in which everybody appeared.
986
02:00:15.159 --> 02:00:20.680
You would all you'd be between George
Ben Jerry. Okay, she's actually going
987
02:00:20.720 --> 02:00:29.960
to turn to butts. Butts toss
me up and she's getting her ass ready
988
02:00:30.119 --> 02:00:35.479
for liftoff, and you're like,
oh yeah, and she just steps and
989
02:00:35.840 --> 02:00:41.760
pushes off as hard as she can. So I'm going to allow you guys
990
02:00:41.760 --> 02:00:44.119
to tell me how you do this. I will give you an example.
991
02:00:44.520 --> 02:00:48.239
Butts can rocket like a missile towards
this thing, and have you like prepared
992
02:00:48.279 --> 02:00:54.479
to kind of like mailbox baseball it
when you go by, or he can
993
02:00:54.520 --> 02:01:00.439
throw you as a missile yourself.
You all tell me your story and then
994
02:01:00.319 --> 02:01:04.359
roll some force for me. Shannon
m Betta, this is your play,
995
02:01:04.600 --> 02:01:09.439
so you let me know what you
prefer. I feel like I'm gonna need
996
02:01:09.520 --> 02:01:15.439
Butts to back her up, so
tossing her is probably the best bet here,
997
02:01:15.840 --> 02:01:19.319
just in case the robot doesn't,
you know, get this ring or
998
02:01:19.319 --> 02:01:28.880
something that's kind of intercedes. Yeah, okay, Romo, force Butts just
999
02:01:28.920 --> 02:01:40.039
to see uh my last two leadership
to two butts. Okay, one success.
1000
02:01:41.119 --> 02:01:46.319
You are rocketing through the air at
this robot. Roll me a force
1001
02:01:46.399 --> 02:01:51.920
with the plus two of the acts
of course. Okay, bunch, okay,
1002
02:01:51.960 --> 02:02:03.760
hold one more plus two son of
a new hit. But it doesn't
1003
02:02:04.000 --> 02:02:11.439
penetrate the visor. It kind of
skiters off the forehead as you fly by.
1004
02:02:11.439 --> 02:02:16.119
You can push if you want.
That's what will happen. But what
1005
02:02:16.199 --> 02:02:20.600
does happen is up to Meadow.
You may push it, continue it,
1006
02:02:20.640 --> 02:02:30.199
throw your pride into it. I
feel like pride is going to be the
1007
02:02:30.199 --> 02:02:32.600
one to go. She's on a
roll with this axe. So yeah,
1008
02:02:33.079 --> 02:02:38.920
we're when I gotta go with pride. Okay, So with you get one
1009
02:02:39.000 --> 02:02:43.520
success as you sink the axe into
the visor, causing it to like shorten
1010
02:02:43.680 --> 02:02:46.439
the glass the kind of bow and
split as the crystal or whatever it is
1011
02:02:46.479 --> 02:02:51.520
that is that translucent material splinters and
flies out of the front of the visor,
1012
02:02:51.880 --> 02:02:56.960
rocketing gort back, you know,
a half step of his giant you
1013
02:02:57.000 --> 02:03:04.039
know, silver moon boot. Jerry
George, what do you do to contribute?
1014
02:03:04.199 --> 02:03:06.800
Mitch obviously too, we'll have a
role in this. In a moment,
1015
02:03:12.359 --> 02:03:20.479
I think, well they're doing that. Cherry's gonna like give bad Mitch
1016
02:03:20.520 --> 02:03:27.119
a look. You were the smartest
kid I knew and stupidest grown up,
1017
02:03:29.520 --> 02:03:36.800
and he's gonna punch Dirt's knee like
sideways to try and down them. Roll
1018
02:03:36.880 --> 02:03:45.880
me a force, take take my
extras. I got two more figures.
1019
02:03:46.239 --> 02:03:58.640
Nice, all right? They I
didn't help. Never again. You may
1020
02:03:58.760 --> 02:04:08.239
pride or push or if you push
the role or use a luck. If
1021
02:04:08.279 --> 02:04:12.039
you have it, you may use
the same dice that we're given to you.
1022
02:04:12.159 --> 02:04:15.000
Again. They also come back and
apply, Yeah, I've got I've
1023
02:04:15.000 --> 02:04:20.039
got the luck back, so I
may as well. I'm better than this.
1024
02:04:20.279 --> 02:04:29.159
I know I am. That's two
success It gives you all a total
1025
02:04:29.319 --> 02:04:33.000
of five. As you run forward
and I'm with another an electric fastball to
1026
02:04:33.079 --> 02:04:39.319
the knee, you crack the haymaker
and as Gord's knee bends the wrong way
1027
02:04:39.359 --> 02:04:43.319
a little bit, you know,
a bit of an Ostrich effect. George,
1028
02:04:43.319 --> 02:04:49.279
what do you do, my friend? I think after sending Shannon and
1029
02:04:49.640 --> 02:04:55.439
in that same amount of time,
I think that's when Jerry also hits the
1030
02:04:55.520 --> 02:05:00.039
kneecap. I think I want to
capitalize on that momentum and tried who hit
1031
02:05:00.159 --> 02:05:05.039
him from the direction that he would
topple Gordon. So I'd like to fly
1032
02:05:05.199 --> 02:05:15.000
into him and just kind of like
a philo exactly. Okay, so roll
1033
02:05:15.039 --> 02:05:17.439
me a force. Any success will
cause that to happen, because it was
1034
02:05:17.479 --> 02:05:26.119
set up by Jerry and Shannon.
For that matter, no successes push pride
1035
02:05:26.159 --> 02:05:36.840
for both where locks my luck?
Two successes, two more successes, and
1036
02:05:36.880 --> 02:05:41.600
again anybody can throw the pride into
it if they want. That's always a
1037
02:05:41.600 --> 02:05:46.560
free success no matter what you've already
rolled, Mitch, your friends are buying
1038
02:05:46.600 --> 02:05:59.319
you time. In the few precious
moments that these four are kicking ass and
1039
02:05:59.680 --> 02:06:08.119
or to taking names, Mitch is
frantically removing parts and tools from his backpack
1040
02:06:08.560 --> 02:06:15.640
from Arkaville's backpack, and he is
building the contraption that he and Arkaville designed.
1041
02:06:17.439 --> 02:06:21.399
I'm gonna I'm gonna roll you some
shit, Greg, and this is
1042
02:06:21.439 --> 02:06:25.840
going to be a part of the
defeat, So rollmy I'm assuming you want
1043
02:06:25.840 --> 02:06:30.119
to go tinker with this. I
absolutely do. And you get the plus
1044
02:06:30.159 --> 02:06:40.960
two from the device that you created. Let's see here six. That is
1045
02:06:41.079 --> 02:06:48.000
three additional successes. And Greg,
since you are a huge fan of them
1046
02:06:48.039 --> 02:06:53.560
and it is the final episode and
it has been a traumatic three and change
1047
02:06:53.640 --> 02:06:58.600
years, I have a I have
a little bargain for you, buddy.
1048
02:06:58.960 --> 02:07:02.520
We need two successes. Is you
sure do? Young Mitch doesn't know how
1049
02:07:02.520 --> 02:07:08.720
to hot wire the loop, but
he had a pretty good idea when he
1050
02:07:08.760 --> 02:07:12.960
was talking to Shannon a few minutes
ago, and he's pretty sure he can
1051
02:07:12.960 --> 02:07:23.399
be a power source. I'm going
to try to dive the loop without them
1052
02:07:23.399 --> 02:07:42.119
in it and Mitche goes with it. Are you killing yourself? It's the
1053
02:07:42.119 --> 02:08:00.279
only way to make sure en that
happens again, using your pride. Don't
1054
02:08:00.319 --> 02:08:20.119
tinker for successes. Old Mitch begins
to scream. He moves as the walls
1055
02:08:20.239 --> 02:08:30.159
begin to liquefy around you. He
grabs hold of the walls and attempts to
1056
02:08:30.199 --> 02:08:52.239
stop what's happening. George, Rob, Jerry Shannon do something to stop him.
1057
02:08:52.439 --> 02:09:00.800
No, you see that Mitch is
holding onto the device ice that was
1058
02:09:00.880 --> 02:09:05.239
designed in the back of the moving
battlewagon. And Mitch is constantly phasing in
1059
02:09:05.319 --> 02:09:09.039
and out and in and out and
in and out as everything is moving and
1060
02:09:09.159 --> 02:09:18.399
warbling around. Rob. Did you
say that out loud? Candle said that,
1061
02:09:20.079 --> 02:09:37.319
Oh m hm, Rob's gonna Rob's
gonna throw his crystal at him.
1062
02:09:37.000 --> 02:09:45.159
Not say anything. Just helmet right
ahead, the one that you wear,
1063
02:09:45.439 --> 02:09:52.319
the one that from Maggie. Yes, the crystal. What do you want
1064
02:09:52.319 --> 02:10:03.119
to roll? Forced move charm?
You tell me what you're trying to do,
1065
02:10:03.159 --> 02:10:11.159
and I'll tell you what's wrong.
I want him to have a way
1066
02:10:11.199 --> 02:10:18.159
back if he goes. I want
I want him to have a beacon so
1067
02:10:18.239 --> 02:10:24.439
we can find him. I don't
I don't want him to just disappear.
1068
02:10:28.000 --> 02:10:35.000
It's the only thing I have.
They kept kept me here, well relatively
1069
02:10:35.680 --> 02:10:48.159
speaking, with a plus two for
the iconic item Roman empathize as you were
1070
02:10:48.159 --> 02:11:03.079
trying to save your friend. M
hm hm hm, Oh, that's not
1071
02:11:03.159 --> 02:11:09.359
it. That's not it either.
How do I forget to do this?
1072
02:11:11.039 --> 02:11:22.119
Slash our space to the Yep,
it's the slash first ye, the crystal
1073
02:11:24.479 --> 02:11:33.920
hits him and catches along the loop
of no pun intended as he just phases
1074
02:11:35.000 --> 02:11:39.239
in, he catches along the loop
of his belt. And when he phases
1075
02:11:39.239 --> 02:11:50.319
out again, the crystal becomes in
material as well. And then he's gone.
1076
02:11:52.319 --> 02:12:09.720
And you want are standing in a
field, who's all? Is it
1077
02:12:09.840 --> 02:12:15.119
just the four of us or other
other people? Four of you? And
1078
02:12:15.199 --> 02:12:20.119
then you see the other people around
you, see Jimmy, Maggie. They're
1079
02:12:20.159 --> 02:12:26.199
farther off your father. They seem
unharmed, but now kind of bewildered as
1080
02:12:26.239 --> 02:12:33.680
to why they are lying on the
grass and not in a cell or a
1081
02:12:33.720 --> 02:12:46.279
tunnel. M Oh no, no, no, no, no, no,
1082
02:12:46.359 --> 02:12:50.159
that's he wasn't supposed to do that. He just happened. He wasn't
1083
02:12:50.159 --> 02:12:52.439
supposed to do that. He's supposed
to still be here. We're supposed to
1084
02:12:52.479 --> 02:13:01.479
win. I think we just did. I planned this for four years.
1085
02:13:03.880 --> 02:13:13.039
Okay, he's gone, He's not
gone. You just have to find him
1086
02:13:13.079 --> 02:13:16.119
better not be man. He's He's
got my crystal and I need it back.
1087
02:13:20.359 --> 02:13:26.039
Jerry's gonna just reach out and grab
Rob by the shoulder and pull him
1088
02:13:26.079 --> 02:13:41.800
in for a hug, no words, and Rob's gonna lose it. It's
1089
02:13:41.800 --> 02:13:52.319
a much stronger hug than you remember. I believe it. As you all
1090
02:13:52.399 --> 02:14:03.520
stand there, the clock flips over
to twelve oh one January first, nineteen
1091
02:14:03.640 --> 02:14:20.199
ninety. Mitch is out there somewhere. He has a gift from his friends
1092
02:14:20.319 --> 02:14:35.119
and family with him. My friends, if wherever you are, and good
1093
02:14:35.159 --> 02:14:43.720
things happened and Mitch's found, what
do you see happening for your your group,
1094
02:14:43.760 --> 02:14:50.399
your your people? What is the
what is the happily ever after?
1095
02:14:50.640 --> 02:15:01.319
For each of you? Anyone may
go first. This is a dream of
1096
02:15:01.439 --> 02:15:11.439
hope. This is not what will
be, just what could be, because
1097
02:15:11.479 --> 02:15:20.520
that's what hope is. Sounds like
nobody else is jumping at the bit,
1098
02:15:20.600 --> 02:15:26.920
So I guess I'll go through what
I had planned. I would like to
1099
02:15:26.960 --> 02:15:31.760
imagine this as a show. So
I imagine it as a scene in the
1100
02:15:31.840 --> 02:15:37.640
suburbs. It's a camera pans into
a picture window on a middle class house.
1101
02:15:39.279 --> 02:15:45.560
In the bottom it says nineteen ninety
six. This is POLICI. Here's
1102
02:15:45.600 --> 02:15:48.720
some sort of voice. Sounds like
it's some kind of broadcast, and as
1103
02:15:48.720 --> 02:15:52.359
it shifts into the room. And
in other news, Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy
1104
02:15:52.399 --> 02:15:56.880
Townsend made a statement with regard to
the disruptions around the Capitol Beltway Expressway from
1105
02:15:56.880 --> 02:16:03.000
this past Tuesday. Lieutenant Governor and
explained that and then the news anchor stops
1106
02:16:03.000 --> 02:16:09.720
dead, looks directly into another camera. Don't trust Rita Clarissa find Alpha five
1107
02:16:09.880 --> 02:16:13.479
near Henry and Son salvage. You
can't go it alone. Seek sword Ons
1108
02:16:13.479 --> 02:16:18.720
guidance. She says. We can
expect it to breed, to be cleared,
1109
02:16:18.720 --> 02:16:22.399
and traffic patterns to resume normal operation
after this weekend. This is George
1110
02:16:22.399 --> 02:16:24.920
Butts with w bl I at Witness
News. Have a good evening and thank
1111
02:16:24.920 --> 02:16:37.920
you for watching n see well everyone
else thinks. I will tell you my
1112
02:16:37.000 --> 02:16:46.639
hope for George. If I could
pick a story. The gondola car spasms
1113
02:16:46.360 --> 02:16:52.920
as the last length of safety line
begins to splinter inside. Seven souls pray
1114
02:16:52.959 --> 02:16:56.440
for many things, but none of
them pray for salvation. They know no
1115
02:16:56.520 --> 02:17:01.719
help wholl ever arrive in time.
There are prayers of preparation for what happens
1116
02:17:01.719 --> 02:17:05.079
next, prayers of protection for the
loved ones being left behind, and a
1117
02:17:05.120 --> 02:17:09.639
small six year old boy and his
nine year old sister pray for their parents,
1118
02:17:09.440 --> 02:17:13.600
who let their granddad bring them into
the city. Tears roll down the
1119
02:17:13.639 --> 02:17:18.239
little girl's cheeks as the gondola's last
length of steel cable gives and they begin
1120
02:17:18.280 --> 02:17:26.559
to plummet. Sometimes even the unvoiced
prayers are answered. The car's descent slows
1121
02:17:26.120 --> 02:17:31.479
until they are drifting downward, no
faster than an autumn leaf. Gently,
1122
02:17:31.479 --> 02:17:35.079
they come to rest on the rocks
at the base of the mountain they are
1123
02:17:35.079 --> 02:17:39.959
attempting to summit. Outside the little
girl's window, George comes into view,
1124
02:17:41.399 --> 02:17:46.200
wearing a deep hood and a dark
band of color over his eyes. No
1125
02:17:46.200 --> 02:17:50.840
one else save if her brother notices
him. The rest are too busy weeping.
1126
02:17:52.040 --> 02:17:56.680
All right, are you Superman?
She asks through the blown out window.
1127
02:17:58.920 --> 02:18:05.680
George smiles but acts offended. Do
I look like Superman? No?
1128
02:18:05.680 --> 02:18:09.719
No, no, she says a
smile of her own, ghosting her shock
1129
02:18:09.760 --> 02:18:16.920
filled face. What do I call
you? George seems genuinely challenged by the
1130
02:18:16.000 --> 02:18:26.760
question. Finally he smiles again,
call me ultra Ultra, just ultra,
1131
02:18:28.920 --> 02:18:35.479
as if beginning a new prayer.
The girl whispers ultra ultra, winks and
1132
02:18:35.639 --> 02:18:50.799
flies away. Because every reporter needs
to be a superhero, what are your
1133
02:18:50.840 --> 02:19:07.040
hopes they can be some? I
think after all of this, Jerry,
1134
02:19:07.719 --> 02:19:16.360
Jerry does want the simple life.
You know, maybe maybe he finally pursues
1135
02:19:16.520 --> 02:19:26.360
that that romance. Maybe maybe I
can see him staying in Garrett. You
1136
02:19:26.399 --> 02:19:31.479
know, maybe the football scholarship didn't
pan out. But he's a systant coach
1137
02:19:31.559 --> 02:19:35.399
for the middle school team or something, and it's a good life for him.
1138
02:19:35.600 --> 02:19:41.000
Uh. You know, he's he's
grown a lot, and he's he's
1139
02:19:41.000 --> 02:19:43.920
got a lot to pass on to
the next generation. Even if he doesn't
1140
02:19:43.959 --> 02:19:50.280
seem all that smart, he gets
it. And I like to think that
1141
02:19:50.719 --> 02:19:56.079
he and Ben on weekends play in
the worst grunge band to grace the county
1142
02:19:58.559 --> 02:20:09.600
of it. My hope for all
of these characters. I'm selfish and wrote
1143
02:20:09.639 --> 02:20:16.600
these while ago. So in the
middle of a blizzard in the snow globe.
1144
02:20:16.600 --> 02:20:22.120
That is Garrett. It's dead.
Chief Vanessa's going to have this baby
1145
02:20:22.159 --> 02:20:28.920
in the truck. Jerry steps forward
pop the hood, Rick, lifting the
1146
02:20:28.920 --> 02:20:33.399
hood. Police Chief Jerry Baker assesses
the vehicle's engine as the snowstorm rages around
1147
02:20:33.440 --> 02:20:37.639
him. Quickly removing a glove,
he places his hand on the car's battery
1148
02:20:37.200 --> 02:20:43.559
as lightning dances in his eyes.
The vehicle roars to life. You did
1149
02:20:43.600 --> 02:20:48.360
it, roaring over the blizzard and
the newly reborn engine. Follow me in,
1150
02:20:48.479 --> 02:20:52.639
Rick, We'll get you to the
hospital. Breaking back through the shin
1151
02:20:52.799 --> 02:20:56.639
deep snow towards his police issue Bronco, Jerry sees the two shadows of his
1152
02:20:56.760 --> 02:21:01.840
nine year old twins standing beside the
vehicle. I told you too to stay
1153
02:21:01.879 --> 02:21:07.120
inside. First twin says, I
only thought we could help. Jerry says,
1154
02:21:07.159 --> 02:21:11.559
you can help by getting in the
Bronco. Second twin says, shotgun
1155
02:21:13.760 --> 02:21:16.680
forced boy grumbles, But the rules
are the rules. The chief smiles as
1156
02:21:16.680 --> 02:21:20.879
he climbs into the vehicle and waits
for his boys to strap him. Dropping
1157
02:21:20.879 --> 02:21:24.319
the broncos plow, he starts to
cut a path into the middle of Garrett
1158
02:21:24.319 --> 02:21:33.920
towards the hospital. Jerry is happy
it is a good life. Yea,
1159
02:21:33.040 --> 02:21:39.559
you win these. I get to
save my ship because I love you all
1160
02:21:39.639 --> 02:21:54.360
and so oh uh so I don't. I feel like Rob will maintain,
1161
02:21:56.799 --> 02:22:03.520
but he's not gonna do well.
You get every time he sees any kind
1162
02:22:03.520 --> 02:22:11.120
of crystal, you know, he
grabs it and then just goes into a
1163
02:22:11.159 --> 02:22:16.319
depressive state for days and tries to, you know, do his best to
1164
02:22:16.360 --> 02:22:24.360
recreate the feeling of the all the
times he jumped. He even sometimes just
1165
02:22:24.440 --> 02:22:30.360
turns his Mitchie talkie on and sits
and stares at it in the dark.
1166
02:22:31.680 --> 02:22:37.479
But these are things he does in
private. On then the outside he's he's
1167
02:22:37.600 --> 02:22:39.079
robbed, you know, he's now
he's older than all of his friends,
1168
02:22:41.079 --> 02:22:48.520
but it doesn't bother him. He
goes about his day to day. He
1169
02:22:48.559 --> 02:22:54.799
takes over duties at the paperback exchange, and he lives in normal life and
1170
02:22:54.120 --> 02:23:01.680
does his normal everyday thing. But
no amount of the home amount of crystals
1171
02:23:01.799 --> 02:23:07.319
can really get to happen what he
wants to happen. He can't make communication,
1172
02:23:07.399 --> 02:23:09.959
he can't jump, he can't do
what he wants to do. And
1173
02:23:11.079 --> 02:23:18.079
I'd like to believe at his very
lowest he finally finds a crystal underneath the
1174
02:23:18.319 --> 02:23:30.360
floorboard during a remodel, and he
picks it up and m and MITCHI talkie
1175
02:23:30.399 --> 02:23:52.040
goes off. That's it. You
win. Before us say anything about Rob,
1176
02:23:52.319 --> 02:23:58.120
I need to go to Mitch because
I need to know this Rob fired.
1177
02:23:58.159 --> 02:24:11.879
You. We see Mitch. We
see all of these scenes and the
1178
02:24:11.000 --> 02:24:16.879
camera sort of pulls back and warbles
as it does, and you see that
1179
02:24:16.959 --> 02:24:24.079
Mitch has set up what looks like
TV screens, but on closer inspection,
1180
02:24:24.120 --> 02:24:30.680
they are versions of the slide that
he has spent time and time and time
1181
02:24:31.360 --> 02:24:37.959
trying to perfect. He has one
on each of his friends in every universe
1182
02:24:39.280 --> 02:24:48.319
him that they traveled to, and
he's watching and taking notes, doing his
1183
02:24:48.440 --> 02:24:52.280
best to not cause ripples and time. But every once in a while you
1184
02:24:52.319 --> 02:24:58.799
see him fold up something and toss
it into one of the windows and it
1185
02:24:58.920 --> 02:25:03.000
lands somewhere just out of sight of
the person that focuses on for them to
1186
02:25:03.040 --> 02:25:16.520
find something, something that will help
them fix their garrett. But when the
1187
02:25:16.559 --> 02:25:30.360
years creep by and you've done it, the garrets are safe, your effects
1188
02:25:30.360 --> 02:25:43.840
are passed away. When the crystal
will find you, what do you do?
1189
02:25:50.719 --> 02:25:58.879
There is a ridiculous piecemeal antenna that
at the base of it is the
1190
02:25:58.959 --> 02:26:05.280
original MITCHI Lucky, and he presses
the button, says, this Wheeljack is
1191
02:26:05.319 --> 02:26:28.040
anyone out there? You go home? There's a way home, there always
1192
02:26:28.200 --> 02:26:48.520
is. Signed flips from closed but
not forever to open. A moment later,
1193
02:26:48.639 --> 02:26:54.079
Knee, wearing his brown UPS uniform, backed into the paperback exchange,
1194
02:26:54.079 --> 02:26:58.079
wheeling a hand truck laden with several
cardboard boxes the top of the Morning Rob,
1195
02:26:58.440 --> 02:27:03.479
the middleway man, says cheerily,
Morning Knee, What do you have
1196
02:27:03.600 --> 02:27:05.920
for me? Looks like all the
normal stuff, but we do have a
1197
02:27:05.959 --> 02:27:11.879
special delivery. Is it what I
think it is? Looks like it,
1198
02:27:11.959 --> 02:27:16.520
buddy. Rob quickly reaches past the
frame picture of Miss Maggie, the activated
1199
02:27:16.559 --> 02:27:22.799
Mitchie Talkie, the sealed and boarded
copy of Ultra number one, and finally
1200
02:27:22.840 --> 02:27:26.639
behind the counter, and a moment
later he pulls forth a box cutter.
1201
02:27:28.879 --> 02:27:31.799
Trembling hand, he holds a sharp
edge over the top box of the hand
1202
02:27:31.840 --> 02:27:39.399
truck. Mee whispers, gonna be
awesome. Man holding it up. Stealing
1203
02:27:39.440 --> 02:27:45.799
himself. Rob opens the box,
revealing several copies professionally graded and packaged of
1204
02:27:45.840 --> 02:27:50.079
the first issue of a brand new
comic book. Holding it up and revealing
1205
02:27:50.120 --> 02:27:54.159
the back to us viewers. Rob
holds it so Knee can see together the
1206
02:27:54.200 --> 02:27:58.920
boys of thirty fewer years. They
both leaned forward, lean forward, and
1207
02:28:00.040 --> 02:28:05.719
whisper oh. For several minutes they
simply stare at the cover until finally Knee
1208
02:28:05.760 --> 02:28:07.840
shakes his head, breaking the spell. Damn it, I have to go
1209
02:28:09.040 --> 02:28:15.200
finish my route. Would you.
Rob just looks at him, Wait till
1210
02:28:15.200 --> 02:28:22.719
you get back new points a finger. You're the man, Robot. Moment
1211
02:28:22.799 --> 02:28:26.600
later, the large brown ups truck
peels wheel out of the lot. Rob,
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you take the paperback. You look
around and take in the paperback,
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exchange your inheritance from your mom smells
just like comic print in nineteen sixty nine.
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Like Carl, you smile as you
look down at the comic in your
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hands, wearing ink and color version
of this very storefront stairs back. At
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the top of the cover, the
title Atari Twilight blazes fourth and at the
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bottom in smaller fun it says co
written by Ben Mackenzie and let Blake Mackenzie.
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And as you look and nod just
under one of the shelves between the
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rows, in a spot near where
a clown once broke your finger, you
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see a crystal, and when you
pick it up, the Mitchie talkie crackles.
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Shannon, I'm really glad I waited
for everybody to go first, because
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this maybe works out. So Shannon, after spending a very short and brief
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time with her father, just being
and reunited with the mother as well,
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they make a plan and they gather
every single piece of evidence and information about
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the loop, Mitch's research in the
graveyard and everything, and they start basically
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02:30:11.200 --> 02:30:18.040
like a crime scene wall of everything
that they could find, and they replace
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02:30:18.159 --> 02:30:26.760
everything in the garage with whiteboards and
all the details copied over pictures of whatever
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02:30:26.879 --> 02:30:33.600
Mitch had previously written out that was
still available, and they spend however long
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02:30:33.639 --> 02:30:41.399
it takes, figuring out where and
when Mitch is and hope to bring him
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02:30:41.399 --> 02:30:52.639
back, and as you do this, getting information that will eventually lend itself
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to once Mitch is discovered, finding
how to get him, how to bring
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02:30:56.840 --> 02:31:03.719
him home, how to do the
math in many ways, becoming Mitch to
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find Mitch. Throughout that time with
your father, I'd like to think that
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02:31:11.719 --> 02:31:18.040
there are times when she Ann is
finally allowed well. Out along the interstate,
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02:31:20.120 --> 02:31:24.040
Shannon Locke rides her Harley North.
Her long hair blows behind her,
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02:31:24.040 --> 02:31:31.760
and her entire presence is the very
picture of nineteen ninety nine freedom over the
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02:31:31.840 --> 02:31:35.799
hills. She rides alive in the
present and still respectful of her eventual,
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02:31:35.079 --> 02:31:41.280
eventful past, but not mired in
it. She has no longer any desire
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02:31:41.479 --> 02:31:48.399
to be anything to anyone. Her
fate is not predetermined. She's not forced
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02:31:48.440 --> 02:31:54.440
into choices she never wanted to make. That is the past. Now she
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02:31:54.559 --> 02:32:00.920
only has to be two things,
a daughter and herself. Beside her another
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02:32:01.000 --> 02:32:05.920
Harley roars into view. Sean Locke. His hair shoulder length when not trailing
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02:32:05.959 --> 02:32:11.440
behind him, is streaked with gray. His frame beneath the denim has thinned,
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02:32:11.479 --> 02:32:16.920
but his smile is just as white
and just as bright. Together they
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02:32:16.000 --> 02:32:22.000
ride through the countryside of Pennsylvania and
into New York later that evening. Beneath
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the stars, they sit beside a
smoldering campfire, and they're cooling bikes there
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02:32:26.680 --> 02:32:31.680
near the farm that held the greatest
music festival in history. Daughter and father
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02:32:31.840 --> 02:32:37.319
talk about the events of the day. Not once is there a mention of
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02:32:37.319 --> 02:32:41.799
a mad scientist, killer robots,
or time travel, and it is not
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02:32:41.879 --> 02:32:48.879
information deliberately omitted it is genuinely forgotten. In that moment, at one point,
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02:32:50.719 --> 02:32:54.000
both look up into the sky,
their eyes focusing on the same star.
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02:32:56.760 --> 02:33:01.760
They are stardust, they are golden, they are billion year old carbon,
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02:33:03.239 --> 02:33:16.760
And finally they got themselves back to
the garden, my friends, if
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02:33:16.760 --> 02:33:26.559
Mitch is to be found, and
there's only one thing left. Decades from
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02:33:26.600 --> 02:33:37.200
now, when the eighties are a
channel on Sirius XM radio, Charlie lays
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02:33:37.239 --> 02:33:45.360
in the bed, the cancer moments
from taking her her eighty year old eyes,
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02:33:45.440 --> 02:33:50.319
look at her husband, Mitch's unable
to speak, she instead produces an
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02:33:50.440 --> 02:33:56.719
envelope from beneath her bed quilt.
Written across the front, it says one
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02:33:56.799 --> 02:34:03.120
last adventure. In it says,
among other things, gather the autobots and
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02:34:03.159 --> 02:34:09.159
find the first diver. Go back
to the beginning, just like Inago,
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02:34:09.280 --> 02:34:13.159
says. The day of the funeral, the autobots gathered a farewell one of
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02:34:13.200 --> 02:34:20.559
their own. As Jay Charlie Mitchell
is put to rest, it shows the
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02:34:20.639 --> 02:34:24.639
letter to his friends. There is
a note for each of them, Ben,
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02:34:24.760 --> 02:34:28.440
Shannon, George, Rob and Jerry. It proposes the same thing,
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02:34:28.719 --> 02:34:35.559
one last adventure. They all agree. Through the woods around Garrett, they
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02:34:35.600 --> 02:34:41.600
march George carrying Rob, who is
sick himself and unable to walk. The
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02:34:41.680 --> 02:34:45.959
autobots, old and near the end
of their travels, help each other through
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02:34:45.959 --> 02:34:54.559
the woods. However, somewhere along
the way the path gets easier. One
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02:34:54.600 --> 02:34:56.639
point, Rob has to be put
down and finds he can easily walk on
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02:34:56.719 --> 02:35:03.840
his own, his legs strong,
gray hair begins turning dark. Muscles weakened
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02:35:03.879 --> 02:35:09.799
by age grows strong. At one
point they begin to run. The laughter
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02:35:09.959 --> 02:35:16.040
of youth fills the woods. George
runs with his friends, not questioning their
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02:35:16.040 --> 02:35:20.680
metamorphosis, but simply allowing the tears
to run down his face as he feels
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02:35:20.680 --> 02:35:26.200
more alive and he has in years. The autobots reached the lip of a
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02:35:26.280 --> 02:35:31.319
large valley, none now older than
fourteen. Holding Charlie's urn, Mitch looks
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02:35:31.399 --> 02:35:35.799
into the valley and sees the object
of their quest. His voice catches and
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02:35:35.840 --> 02:35:41.319
tears rush into his eyes. He
quickly opens the urn as the wind catches
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02:35:41.319 --> 02:35:46.239
the contents, and he feels his
hand filled. As Charlie puts hers in
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02:35:46.360 --> 02:35:52.920
his Doctor Holter Arkaville, the Good
One stares into the valley. Jimmy,
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02:35:54.479 --> 02:36:00.000
Dutch and Knee rush up to look
down Sam and Veronica Flank, George,
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02:36:00.200 --> 02:36:05.000
Jerry van Halen, and the Keystones
gather. Maggie, Gary and sargeant Urico,
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02:36:05.520 --> 02:36:09.719
Mister Darry, Shawn Locke, Millie
McKenzie and Carl Baker, all their
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02:36:09.760 --> 02:36:16.280
friends and family, all that ever
walked in the Atari Twilight stared down into
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02:36:16.319 --> 02:36:22.680
the valley. At the first diver, Mitch whispers, there you are,
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02:36:24.319 --> 02:36:30.959
and the dinosaur stares back and into
the sky shoots the raven, tears of
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02:36:30.959 --> 02:36:37.280
its own coming from its eyes.
A brilliant light gathers, and all of
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02:36:37.319 --> 02:36:41.920
them are gone. And that is
where we will end our series of Atari
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02:36:41.000 --> 02:36:58.120
Twilight. Well, there will be
no outro tonight. You know where to
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02:36:58.159 --> 02:37:01.959
find us, you know where be
Then I've got one last thing, Oh
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02:37:03.159 --> 02:37:09.920
ahead, no outros. This is
the end. M Well, we have
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02:37:09.159 --> 02:37:11.639
one more thing, but I've got
something to say before that. One more
1292
02:37:11.680 --> 02:37:24.360
thing, Mike, right for it. A brilliant light dims. A creature
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02:37:26.000 --> 02:37:33.159
of silky oil sits on a stump
across from Maggie Arqueville. You've won.
1294
02:37:35.920 --> 02:37:41.920
Congratulations. I suppose this is farewell, Maggie. It has been in trim
1295
02:37:43.120 --> 02:37:54.799
and Maggie interrupts, double or nothing
excuse me to double or nothing? Am
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02:37:54.799 --> 02:37:58.399
I to believe you would so readily
wager that? Would you spent so long
1297
02:37:58.520 --> 02:38:07.639
winning? Perhaps you care less for
your town than I realized. Garrett is
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02:38:07.680 --> 02:38:11.239
my life and my love eternal,
and those that call at home are my
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02:38:11.319 --> 02:38:18.079
children. But there are other garrets
and they need me too. What is
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02:38:18.200 --> 02:38:26.959
your wager, Maggie? May double
or nothing? My Garrett, for all
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02:38:28.000 --> 02:38:31.319
the others. If you win,
you get them all, including this one.
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02:38:31.360 --> 02:38:35.319
If I win, every garret in
every world is closed to you for
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02:38:35.360 --> 02:38:43.760
all time. I know all of
your tricks. You've played all of your
1304
02:38:43.879 --> 02:38:50.159
cards. Do you really believe you
can best me? Without them, without
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02:38:50.360 --> 02:39:01.639
Rob, without Jerry, without George, Mitch Shannon? Can you truly beat
1306
02:39:01.319 --> 02:39:13.600
me? I believe in my kids? Oh, Maggie may how foolish?
1307
02:39:13.600 --> 02:39:20.040
Do we have a deal or not? We do? But don't say I
1308
02:39:20.079 --> 02:39:28.360
didn't warn you? So how does
this work? Like the very best theater?
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02:39:30.639 --> 02:39:35.799
We take it from the top of
dear friend, very well, from
1310
02:39:35.840 --> 02:39:45.840
the top. Why are you smiling? You don't know all of my tricks?
1311
02:39:48.920 --> 02:40:05.399
Goodbye, Garrett. I'd like to
thank you for hanging with me all
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02:40:05.440 --> 02:40:09.120
this time. Many of you started
listening to me last year, and that's
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02:40:09.159 --> 02:40:15.040
a heck of a commitment to a
new DJ. We've seen and heard it
1314
02:40:15.079 --> 02:40:20.239
all with a soundtrack by the very
best rock that's fit to spin the highs,
1315
02:40:22.399 --> 02:40:28.879
the lows, the laughs, the
tears. We've been together through it
1316
02:40:28.959 --> 02:40:33.159
all. Garrett. Let me make
a promise to you on this my very
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02:40:33.239 --> 02:40:37.959
first day of work at GO one
oh six point one FM, Mountain,
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02:40:37.040 --> 02:40:45.239
Maryland's home of today's hits, I
promised to be with you through thick and
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02:40:45.319 --> 02:40:50.799
thin and hopefully provide the soundtrack to
the stories of your lives. The time
1320
02:40:50.879 --> 02:40:56.079
is now twelve twenty three on Tuesday, January first, nineteen eighty and the
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02:40:56.120 --> 02:41:00.959
temperature is a brisk eighteen degrees.
Time and ten picture are brought to you
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02:41:01.000 --> 02:41:05.760
this evening by our friends at the
Paperback Exchange, where you can always find
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02:41:05.799 --> 02:41:13.959
your legends and heroes just waiting among
the rows. As we say goodbye to
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02:41:13.000 --> 02:41:18.000
the seventies, let's look forward to
a new era, a new age.
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02:41:18.719 --> 02:41:22.120
I have a good feeling about the
eighties, Garrett. I think we're all
1326
02:41:22.159 --> 02:41:26.600
going to fall in love with this
whole decade. I believe it in my
1327
02:41:26.719 --> 02:41:31.360
heart. So if you would,
why don't you sit back, smile,
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02:41:31.920 --> 02:41:39.000
and Darling Garrett walk awhile with me. You're listening to Go one oh six
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02:41:39.040 --> 02:41:45.120
point one FM for all the rock
that's fit to spin. And for the
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02:41:45.200 --> 02:41:50.360
first time in the eighties, I
am DJ Jackie m Rock and this is
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02:41:50.479 --> 02:42:00.639
my favorite song, A Little led
Zeppelin Over the Hills and Far Away.
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02:42:01.879 --> 02:43:18.120
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time on Atari Twilight.