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[Applause] [Music] w [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] yeah greetings and salutations thank you all for being with us listening to us and hopefully enjoying all that this troop might offer this is officially the dark of Bethany season 2 episode 3 entitled The Darkness had no need and I am your Storyteller narrator and number one fan [Music] [Applause] nobody so being as Joi has volunteer to bring everyone up to breath of where we are and when we last left the house figs of Bethany uh it is we are exactly 10 minutes before our hard starts so dis symble and mingle amongst yourselves for a hot second I am going to further ruin my voice of my lungs and I shall be right back as uh quickly as the Cherry dwindles enjoy all right sorry about that folks it a little bit longer than usual but welcome welcome welcome and once again for the 100th time tonight alone how is everyone I am making my third fish taco that's not a euphemism is it totally okay congratulations thank you thank you I'm very proud of it that explains all those noises mhm I'll tell them to be quiet ah so tonight we're trying a grape lemon sort of uh powdery mix we'll see how that goes um this for those of us who are not aware and everyone hanging out in the back of the class is in fact the dark of Bethany season 2 episode 3 Darkness had no need when we last left our the heroes of our hearts they were beset on all sides from internally as well as external manifestations of doubts recriminations guilt unanswered unass un acted on moments from their past existences the children as well called them uh besetting them the creations of their mind and the spiritual physical manifestation of those in between moments of their existences the rumors and gossips and the old wiv tales about children out on the road the fact of those things those particular chickens coming home to roost is what the codery were dealing with India and Lita having made it having made it to the road were intercepted rescued kidnapped abonded with by members of the Bethany perion Council the primer of Bethany uh Renee Logan and Angela Rivers coming coming at the behest the very busy body and nosiness of Jonathan Connor who had in fact been monitoring the sending stones that the codery had been gifted at the outset of their Adventure towards the circus the carnival and while that was in the offing Maddie was stolen from her moment was lifted up out of the darkness of the children's grasp by a fleeing Joi who sped past Annabelle leaving her to the war warm comforting Embrace of the children who were between decisions as to what happens next a realization crawling over her that this like many other moments of her past was others choosing to leave her where she [Music] [Applause] was which brings us to now seconds fractions of seconds in Jo G's escape and Annabelle's realization in Maddie and Lita's flight across the very nonvert ples the headlong Rush of the vehicle which had all-wheel drive and was racing across the relatively unmarked spaces near the Cemetery grounds where all of this originated who would like to address where they are first I vote Annabelle she's in the most precarious situation Annabelle is surrounded by needy children all wanting help and none of them have been deterred by any of her misdirections or entreaties or her attempts to slip away and she's [ __ ] [Music] done what doesn't this being done what does it entail for her because not to be a dead horse but let to be perfectly honest there have been two presences in the last four or so hours that have actually wanted her that have actually sought her out that have actually made appeals towards what seems to be her best interest those who have willingly and ardently sought her out she thought that this group was one of them until they [ __ ] abandoned her and the other one was in the mirror it was wasn't it do you remember what that felt [Music] like knowing that there was something out there in the dark that not only appreciated your presence but was willing to help you come to grips or at least Embrace what had come before all of those moments all of those trying segments of your existance finding the very well hidden passion that was still in your parents at least for each other finding what it was like to stand up for yourself finding what it was like to be okay with not being okay not quite go on it felt like love it felt like therapy except she's never the one getting getting the catharsist or the breakthroughs or she's always the one giving what and sometimes using but still so with this realization sitting there before her what is it that she contemplates doing if anything she contemplates seeing if she can uh Escape via [Music] mirror because it took her from her office to here so why not from here to somewhere [Music] else and uh so she digs in her purse trying to find a a compact mirror [Music] uh and uh and are we still in complete dark no just a um late summer evening here in Bethany reflection there is enough light for a reflection there is enough Starlight above the clouds gently gliding across all of that vast fastness all of that void out there there is a more than ample Celestial light for a reflection so she flips open her Compact and angles it towards the the brightest source of light so that she can see and then she tries to touch it and she says if you're there help [Music] me so it's an appeal to that otherness out there in the emptiness of The Space Between Worlds it's an appeal to what laid there inside the mirror what's always is there inside the [Music] mirror that being the case that being the case would you be so kind as to while we uh prepare to slide further on your charisma and persuasion roll as high as you possibly [Applause] can and speaking of as high as you possibly can there shouldn't be a reason why the road is as bumpy and Rocky as it is until you really think about it India you aren't on the road literally you are bouncing across the planes heading back towards where you were it's as if they have a GPS guiding them towards the other sending Stones so the headlight of the vehicle is literally looking if it's it's bobbing up and down as you Crest and rise over one small bit of plane dipping down the other rocketing slightly on two wheels around another as you all speed along the planes from the road heading generally towards where the circus was while this is happening and you and leader are bouncing around in the back seat cuz neither of you remember to fasten your seat belts what is actually going through India's Mind and Spirit and emotions as the world outside externally is as as topy Turvy as the one inside the pressure mounting the understanding of what it is you make they have escaped the understanding that the old wives tales about the children out there on the road and all the people complaining about the rumors at night kids trying to play on the road or ask for help or beg for money is in fact true the sound of that voice calling you Indie out there in the dark the weird old man with the technological circle of protection around himself the very real absence of all light in the world manifesting and disappearing through no control or action of your own where does that leave India the biggest thing is her repeating to herself my brother is out there or is it my brother why would he still exist he's supposed to be dead I don't like any of this and then the oh [ __ ] those kids or they're not kids are they and she's like cycling through each bit and piece of what happened tonight like in chunks and trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together so that it makes any sort of sense but it's it's kind of difficult because none of it makes [Applause] sense so she's quietly going along with just the Flight of the vehicle across the planes bouncing up and down and rounding and being knocked off kilter as her inside are doing the same she's while she's piecing it together she knows she has to say something so she's trying to explain to the driver of the vehicle so we found out those children are real they're like some sort of weird spirits and they try to pull you down or hold on to you and they ask you for help and you can get away from them but if you give in something weird happens I know it and they get weird when you tell them no then they they get a British accent that is the weirdest [ __ ] the Flight of the vehicle bouncing and bounding and jangling as it is is not as fear inspiring as having been out there being close enough to feel see and be touched by them but it comes very close because as Renee the driver looks back at you in the back seat as the vehicle is still traveling at its ever accelerating rate of spe speed you mean to tell me you can't handle no kids and the vehicle is still traveling faster and faster as if it's picking up speed like a comet falling to Earth as you bound and bounce and put the spring shots and strs to their absolute maximum test later you had have the same thing you know what kids do you know got like piranha teeth and Claws and move like monkeys hell I wasn't going to bring race into this but have you seen them third graders goddamn Elders later you saying the same thing uh a bit they were definitely some spooky kids about and that's the reason why y'all jangled up the spell for the send this s is it did we sorry I'm having a complicated period in my life of I'm not sure how much time is pass for me what do you mean you been having a complicated period in your life it's just been 4 hours and y'all sent everything into darkness I don't know what the hell y'all out there and yes she is not looking at the road she is in fact looking over the backseat at you to as the driver of the vehicle [Music] India is it the same night yeah yeah it's the same that but I don't know if it's about 4 hours because you got sucked into the mirror and we found you in the lake yes it was Andie I told you we shouldn't we shouldn't have pulled up all these less members of the area to go take care of business you want something [ __ ] up right you might as well [ __ ] it up yourself this ain't no there is in fact a mage of some description at the circus carnival aaz a mage you mean like a warlock like Jonathan and Monica and and uh uh uh Liam and his girls no he they weren't anything like us they were very much kids I understand that and I kept trying to find out no the guy that was running this place ain't want no kids I think he allowed the kids to get out so he let let loose his Youngs and just they just filed the teeth and all that well I I suppose that's a reason enough that we can probably get some things together but we need to find out exactly what happened and y'all ain't talking much sense all that Hipp hopp India looks at Angela after that what happened and she just kind of takes a deep breath and nods because she's going to let it go she's not going to respond to that one thing that Renee said and um focus on the problem at hand and they also had Lions the Lions lady turned into a lion and there was a lady with tattoos that moved like pictures that [ __ ] was weird too also I'm pretty sure he was the flavor of a mortal well every Mortal has a flavor I especially like the ones that like to flight back but we got to get y'all all in there cuz Jonathan's up and arm talking about how y'all done screwed the peach and how y'all are able to crawl around the other B's head and [ __ ] damn near lost his mind one of his eyes po right on out the socket with whatever it was y'all were doing less than 5 6 10 15 whatever long ago it [Music] was you know that uh Renee is looking at her but she kind of dips her head like she's sorry but slightly Smiles underneath the covering of her hat because the idea that guy's eyes popping out just makes her kind of happy speaking of happy there is [Music] a release of chemicals a release of endorphins a release of good time drug that happens when Mortals living individuals engage in successful physical activity so you drop down and give yourself 10 push-ups or however many you can do till exhaustion there's a release of pain relieving chemicals mixed with the endorphins to give you a little bit of a high it's one of the many ways that you can grow a custom or at least find a benefit besides the physical ones for exercise unfortunately for joji that does not matter because he has been dead long enough that only the memory of such physiological responses exist M so hauling ass across the plains there's one thing to get away scott-free there's another to glance past Maddie on your shoulder and realize that there's these two flickering lights chasing you running you down okay that's fun what what hello what's up toss it over here I'm not being mean I am not giving you attitude [ __ ] you be gone sorry people came into my room well they want to see what you were up to and what you were you were doing oh my God I literally put in the group chat that my brother is a part of that I am in the midst of a DN D session and he walks in here and it's like why why you why are you tell me get out like why are you being mean like what's with the attitude so yeah no I me chased down by two like [ __ ] light bulbs the these like you know I probably do not have the time to rationel like stare at them and rationale whether or not these are truck lights or spectral [ __ ] no and now he's calling me no get [ __ ] after this evening is a chance that it may be a combination of the both that's true that's true um if that is the case uh remembering the children who've been trying to claw the soul out of people uh I will much like a father going to get a jug of milk get the [ __ ] out of here do you begin taking evasive maneuvers as the vehicle seems to be closing on you absolutely excellent would you be so kind to go ahead and roll your stamina and Athletics plus Solarity minus one all right Stam oh that's for carrying a [ __ ] handbag I suppose well I don't know if MD would agre agree to be considering a handbag but being as she you are strapped to him being held by his surprisingly strong arms Maddie how do you feel realizing that behind you is a vehicle looking to run you down oh this is this is unfortunate I'm I'm in negative willp part that's impaired isn't it yes for mental social it's mental and all right mental and social all right so a total of seven days uh Maddie isn't thinking of much of anything right now she's just trying to recover from this giant headache that she has been given yeah there's nothing like forcefully reliving the past one of the many aspects of being Kindred is having your intrusive thoughts take on a personality of their own all of your negative selft talk all of your dark impulses your impulse control issues all of your lack of focus or your lack of want all of the physiological and psychological aspects of your depression are have the power of the blood so they sound they feel like something separate from you and normally you understand there's nothing that it can actually do to you well yeah you may occasionally give in you may be at your last straw you may run out of spoons but there's nothing it can actually do to you there's nothing it can make you do it can't make you do something that was not in you to begin with as a trir that's one of the many facets of control they have over themselves and teach their acolytes this however this evening these few moments ago that was outside of you that was something literally reaching into your darkest moment pulling it from you and beating you about the emotional and mental Head and Shoulders with it and to think it did so using the form and body of what should be cherished and loved it used the form and body of the future of humanity the future Kindred children there's one thing to take it in the teeth when you're fighting someone who's larger than you whether that's physically or emotionally it's another thing however when what does you win is smaller weaker not as smart not as fast not as dangerous there's a different feeling of loss that takes a hold and as the vehicle Bears down on you and Joi and you're seeking for balance is there anything offered anything any attempt to extricate yourself from his grip to yell where it is to it's a vehicle that you recognize because it's John 8seater SUV with the moon roof and the Virgin leather seats that have Heating and Cooling functions the vehicle that he got into a significant amount of trouble in Tucson Arizona to get because it was a former Mafia vehicle Joi might uh hear her mutter something about uh that [ __ ] jackass why is his car here blah blah blah oh I see as J just like what do you mean me his car do you know that person he say just is it a person or is it a weird Spirit thing is it a person or is it a weird Spirit thing it's a car so both all right all right he'll just kind of like I mean even if it is a vehicle if it's if this thing is actively trying to roll me the [ __ ] over you know God damn it [Music] noo it didn't need to be like this so as she says it's a vehicle and you're ciphering through it you Zig when you should have zagged they zag in expectation of you zigging and you all meet in the middle as you roll across the hood of the vehicle seeing inside the vehicle Renee Angela India and Lita that kind of slow-mo confused face moment as he's being smeared across the windshield normally being hit by a vehicle Maddie is dis pleasurable it is a moment that typically has you wanting to rip tear Ren and otherwise this one is not quite so different as that except for there is a small chuckle that you realize that the indentation that you and Joi make on the vehicle is at least $ 2500 to $5,000 worth of damage that needs to be fixed ah she will happily take a couple of points of bashing damage for that privilege for Jonathan yeah you might happily do so there is that consideration and there is that understanding as Joi you've known of Maddie long enough you've worked around each other long enough to know that there is a iable touchable anger underneath all of that calm facade you know that eventually there is a outpouring of what most people feel is the antithesis of the cold unfeeling unac veneer eventually there is a boiling point for everything and everyone there is a dark side to all of the light and the light sides of all of the dark the brighter the picture the darker the negative the darker the picture of the bread or the negative it is just a natural yin and yang of things so you've seen flashes and flares of what's underneath all of that placidity yet in a situation where anger even for you is the first go-to it's a secondary emotion but it's the first trigger pulled why is she not bothered by being run over by one of the perion she in fact is probably giggling like a loon and Renee y'all running from children too get y'all asses in here okay says he picks himself up and speaking of getting in and speaking of escaping to some place that is not here on this plane if Annabelle was to put her fingers on a moment of Happiness from her past what would it look like one single solitary moment where the world may not have been right but it at least was less wrong than it had been the previous moments [Music] before she uh she remembers when she' um [Music] she graduated from her uh from her college and [Music] um and her dad was there in the audience he was looking at his phone and not really paying attention but he was there how long ago was this roughly well let's see that would have been uh undergrad probably a good like 20 years ago or so oh which means that him looking at his phone because he did not in fact have a Blackberry him looking at his phone means that he wasn't actually doing work he was playing a wood puzzle version of Tetris he was playing a supposedly mind sharpening game yeah that sounds right sliding one wood piece into the next to create an exit for another orange colored piece of what was at that time textured to be wood but in hindsight with the rapid development of graphical technology and it was clearly not the haptic functions of the phones at the time while quite strong for never having experience by today's standard was at best deplorable and yet it was intriguing engaging enough to as you walked across the stage he had to do a double take and make sure that it was you before looking back and making sure he didn't run out of time for the puzzle there being played but knowing that he had given up a day of work knowing that he had drove down knowing that he took the time to at least be physically present instead of finding someone to take a video for him him honestly he probably just didn't want to pay for for a new video camera anyway he was there he was you had a moment that was witnessed by someone who was supposed to and often told you that they did care for you you had a moment where you were [Music] seen and even if you weren't understood you were witnessed you [Music] were I wasn't alone and as you stand there on the [Music] stage pausing mid step in that moment of actual happiness looking out there the edges of your vision shimmering slightly fading at the edges you can see the gods looking in on you you can see beings vast in their size and their scale staring through to you seeing you you can swear that some of them have the same face as India Lita Renee and Angela hey isn't that Joi climbing into the car and and Maddie car no space the in this void of a shimmering reality just be outside of this one close enough to touch close enough to touch and closer than the [ __ ] car so she reaches out for it and [Applause] um she doesn't pray because she has a God but she begs for help for love Maddie Joi as you are getting into the car pulling yourself off the hood and getting your sea leg under you mov moving towards the passenger row of the vehicle opening the door and making you we ins side where India and Lita are do you all take in your surroundings or do you get in head down and just glad to be out of the night sky Maddie is probably very happy to not be outside at the moment uh but I doubt she's going to say much of anything just kind of curl up in her little corner had day am done [Music] yes did try perfect Renee who still not looking out the front forward facing portion of the vehicle arm over the back seat hurry up and get in we got to get back jonath is going to have a fit about what y'all done did and why was the stones acting up the way that it did y'all done gave that boy a supernatural migraine we need to get that last person then they or two and they're one of us Annabelle three points points where very important um it takes her a second because she saw stuff in the rear view mirror that's got her brain a little funky sorry I something was in the [Music] mirror yeah we we've learned not to [ __ ] with mirrors as you say this and India pointing towards the rear view mirror Annabelle's hand is reaching out of it her manicured fingernails the hands that you've watched through countless hours of therapy are Reaching Forward out of the rear view mirror in the vehicle what shoot it shoot it don't that's Annabelle she needs to help to get out the absolute [ __ ] is there we tried to tell you the [ __ ] mirror okay well I'm not I'm not grabbing hold of that so have fun once again abandoned India is going to reach through the car seats past Rene's head and use the leverage of the seat to grab onto Annabelle and pull oh who has a witth of two or higher I think I do L went Jo you're saying you said two in or higher yep two wits oh wits okay I at yeah I'm good I mean technically guess but with the willower damage no yeah okay we're in the same boat actually okay so you all don't see you all didn't pay attention you were busy with the internal Vistas that had been War torn and nearly scorched Earth while you all are occupied leader you watches India reaches forward pass Renee and Angela to take hold of Annabelle's hand in the doing you see Renee Flinch and clearly snatched something out of a leather holster she puts it away but it is clear that India Reaching Across the seat was the catless for it okay um I take the hand that has grabbed my hand [Music] there is a danger in proximity with every facet of Kindred Society things only grow in strength and intensity with closeness and there is no closer than touch the moment India takes your hand and begins pulling you out you both hear a chule a tittering almost metallic giggle a somewhere out there in the dark something someone getting exactly all that is they're just desserts there's no way there's no possible way that the entirety of Annabelle could and under any circumstance fit in the space allotted by the rear view mirror yet as India leverages herself and Yanks and pulls that proves to be a lie cuz Annabelle plops three free like something being plucked from just beneath the water surface as if she's being helped a Shore after falling in a lake a river a pool the forest is much the same yet there's nothing moist wet or even damp about her present popping free of the mirror and crashing into the back seat Renee re adjusts herself and steps on the gas and takes off barreling and racing free of the darkness heading back towards Bethany proper or more specifically back toward the Gentry meeting place of Bethany proper there's only so much to do in Bethany there's only so many places that could even potentially hold the fullness of what was needed in Bethany and one of those places the trimor Chantry there at the Bethany Thriftway has always been a place of Refuge a place of safety place of congregation for the Kindred of the Bethany domain it's where assignments are tossed off because it takes a village not to just raise a child but to keep a secret in this case because everybody knows somebody else's business in the Bethany area everybody knows somebody else's dirty laundry and the old saying the aphorism of three can keep a secret if two are dead does not apply cuz every Kindred in the Beth in the area is in fact well and truly dead so as you all Barrel instead of taking the road but Barrel across the plane space uh dancing around farms and ranches and plantations in the middle of the night breaking through one fence tearing across one other line leaving Tire ruts through pastures you are sure there's going to be a complaint in a up in arms town meeting tomorrow or someone's going to get mad and call the sheriffs or the BPD or whoever they're going to call and ran and Rave at about the kids joy riding through their pasture through their Paddock across their fences tomorrow but that's the future Bethany issue not yours as Renee tears up the distance and land between where you all were out there at the Strickland Springs cemetery and it's outling lands back towards um was malesian Fields Road and instead of staying on the road she literally crosses it like a mad deer on a chase breaking further directly east from the road towards nine well Interstate 9 Road nine which is another major thoroughfare but it's better paved better lit less local municipality issues to fix and repair what that means is that you will in fact pass the Laro high tower Cemetery it does in fact mean that you will be not far from the regional Chantry where Regent wolver hold sway you're going to slide past well just East taking nine down from Annabelle's office and business Plaza there until you reach 79 I.E Main Street the center thorough Fair through Bethany proper the major road the major Expressway that leads North and into sheveport the life's blood of Bethany as a whole and part of the reason why it is as strategically as valuable as it is because it is in fact a watchtower a Gateway City though city is stretching it as you all raced north and east across 79 having a moments to yourself in the back Angelo reading and watching all of you her gaze surprisingly shielded and then occasionally Renee looking back over the seat towards you all now don't don't y'all all speak up at once that and there already told us y'all were way laid by children who could have sharp teeth and were blessed with immortality and there anything else y'all want to add to this dilemma just kind of pipes up from having to to hunker down and and very much control himself like three hunger might not necessarily be as bad as it can be but when you're when you're on the edge mentally any hunger is bad so he just kind of pipes up from where he's been hunger and just what do you what what do you what do you want to know they're they're weird as [ __ ] they come out of nowhere and it hurts when they get near you you they can turn into lions and got tattoos children got all that what yeah the children that could turn into lions and got tattoos and were magical like the warlocks I I think the the children that popped up were different than the cars so we got two issues not one to deal with potentially didn't didn't somebody wait didn't your crazy friend mention F yeah wait you got a friend with them children nah y'all just ain't no making no damn sense first with the Hipp of the Hop and then now with the the children that ain't the children but they tur into lines and they got tattoos but they ain't children cuz they got sharp tee and then they were released by some moral who a warlock who ain't a warlock I think GED the confusion we all feel quite well yeah yeah so I think the you you go on Madie I got to stare at the upholster the the kids from the urban legends mhm them kids out there on on on 79 South where uh Jo G has his place out past not far from the Hutchins yeah they're real how is they real with sharp sharp teeth just so some kind of spirit obviously but not when anyone I know is familiar with and there was was also the blind lady that seemed to know all this was happening and then slit her [ __ ] wrist open and bled out now the lady that took a walk down the road she wanted the children too n more like a prophet I'm surprised you haven't heard about this I'm trying to hear about this but y'all just talking nonsense really I really don't care I'm just trying to find a reason that we can uh have a bonfire with y'all cuz what what y'all whatever y'all done did with with the sending Stones causing Jonathan to lose his eyeball and and Regent Wolverine the only thing that kept him from slipping across the veil that that ain't thing that y'all should be doing whatever it was what makes you think it was us that did it to the stones cuz he was monitoring the stones and he said y'all done done did it they done opened up or he was screaming all sorts of craziness now mind you as she's speaking and as she's talking to you all holding conversational eye contact moving from one of you to the next she is literally not watching the road in front of the vehicle it just every once in a while Joi will look up and the anxiety Creeps in on him as he watches the the road just disappear underneath Tire with the the driver paying little to no heed just how are are you confident to be able to drive while looking back here that's rude not hold not not not to look at who you're talking and she turns around oh [ __ ] you IND your mouth said Joie thank [Music] you I recommend you use the mirror next time very handy those mirrors there ain't no and then she literally punches the mirror off of the windshield there ain't no damn way that I'm going to be looking at any of that [ __ ] that spit you out like he's a newborn baby what you think I am crazy y'all talking foolishness I know y'all done done something there's no way that anybody can do what y'all just did oh I think we let something out that probably can do this that's about all I know Angelo leans over the seat Pats Jo on his shoulder just Softly smiling nodding our head like okay that's fine that's fine just breathe flicks a gaze towards India and then looks at the rest of you all the thing with Angela she is typically a calming influence on most of the primagen ofany she doesn't get along too easily with Jacobs and Jimenez but she's not antagonistic with any of them she has found a way unlike Renee who frequently calls Michael mister and who frequently calls Jacobs and Jimenez Loris that Spanish filer because she says that there's no way that anybody named with that many names and that darker skin could actually be what they say they are Rodriguez typically ignores her stays as far away as he can but wolverin has been known to banty and Bandy wits with her and we won't talk about how Jackson and her get along you are sure that if they had access to cell phones with decent cameras and could set up a shoot that there would definitely be various antagonistically sensual adult videos made with them it is a definite hate hate situation between them but they both seem to get something out of that direct and honest [Music] enmity I guess when you're bored enough racing along 79 you finally arrive at the at Rodriguez's Chantry at the safety of it all the well lit parking lot the lights blinker just above the building the Thriftway which should be closed and is to normal guess is open for you all now most people don't know the difference between a thrift and a pawn they hold typically some of the same items or similar styled items but a thrift is solely things that have been discarded tossed away left out by the curb side a thrift way is not something that had been pwned or brought in with the ident the intentions of it being sold or resold or repurchased a thrift we are things that have been discarded and made usable or maintained as useful for others and so on the surface while everything looks similar enough to a posh up there's a immediate difference because not just antique or well kept items or valuable items from the past but gently well hopefully mostly gently used P articles of clothing and kitchen utensils and the cheap 10 silverware that was at some dollar store but wasn't misused by his previous owners that's the sort of things that you find at the thrift way so as you all enter battered and gently used from your night's exertions it is clear that like Lambs to the slaughter there is a goat leading you win as Renee very purposefully well hi there Temperance you're one of my favorites you're a good one ain't you but I just F we managed to rescue these fellas and and we going to get on down here and get this taken care of make sure that you know everybody [Music] knows [Music] uhoh looks about for somebody to take over Temperance just lights another maror frowns and ignores you all and you're hearing one of the good ones eyes twitches and she looks at Temperance in a we understand each other sort of way it is one of the few times that cie and you have not had a mean girl exchange normally she tries to make sure that her past as a former Las Vegas showgirl her life out there in the west didn't make her better than you all that's one of the few moments where that cattiness is nowhere to be seen and it is an act of absolute fortitude on display okay that that's he just kind of muttered to himself it's more concerning than actually having somebody be rude to me it's very strange [Applause] um Annabelle is is just still trying to process the fact that somebody cared enough to try to rescue her it is in fact so very nice when they know their place ain't it come on let's get on down here get you all settled in uh you know the the the uh supposed pray I mean uh you know pray Carlson Garcia was a little worried that you all might have run into to to some Badness so she and her favorite little lap dog uh the the sheriff from Penola County they out there doing what you know what you can probably understand what they out there doing they they can't control themselves oh fun means that re that uh Regent wolver unfortunately is probably gonna be the one to oversee what's happening along with uh that Rodriguez y'all got any any last words before we get on with anything that I can help offer in in in defense of your your your actions of letting us all down as expected uh darling is that really necessary you all hear from far too close behind you all there's no reason for anybody to have gotten as close as that voice sounds but Coleman Asher's very purposefully light touch is there and we all understand that you are in fact quite tough which is the reason that saves you from being chewed as you should be eaten but please there's no reason for such well low brow humor we understand that you're only joking with our fellows correct yes ma'am you know I am just joking with these fellas I don't mean nothing by it right y'all understand that don't you yeah totally yeah yeah yeah excellent hey it is so good to understand that you are in fact Toothless and don't mean to harm anyone it is so good to see you Joi I feared the worst but I'm glad that you all are doing relatively well of course the attire could be better but I'm glad that you all are doing well how did you all spend the blackout uh running for the most part of it and you have no idea how much of a belief it is to actually see a kind face oh it has been a night I quite literally feel as if I've been hit by a car because you were oh w why I said quite literally oh wow that rough of any evening I and the twins did have an opportunity of enjoying ourselves I your friend Miguel did stop by and ensure that you were out on the town in defense of our lovely spurg is he also the same one that talked to the Hutchinson and got them to protect that that Caravan that we went to is that is that him or was that somebody else I believe he may have spoken on behalf of the Hutchins after all they are locals and do deserve a fair opportunity of making a daily wage even if it is at night yeah what they made was my life a living hell for a little bit everyone has a hobby we can't hold it against them I suppose we also currently robbing pillaging and probably setting fire to the carnival as we speak this is this is a good thing nothing quite like a scorched Earth policy ured by sending a bunch of n dwells off to agile environment this is a good thing at least we'll drive them on without having any repercussions afterwards I would love to hear exactly what happened but let me get situated here unfortunately the prin out on the town looking for and making sure that our little BB isn't as biblically apocalyptic as everyone had H I don't know what it is that you all did with the sending Stones uh they were quite valuable and took a lot of effort but whatever it is that you all did had some sort of according to wolver in a backlash and Jonathan is mending he's in fact using quite a few donors to do so so let's situated for him it is it is every little bit of excitement is a good bit of excitement you all put your heads together I'll make sure that you all have a little bit of a private moment to get everything situated before we launch into what comes next you understand that there's a small bit of uh curiosity and what took place over the earlier portions of the evenings but if the Hutchin are actually pillaging as you say that is a success in my book we certainly will be able to drive them on but let's get you all situated here in this back room amongst yourselves for a while I don't think and he looks pointedly at Renee I don't think quite as many of us are understanding of what you all might have experienced as we should be wellfy the Curiosity of others once the the time comes to do so thank you for your understanding he says he just kind of flops over in whatever corner is available to him there's literally the the crumbling popping noise of unhealed broken bones as he just greatest thing about being a corpse kids physical limitations mean nothing to [Music] you you uh looking a little peaky there maybe uh see if you can get a drink before [Music] oh that that'd be [Music] great uh who's volunteering as as Coleman backs out of the small chamber where you all have been allowed to Al light with some sance of privacy and pulls the door closed behind him and that's the problem with chantries in general they are relatively soundproof they are Rel atively secure they are relatively functional and unfortunately they are all typically relatively cold not devoid of life or Decor but there's a chill that does not exist in any kindred's Abode that actually has a Haven Kindred doe the lack of circulation doe the lack of life if the hunters found out the one true commonality for Kindred locations it would set the world of Blaze the one true commonality for every Kindred Abode is the warmth it is the true defining factor of a kindred's Haven if it is the least bit chill if the temperature outside gets somewhere anywhere near 70 the average Kindred home is internally at 90 or so degrees it's as close to feeling as most Kindred get in the course of their night toight existences it's as close to comfortable as is possible luckily for the width and breadth of Kindred Society the hunters and their Associates don't realize that and never bother to hack into people's energy or nikore or Exelon and track down homes and abod with elevated heating [Music] bills en chantries however are typically the antithesis of that because spirits and Magic require a certain stability very similar to [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hospitals so door closed privacy assured how many of you all have a politics of two or higher ooh that's not me I have one I got three ooh yeah I Fancy no no no that's that's fancy way off in the distance that's fancy you're Annabelle oh my [Music] bad by the way if you're hungry enough let's start with the politics of one Lita um total balance between intelligence and politics uh let me double check that I have that real [Applause] quick no I don't have Politics on beta okay well that being the case we shall forgo that bit of intelligence we will move to Annabelle you have politics of 2 which mean this is definitely in your wheelhouse but what is her raw raw intelligence I have I have a politics of three actually um my intelligence is three politics is three I'm at minus 2 because I'm impaired that gives you a grand total of no no this is um everyone thinks everyone thinks and in the modern Z guys that tribunals were these Kangaroo Court situations that where there wasn't any intellectual debate a lot of it was in fact driven by the emotions of the gathered but there was actual spirited debate during tribunals often times breaking out into actual physical defense this the reason why certain criminals or brooded criminals those who broke the social taboos or Moors of their particular environment were able to escape they often fought their way free during their tribunals during their trials and escaped this is such a situation this is not really a come to Jesus moment if you all don't end offer an affirmative defense it is always easier to pin in the evils of the world on a scapegoat a Judas goat which is what you all would be your supporters or Allies doing whatever they can would literally be fighting the presumed guilt you all did something it's the sort of situation where you hand your phone or your statuette or your piece of artwork to someone else and accidents being what they are water lands on the piece of artwork from a bird flying past or a rain cloud above your head uh your phone chooses that moment to shut down and reboot or your statuette chooses that moment for the Crazy Glue you use to put it to it stand to fall free to not hold and instead of you saying oh that happens let's see how I can fix it instead of saying what happened you say what did you do that's the situation you all are in they're not asking not truly what happened it's what did you [Music] do an affirmative defense immediately would put you all in a better position and with that consideration hanging over ahead it is 44 after the hour let's be back at 54 all [Music] righty welcome welcome back how is everybody good I had to fend off sequels fangs he was just trying to turn you into a cat P she wanted my cheese I said no and I said no hey you know the um the Smashmouth song um somebody once told me the world is going right so there's one there's a YouTube video of that where it just when he says I said no and then the rest of the song it's just the the backing tracks and there's no more there not a concept I could use a little feel myself when we care all okay start coming they don't stop coming back to the we hit the ground running medum man B differ by the whole life yes we escaped enough of that enough enough no Glory Days Glory Days always Glory [Music] Days so any questions suggestions uh yeah no so this uh this uh this woman that just appeared out of nowhere magically and who claims to have no knowledge of what's going on and yet managed to teleport twice magically like that's the one we can pin all the blame on this [ __ ] right like she's clearly able to just transverse through mirrors at will obviously everything that's going on is her fault come come over here once I'm the only one who knows about this play wait wait wait wait wait you're going to a play when mhm what's the play It's called [ __ ] you oh oh yes H I was leaning towards the midsummer's night scream meow meow meow meow what are you doing what are you doing Meo piece of [Music] [ __ ] um yeah don't be jealous of my ability to teleport through mirrors [ __ ] honestly you know given the slight chance that you might end up in a literal hell Dimension uh you can keep that ability I'm fine thank you you mean slight I mean um yeah [Applause] slight I'm only if you surrender to it it's fine this world is already a hell [Music] Dimension L Andia you guys back [Music] yeah yeah excellent back is good so when we stepped away the doors were closing Ash the candy man as he's often called The Prince of pleasure for the Bethany area stepped out of the small cool private space that you've all been allotted While others Asher Renee Angela and you're sure that he's on the premises of if you're not sure exactly where Rodriguez began having conversations without you you were told that wolver would be responsible for the debriefing so while you all wait is there anything you all discuss or plan or notify each other of yeah yeah very very much a we need to get our story straight um anything that you all are aware of that might look bad on us because I don't think we did anything wrong besides you know accidentally but yeah that was an accident we we can't we can't of all I was not there when you did all of that [ __ ] however [Music] we it would be best if there was someone that is not us who we can discover is the reason for all of this perhaps the show runner very they orchestrate Tred the whole thing they got all the Hutchinson in one [ __ ] place they probably released those children so the the uh Miguel is the one that got the Hutchinson there but the the the carnival like Commander or the troop leader I don't know what the [ __ ] he's called the the annoying guy with very misogynistic views that was the one with the mirrors yes uh Maddie is going to look for some paper and pen so that she can like write down and organize her thoughts is that is that what started everything with the mirrors that the ring Master the ring leader yes basically what happened is we showed up and we supposed to figure out a way to get the carnival people to leave preferably by using the police to chase them on so that we wouldn't directly have our hands in it and as we were going along it showed up that the huton decided uh that they were going to work there and invited us so we got there and started uh investigating yeah under the guys of doing work and she looked both at Maddie and Joi and uh as that was happening I started noticing weird [ __ ] like this one chick that kept appearing out of nowhere looking slightly different each time and she would change size slightly different each time she was kind of a [ __ ] she wanted to start a fight with me and I walked away from that fight and then there was the guy with no skin and the weird Tattooed Lady outside the of the freak Show and the lady that turned into a lion cuz there were three Lions but then only two of them were actual Lions wait was it someone turned into a lion a gang girl uh don't CL I think it was that cuz um this one felt more like sh is this like where where lion oh wait are we dealing with fuing l well Lupine implies wolf oh you're right I guess yeah but so then whatever the lady with the tattoos that changed into different stories was standing in front of the tent and then that weird ass lady that wanted to fight me that turns into a lion whatever the [ __ ] she was they were like little minions of the god that was running the [ __ ] show and then he lured us into the trailer when Maddie got hurt by the Lions because they jumped on her and was trying to eat her and then once we got into the trailer we realized everything was covered in mirors and he uh was really insulting and [ __ ] but then he decided he was going to leave us in the trailer with the mirrors and lock the [ __ ] door and then people started getting pulled into the mirrors and then we had to get them out of the mirrors and then we broke the mirrors to get out and I thinking breaking the mirrors to get out we let out whatever the [ __ ] it was but then that weird ass old lady showed up and was talking about she was glad we had done what we had done because she was waiting for it and then [ __ ] use the mirror to cut her wrist then like had a weird like quasi self combustion orgasm moment it was weird well and does anybody know anything about the Fay no aside from that guy who knows about the Fay no mostly only what Jerry's told me I mean to be fair he tells everyone on his little radio show yeah I I get like bits and pieces whenever he comes by to buy things but I don't really pay attention it's you hear some [ __ ] whenever half your clientele is drug addicts oh yes trust me I [Music] know no he's been sober for n couple decades now we keep saying Fay but I don't think they was Fay because whatever the thing was with the remember the old lady said some sort of name and it sounded kind of like weird name like like mirror mirror something about Mirror Mirror guy or yeah the one that was was trapped in the mirror and apparently I guess the the ring Master had trapped it and it wanted its way out and it was trying to get at the ring Master but then we let it out by accident yeah but I don't know what the [ __ ] that thing was the the real like the real consideration is how do we swing what happened in a direction that doesn't get us killed we point at the ring Master Okay do we do we say like he came here to cause problems or something because that's what it felt like to me that's he clearly or old lady said okay okay that's what the old so rather than causing a bunch of problems we actually preemptively foiled a plot right is correct I mean did we actually foil it if something got out well I mean maybe he was going to weaponize it I I don't know he could have been trying to feed things to the mirror he obviously to to the Mirror [Music] us some of us got more eight than others looks over to [ __ ] Lita who spent literally half of last [ __ ] Chronicle just in the mirror [Music] verse mirror is not so bad though surprised you would say that then see we need to figure out some other [ __ ] like where the [ __ ] weird ass creepy children came from and why I could hear my brother calling me your brother he's dead yeah I don't know what the hell that was about that was a head trip um hey nobody were those children did they feel like physical Let's Get Physical did they feel real they felt extraordinarily real they felt like all of the worst moments of your life given flesh yeah but did they feel like people they felt very very real yes there are there not that you've all had the opportunity to do so and I might suggest that you do but if you look upon your flesh your Undead un bruising flesh those of you touched by them have little small handprints everywhere they actually made contact whether it was through the clothing or not little small bruised handprints of someone or something holding you well we've got some proof oh that's disgusting [Music] you all are dead to the children they weren't ghosts then some sort of demons or Fay or I don't know anything about any of those things all I know is that that [ __ ] was [ __ ] I don't necessarily think it matters what we were dealing with more specifically things played out and who can be blamed for what we' were dealing with yes but be prepared for the results of our trial to be clean up I would hate every part of that the more the worst part is they keep blaming us for breaking them stupid ass sending Stones when we didn't break the Stones whatever the [ __ ] cut all the lights off broke the [ __ ] sending stones but we need to have an answer for [Music] that so those were related then the sending Stones did something when the lights went out I wasn't there remember you have to was more like no you were there for the S and stone thing remember I told him to use the sending stones to call for help and then we attempted to use the sending stones and some sort of weird face pop out it was Lita's face if I recall damn you just called Lita's face weird rude right I was there her voice too if I recall correctly is that as well Lita what was that like for you [Music] um a little bit of a dream really then what kept you in there so longone interesting [Music] reading it was uh trying to draw you in with the thing that comforted you the most that you desired the most something like that something like [Music] that yeah I didn't see Lita when I saw the face I saw my brother and then I saw Joi reaching for the face and I tackled him because I didn't want him to get sucked in yeah thanks for that are extraordinarily kind [Music] [Music] so the [Music] um sorry I'm I'm not at my best today no you're fine so we blame this all on the crazy [ __ ] ring leader and we believe that he was actively coming to try and start some [ __ ] and our actions may have preemptively crumbled his whole [ __ ] plan how know that they're crumbled though uh whatever he was planning on doing at the very least has had a monkey wrench thrown into it perhaps not stopped but halted for now Maddie as everyone is talking everyone's sharing their ideas and what they noticed over the course of the evening a glaring ignored facet swims up out of the conflated darkness of everyone's different percept differing perceptions the rumors of those damn kids existed long before you all went to the carnival to the circus tonight it was a regional known thing there's even not that you've actually been but you've heard a few of the folks and homes you've worked at the kids the teenagers the college age younger folks talking about the websites where they're documented or at least cataloging stories that have occurred with those damn kids going back to at least the foundation of Google that one facet Sparks a very troubling process of consideration not everything is connected but there is an ecosystem that manifests not just in the living world but across the veil much like the woles of Yellowstone larger apex predators bring and multiply the life in an area the longer the walles exist and multiply through natural selection the more Bountiful and healthier and more dangerous Yellowstone has grown the very first night this miror is free of whatever imprisonment they had in the area and there's a true full manifestation and onslaught of those damned Kids 1 + 1 equals 2 but one in one could be well I did T at the carnival and something had disrupted the [Music] Shroud ethereal balance between the living and the dead what's the Shroud this Bal the barrier next someone had disrupted it so [Music] this this ring [Music] master was perhaps trying to uh to take down the Shroud Between Worlds and at least partly succeed it uh that or the thing that we let out kind of poked a hole and it's an Escape m is going to rub her temples and now y all remember the uh the kids they've been rumored to be around for a long time before this [ __ ] even happened tonight so they were released or harnessed don't they usually show up on the other side of town according to the Legends or something yeah there's also the fact that I feel like we missed time she said 4 hours we was at this or whatever when she came to pick us [Music] up well you know I just figured that was uh while I was in the mirror the all um we were all in a cemetery they set this all up on a cemetery cemeter is are supposed to be hollowed ground which means protected against evil not necessarily they're not protected against us though sometimes a cemetery is just where you drop a body that ceter always been haunted though there's you from here you know the rules and the rumors about that [ __ ] place weird [ __ ] that goes on up there yeah so why they pick there of all places to put a [ __ ] Carnival [ __ ] because this Veil thing must be thinner there baby there is the fact that remember the cop you called said something about they didn't get no sort of permits and they would have had to pass them on the way way here and nobody had seen them they were expecting them next week and all of a sudden they were set up mhm a he's not a cop he's just not one want dispatcher [Music] still so [Music] all right well uh so something was clearly trying to do something with ghosts more or less okay are we certains that be here did not know this was coming I mean if they did I don't think us pointing that out would be good remember the guy in the trailer he seemed to know we were going to be there he wasn't surprised to see us he said I would hop this had gone differently but I was expecting you yeah well the prophetes was uh saying a whole bunch of [ __ ] too oh wait a second oh oh no bad bad as he just moved mov over and and [ __ ] puts uh starts pulling Lyra's eyes her whole ass head away from the [ __ ] mirror stop that what Lita sorry Lita Lita's getting [ __ ] distracted by a mirror again Anabelle looks over to see the mirror better it's a little sided mirror hanging on the far side of the room it's designed to balance the fun soy or the fing of the of this particular room and all for tranquility and privacy is what it's there [Music] for is there like a blanket or something we can throw over that [ __ ] thing I mean some almost got jacket right another way for us to you know oh this is this is really dumb but like worst case scenario if it looks like we're about to get [ __ ] ax we could always just try to talk to this thing he just kind of vaguely gestures over the mirror without looking at it it's not the worst idea it ripples in response as if it is a deeply tranquil pool of water it it happened I was just about to say uh does it have to be a mirror just anything reflective cuz uh remember pulled her out of a like I don't know you could find out what yeah I'd rather not right now I want this headche to go away first is this is this like eight like a little eight-sided how big is it uh 4x4 basically oh okay so it's big no 4 in by 4 in oh okay uh I'll I suppose I'll I'll Palm it you know might as [ __ ] goes wrong at least we have a mirror to talk to it is oddly comforting isn't it no I mean like if we have to suddenly be like oh hey uh thing of the mirror uh don't let us die and we'll make a deal yeah let's not make deals what that's just that's just bad what do you what it's better to [ __ ] not get murdered by the bunch of older Kindred who don't understand what the hell went down right pretty calm person and but she goes skittering the other way from that mirror almost practically up onto the couch and back over it if there is space behind it oh uh okay he just kind of drops it in his vest pocket yeah no deals no okay okay hey um should we try a conversation at least to get a bit more information and the moment you say that the door swings silently open uhoh I hope that we didn't keep you all waiting too long you know what it's like wrangling folks with various ideas into a semblance of order why don't y'all come on out here so we can have this conversation now remember I did do my best to make sure that we have a fair and unbiased Viewpoint so would y'all be so kindest and not have made me waste my efforts uh course okay Coleman as you all begin to exit pulls Joi to the side straightening up his collar making sure his buttons are perfectly lined down the center of his being we have to get to you some better thread it's uh but this will do for now dust you off as best as possible ladies gentlemen right this way too kind I'm literally getting the first day of school mom treatment over [Music] here you sure are I wouldn't know yeah [ __ ] you no no I'm jealous my mom didn't give a [ __ ] well that is definitely her Lost Child and he stops pring and primping and puts away the lint roller that he had pulled out as Joi begins to walk past him and steps closer to you gently rolling it over one arm and then up the back and down the other side we need to get yall some some sorial seasoning as it were but that's something that may hopefully hold to later but for now and he continues on moving with the rest of you all as you enter into the large chamber that of course most of the meetings take place in one of the things that Maddie still hasn't mentioned is that while most of the meetings take place here here this area is warded and Sanctified through the occasional sacrifice of well individuals there's nothing like a good blood letting of an unblemished soul to strengthen magic well good thing our souls are blemished all the hell in back here they are Coleman [Music] announces Regent wolver as expected is in the same High futin dress that is clearly something more off the rack than it should be Jonathan isn't there being a SI aant at her heel her atache not at her side or sniffing around her is an odd sight to behold and it's clear that for all of her seeming for all of her High handed and highminded actions that there something that transpired between them some level of trust or feelings potentially because while not sobbing and broken and showing any easily definable sign there's a set to the shoulder a certain muing of the cheek and jawy a tension there that had not been when you all arrived earlier this evening as per usual not more than 10 ft from where she is Liam the scorge sits mostly lounging and one pad of paper out because the prince isn't here and he's keeping notes as it were minutes standing about a foot and a half 2 feet behind him is Rosal Le the less than secret blade of his that helps him carry out well executions Renee is softly giggling and clearly enamored with what she believes may be in the offing nothing like a good bit of blood letting to get the pulse racing Angela sits having unbuttoned her blazer one leg over the other and is gently and quietly speaking with Michael who made an appearance since you've all been the near of the room Coleman takes this place not far from you all but far enough so that you all have spaces and room to sit at your leisure instead of standing on ceremony if you wish um Hy drained and having been hit by a car I will be sitting um Annabelle will stand because it's the correct thing to [Applause] do there's a look amongst the gathered primagen of Bethany hey little flick of an eye a notd here and a few fingers wave to initiate to begin let's get on with it the prince and the sheriff aren't here but there's no reason to continue waiting and holding well rent Benn they ain't going to say nothing to get things started I will y'all know what happened with Jonathan y'all were here when I was when that son of that that little sucker of his that beautiful blue eye went popping across the room there and you all remember what he said oh my God they've done it or something like that between the grunts and screams of pain of whatever they did to the ascending Stone so y'all can't speak with them and it was the hell of a Dickens even being locked in on their signal to find them it's not like they reached out and asked for help should have been a very easy thing to do but y'all know how they screw things up from time to time uh per permission to speak what would you like to say uh the events and consequences of this Carnival for the most part and that's strictly in that the carnival is now disrupted we're in no way shape or form part of our plan no within our intentions we came about in what seemed to be an operation underway and due to our disruption uh things happened that shouldn't have happened A disruption that was a job given to us and not one that we just randomly decided to do we were fully within the course and the guidelines of our responsibilities throughout the entirety of it that is one perspective Jonathan or should I say Mr Garcia the other is you all didn't call for help you all didn't notify us of whatever it was that you did that blanketed the entirety of the domain and region in darkness uh I Believe by the time that that had happened descending Stones were already disrupted [Applause] in fact it was the attempt the they were usable enough there was some time dilation you all blacked out you all lost time and why Miss haiz are you even here you weren't called I've been asking myself the same thing I something in what happened some magic from that ring master pulled me in to a place I did not go and brought me to his his Carnival I'm surprised that more didn't end up in a situation like mine well it's possible they did just they didn't show up right next to us that's true I see um rent before we uh you actually haven't given these love lovely members of our society of our community the opportunity to actually tell their unvarnished tale you you launched in with Miss Logan's less than loving and less than glowing analysis and while the rest of us were here miss Logan who so thoroughly enjoyed your attache case experiencing some of the most graphic and gruesome pain that I have seen the Kindred experienc in quite a few nights seems very determined if I would be so bold as to bury these lovely kred these this fabric of wondrous colors and personalities under a heaping load of onus they did what was asked of them they he stepped up and gave service to our community and fell prey to Something in someone else's plans now I'm never wanted to offer an alternative Theory after all they're all the same to me the story is worth is what's worth telling but isn't um Miss Logan's brood mate her her biological sister before death as far as I understand embroiled in a conspiracy in Las [Music] Vegas isn't that right Joi as one of the few members of our lovely Community who has had the opportunity of travel haven't you heard much the same yeah it's not exactly hard to get a hold of information if you keep your ear to the ground and he says completely not knowing what the [ __ ] he's talking about but a lifeline's a Lifeline [ __ ] gift horses do not get looked in the [Music] mouth and this love your family they do um engage in travel your father and mother traveling around the country and wasn't it a mysterious Miss Logan who is the reason why they were stuck in places due less familiar than our own most recently if if the town gossip is is to be believed did that happen yes there was some passport issue of some sort that got I'm stuck yes I see it and Mr Fe don't you have a client that was belaboring all of the strange things happening to them on their soour West I do but that is covered by patient client conf oh of course not we we wouldn't dare want to speak gossip uh and rumor and assumptions or make anything like that oh now would we we are here to get to the bottom of the truth right Miss Logan I don't know what it is y'all people trying to do just please please please we we aren't people we are Kindred we above such Petty things as Color Race ethnicity sexual preference Maddie your friends your Associates the the Hutchinson's right your distant relations that's right they seem to have been uh hired to provide security the plan was for them to act as an extra push to keep you all safe that's what they were hired to do yet I am sure based on just a Scuttle butt now forgive me for coming in a little bit later than I should have but from the Scuttle butt didn't they seem a bit more drugged a little bit more Hoodwinked a bit more wild even for them than they had been believed to be almost as if they were possessed right I said so after the uh blackout before that yeah a little more drunk than usual Maybe and if I'm not mistaken Miss Cambridge as a master a m a Magister a expert if you will on things that are deceased could that have been arranged by a rogue warlock allowing helping things slip in to to the living absolutely H now again I am just a humble very shy keeper of record as it were it is my job and my responsibility to know certain things and I don't want to put this out there I didn't want to get involved but such a travesty of Justice taking place Miss Logan I am not on trial here for you uh Miss Logan calm down we are just trying to find what happened tonight is your sister in or out with the Chantry of Las Vegas they ain't got no so you are abandoning your connections of blood H sounds like a interesting thing to do only an upstanding member of a community would ever stand stand up for family and you ain't supposed to be talking about my family Asher you're not supposed to trying to set our community up for failure not are [Music] you my little house figs if if if I were to like and I can't do this this is of course coming down to the region herself but if you all found out that someone set you all up for failure on purpose what do you all think might be the best course of action what sort of mercies would they deserve I did not set them up for any any soci of failure they those people I miss Logan Miss Logan and we India kind of raises her hand uh to that point the uh ring Master the guy that was running this whole thing he said he was expecting us so if you y'all were the only ones that knew we were going how did he know we were [Music] coming it's far transmission of information something difficult reaching I just want to know for my own notification could for instance if you you had my blood and one of those lovely sending songs how long did they take for you to uh make sure that operational each sending stone is a 10hour ritual why well if you had an extra 10 hours just to throw away couldn't you make one for your sister that is just ridiculous how would I even get such a thing well I'm not saying that there is a Pony Express a CER service out there that we all could use but for instance and he reaches inside his inner pants pocket pulls up a crinkly envelope begins opening it now I'm not M if I'm not mistaken doesn't your sister reside in Las Vegas as we've all understood that's not mine I don't know where you got that from you people always digging through somebody else's track please please darling and he hands it across to the region I understand that some of y'all can how what's that called uh read objects you can see the address there straight from Vegas to our lovely Miss Logan's property would that be large enough to incidentally slip a one of those lovely sinding Stones inside contact one another conco a plan Aid and ab bed an enemy to not only shrie Port but to Bethany [Music] ourselves I'm just making a suggestion especially being we've all witnessed Miss Logan almost all but lay out her case that these folks deserve to be the sacrificial lamb for what happened I am not sure but isn't the understanding of the spirituality of the world and what in which we live solely or should be solely the purview of our lovely warlocks and heada how would a lowely violin reprehensible woman like Miss Logan come into any knowledge such as that Joi India Annabelle Maddie and Lita if you all were set up for failure clearly by someone who had your worst as they go what do y'all think would be fair again I'm just asking because I'd like to understand he just going to looks between all of them and just I I'm not a forgiving man as you shouldn't be only thing better than true love is true hate ain't that right Miss Logan this will not stand these people will not sit here and imp ped my honor and drag my sister through the mud she has gone through enough dealing with that piss an of a blue blood and his warlock servant slate and she begins to ramp herself up it is clear that she is growing more and more Angry Annabelle's kind of enjoying this Joi just kind of spurred on by by his uh his friend and quasi babysitter you know speaking up for them just goes the job we were sent out to do was a job for the domain as a whole to maintain the Peace by acting against that they are acting against the domain we could have died there I think think I'm not one to keep that off the table in repercussions too uh too fast too small to die for they were going to destroy all of [Music] us M just more lives should be paid for the lives that she right seal if that were the case the whole point of Bethany is to put down threats Maddie will shrug one of her shoulders well I don't know sometimes a nice timeout is appropriate especially if they still might have information we can use down the Run indeed well I be for me to said that I think that that might be more than amenable After All Region you are the one who lost a member of your blood a member of your cabinet a member of your Chantry due to their mations with an outcast member of your clan bringing shame not just to them specifically but well to the CH to the Chantry as a whole they making y look as if y'all might not be in fight low to the pyramid or the tower I'm just assuming that is not something that you would be okay with I could be wrong I really could and I hope that I am not but perhaps one could easily make the assumption that you may have an understanding of what they were up to in advance and allow their skull duggery that' be a poor thing thing you're supposed to be a region of Beth and you got to the Shere Port domain and here we have staks and I [Music] missed truly a sad day if that were the [Music] case well we can only hope that the executives up in treport to take kindly to the knowledge if it ever makes it to them though Mercy is not exactly something that I'm sure we make it down the line that being the case as everyone seems to very much be jumping ship onto Asher's character assassination with everyone be so kind as to rule your manipulation and subterfuge it is a total outcome of all of your skills and words in support of the character assassination of the brewha permission minimum of one die right always a minimum of one okay I just got to ask that's all I have as well hey we can R for it it's okay India every bit helps and yes you can in fact Rous all right I will roll with three dice let's go [Music] yeah let's Rouse [ __ ] so do you roll the Rouse before after after so roll with the added Dice and then do the the coin flip afterwards [Applause] yes that is sexy thank you Dice spot all right so you said uh manipulation Plus persuasion sube the sube oh my God Joi and Ryan's [ __ ] luck are on opposite ends of the spectrum what is this you got some willpower and you throw it on that [ __ ] actually had to check do I have any left oh holy [ __ ] Annabelle do you have any willpower inab I have some aggravated willpower oh oh I mean you know and all that I literally I don't think I can avoid this without no CU I I wouldn't even fail I would just get worse mhhm I could Max my crits get messy there's no such thing is getting worse it just gets better in a weird way yep I'm leaning in how do we roll the Rouse thing cuz when I did V Rouse it didn't work uh you could just roll a singular die and then yeah Rouse yeah but um my the API just to shut down down on that initial Rouse role trying to make sure you maintain the the flow of things Maddie leader who would have thought that the the therapist is very good at manipulating people right uh sorry I I had to step away for a second to answer some questions for the kid what what are we rolling manipulation plus sub uge absolutely yes um just roll as high as you possibly can because um I don't want to die again right okay uh bit of anger on India's part uh just a quick question is this would would this be a situation uh since like I said I had to step away I hear a lot of this what was going on uh could I make an argument for my insight specialty detecti no cuz you're the you're the team that's actually lying in this case okay all right uh you might not be lying right I just want you to know GI is the literal worst this bunch and he just [ __ ] slapped that [ __ ] I don't like the gods want this to happen happen right I I I will do my best with my one die you can always R MH mhm yeah probably not a good idea right now I mean she's not like terribly hungry but risk it for a Triscuit not a biscuit just a little snack cracker oh man I love Triscuits but also if you if you eat like two of them at the same time my god do get dry bro like [ __ ] I went from from having a good day to having the Sahara in my mouth hey some people like that oh hey look at that you got you 100% success rate on the people who buy all technicality only have one die Lita yeah sorry I'm having hard to getting the roller to come up you're good um what's your dice pool I can roll for you uh let me double check I think it's two two okay um do you want to Rouse or anything uh SL do you want to spin any willpower uh I don't think so okay two what's your current hunger uh also two I okay okay good luck Lita all right all right all [Music] righty poor girl [Music] nice what does fate state for you all as um she sputters enrages and begins ounting an affirmative defense against what she sees as you all attempting to well betray the common good it's not her that's on trial but y'all don't understand what you people don't seem to understand is that I am not the one who dropped the ball here I was not involved in any sorts of conspiracy your failures is the reason why we in the situation that we are in and she continues mounting in both volume and passion in regards to defending herself from the allegations leveled by Asher and backed up by your own levels of acting indignant and responding in kind and Annabelle's Furious accusation of pretty much that deserves death how dare you [ __ ] put our community at risk because of you and your sister's issues one betrayal equals another it runs a goddamn family there are statistics and so the exchange of information grows and intensity and it's very clear that one push more and the per May respond in less than an intelligent ideology at the present moment she very well may leap across the table to take matters into her own hands and uh Annabelle clearly pushes yeah yeah first Annabelle was like maybe killing them is a bad idea and then just immediately like you know what I actually [ __ ] that bit you and she applies the she applies the accusation with precision and a bit of uh a bit of chemistry so everybody can see what this person what the brja prim had done uh and like her like what what Annabelle imagines uh happened you see this you see this you know what this is this is proof positive that every moment that you have to burn your resources you should burn your resources look at this we almost [ __ ] died yeah we did like a perfectly planned dance with with just the right provocation and just the right amount of assistance the Trap Springs close one of Bethany's staunchest supporters for Community one of the most well connected brewha Tower right as laid bare as a betrayer to the public good and Welfare an agent provocator nestled in the heart and miss the Bethany as well what they are a betrayer your case made improved means the region stands as a shield for the house figs Asher moving quietly alongside you all offering his body as tribute in defense of you all and much like like the holiday Goose or the fatted Cal that had been fed extraordinarily well in preparation of the last feast days of the year Renee Logan the primagen of the Bethany bruha is laid low you've never seen the Regent as angry as she is when the proof and connections and the assumptions and the asides and the tail spun in the last few moments solidified like a noose around primagen Logan's neck the crushing searing heat of one of Zeus's thunderboats lances through her driving her to the ground with the decision all but made the scorge lean standing and moving almost as if he and Rosal Lee are in perfect sink Drive Stakes into the primagen holding her where she is leaving her lying there be and Asher says as the scourge and his woman Friday carry out their job I believe that it's best for y'all to retire for the evening I'll be along to see you all shortly just very quietly almost inaudibly just thank you as he takes the opportunity to get the [ __ ] out of here oh joi's just internally like why why why why can't I find a place that is not full of drama and things that are trying to murder me tonight why is this a why is this my life [Applause] you just all right um come come along everybody I think it's best we we follow their words here anals internally thinking it's been a long time since I've had a con go that well [Music] yeah they like the relapse it's very unfortunate is you all Le India is thinking it couldn't have happened to an extra person as she leave bless her heart bless her [ __ ] heart as you all prepare to leave um decisions on where you a light for the evening lay there before you all there's roughly 2 hours until sunrise the evening all but over closer to tomorrow than tonight yet it feels as you all slip out of the Thriftway as if you've all lived several lifetimes tonight there are several truths un acted still in the offing around you all and as you all head up past Temperance and out into the parking lot where your vehicles were and are you are absolutely positive that you just see a group of kids running across the street five or six seven or eight small just before the age of TW dressed in hoodies and baggy shorts running across the street just barely being missed by a Penola County sheriff's car and the driver stops the officer gets out and pulls out his mad like and starts flashing his light across the street from the Thriftway trying to figure out where those damn kids got off to [ __ ] those kids I I going to have to I'm going to have to lock every single window three times what what did he say cold iron is that help against these things the the the kids or do I just need to get my nine iron cold iron nine iron why not both okay well either way I'm he just kind of speaking as he's still watching off in the distance to make sure those [ __ ] Nar duells don't come their way I'm probably going to head back off to to my place I I think we all live in town yeah no well just outside I mean are you within 2 hours Manny yeah but uh she was just going to if she saw those kids she was just going to know out and go back in and crash with the uh communal Apprentice quarters oh so like as I turn over to ask Maddie like Maddy are you just she's not even there MADD are you within two hours of the where did she okay I'll take that as a yes any do I need to play host to anybody or or are we good no [Music] I I know if I trust I need a ride I got my truck I don't have my vehicle here my vehicle is at the carniv my vehicle is at the carnival with a bunch of drunk Hinson I guess someone doesn't have a vehicle anymore oh yeah I just live up the road though okay well did not take a vehicle here I mean I did here but not here what okay I can't remember she was through the mirror if y don't get in the [ __ ] car yeah yeah thank you I was my my car is left at my office and just as he's walking along I I know I know kind of what you saying I know she got pulled through the mirror but she said in a confusing way all [Music] right was he getting into the back passenger seat you all know where the good doctor's office is it's just off of uh PR 7351 right up the road from Rogers air conditioning just off of uh route nine actually so it's not that far away and giv you all the opportunity to pretty much race your own destressing there's a lot to worry about there always is and yet the first time tonight everything seems as even if it's not going to work out perfectly at least you'll be cognizantly aware of how it might work out you all removed tonight in your actions and activities removed one of Bethany's staunchest supporters one of the its greatest physical Defenders so you know that they won't be able to come after you anytime soon or exercise any Vengeance against you uh in that same light though we did just kind of [ __ ] Bethany we just need um a new Pro yeah yeah they grow on trees don't they they do in fact and on that thought you're having enough people and on that thought as every member of the Cod makes their way where they're going with assistance and without and I thank you all for a lovely bit of play and look forward to seeing you next time and I can't say it enough or for as passionately honestly as possible but thank you thank you and thank you good night everybody

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