Nebulous Nights #19

Make a new tonight. Welcome everybody to a brand new episode of nebulous night time your GMJ and we are here with four five six We're here with some folks who are here to play some games This is an actual play based podcast in the shared SHU superhero universe the only differences We're out in space baby where there are no rules except for rules about breathing and eating food first of all We've got our good friend from across the sea or hi. I'm playing sham. He is a plant like form who can move his body Yes, he's a nice boy at least in my experience Logan He does kick ass that's a character trait not just a statement Eli all the way from the dusty dusty desert.

Hi. I'm Eli. I'm playing Mirage I'm a Sagittarius. I occasionally like long walks on the beach early just depends on the weather though I fucking hate it when I'm going for a long walk on the beach.

It just starts the tornado happens sucks, right? It's the worst and Like yes, it would probably be more beneficial if I like watch the weather or something Exactly, it's it's all big climate The weather channel is big climate propaganda the problem is that I read the news so Eli knows how to make me laugh really hard if I Would just like stop paying attention to things that matter like focus and Finally our our newest member of the crew his name is Jesse. Give me some tweets I am Jesse and I don't laugh at any of those jokes because I pay attention to nothing Unless it's like a sweet like disc golf joke I'm gonna get a real great joke about I don't know throw in a clanger whatever the fucking people do. Yep, that's right All right, so I'm gonna give a recap of the previous episodes since you know It's been a minute our group were on a roofed gamble droplets when they realized that something seemed off the entire gambling satellite was wrecked by St.

Scisigy an evil son that controls a religious cult and swarms on these planets and satellites similar to a galactus if you've run a marble comic for our poor sensitive boy is shaman a keto were left on their own to fend for themselves in the wilderness of Bruin buildings and riots and religious fanatics and evil cops They managed to get their way pretty safe and find a old friend bone star frozen in the back of a bar inside of the food freezer While they're trying to scramble across the ground we have Jesse's character quiver who is a earthling stranded out in space Also on his own separate path to try to take care of St. Scisigy and eventually mirage wakes up in jail and has the same plan So they all run towards the center of this entire uprising the center of this army They put that puppy down in front of the whole dang galaxy thanks to the use of television and then the high commander fires them Maybe that when you return to the carcass. There was a cat ninja in weaving So the she is you're out Don't tell on me You're on the carcass a couple of days since gamble droplets by the time you got off that tower Looks like nanny key the cat ninja did what she said she was gonna do it was ready to go and leave It's still a couple of days to the planet she wanted to take you to in exchange for getting you off the planet So you have a couple of days to kill in this nation It's relatively uneventful except for a bone star addressing everybody he does Apologize for abandoning everybody whether or not you believe it is up to you He also states that since they are no longer nebulous 19 will no longer incusement of anybody So it is an equal everybody has their own place and to celebrate the spirit of democracy. He gave everybody a 10 gallon cut away So so hold on Everybody was all just cool with hey, here's this a stranger random dude who's just gonna shop on our ship It's happened like six times.

Okay, we had we're shit happened in the last week Okay, so Jesse it's actually different for you a little bit this ship is filled with artifacts from earth Like weird artifacts from earth a jukebox from a 1950s diner a green Bay Packers jersey inside of a glass case There are wrestling posters and giant cardboard beer standouts. There's water all over the ship. Nice. You can take a hot shower You can shave and clean yourself up.

You can get some clothes if you want I mean you're basically gonna have a couple of days where you do enough another than laying around the ship, okay? Well, I definitely want to get cleaned up. Yeah, but I also want to find out who actually owns the ship and Talk to them about all of this earth artifact stuff. Okay It is a seven foot tall skeleton with a cow skull forehead who wears assless chats on a leather jacket Okay, and he says you oh, I I've seen everything in a long-ass time Yeah, I I haven't seen earth in a long-ass time.

Oh, you making any plans to get there anytime soon. Well, that's my resort home I can I did have a problem last time I was there you understand, but sure it's all smooth over now How long ago was that a couple cycles? Okay, you know what a cycle is I'm not really familiar with your space terms. I like America last world cows are I Think it's gonna be very different next time you show up God I hope not I love that place as long as I can avoid the greenbackers at all costs.

I'll happily take you better All right, well, uh if you've got a ride for me, um, I'll do what I can to pull my weight here Okay, well, then I'll make you deal we got hunt down these earth gods first It's for some reason it's a bunch of gods of earth just completely massacring space gods out there Alright, that's not really anything I'm familiar with Only God stuff I know of is that crazy church that we just dealt with so yeah, yeah false god that guy's a dickhead That's my dad don't worry about him. He's just a real jerk But I mean God Wars ain't good They've already come and tried to cut a couple people's heads off and this crew alone So that's what we're doing out here to find that high commander fired us, but she fired us so we could pursue our criminal connections I got a long history in the black market and uh, well, Mirage. I hope you don't mind me saying so to you It's true. Also a god did cut my head off, but that's that's a different story.

You got it back, right? Yeah, it was weird Yeah, we're just trying to get to the bottom of that but once we figure out what these earth gods are up to there's no reason We can't go to earth. It's fucking awesome there. It is it is indeed.

I mean all the best all the best things I love your coal plants. I love all the cows. I love how you just are cool killing people for no reason It's a fun place. It's like it's like a I don't know it's like a amusement park I kind of just assumed you were making up all that stuff about earth.

Oh no, I mean I don't make up anything because you do Tim Don't you know you just don't believe me when I tell the truth. I still remember shit some people think I'm a responsible kid But those people are hired by my fucking dad and you can't trust him As soon as it was said that he was no longer a charge of us. I did shoot bones Should to kill No, just like shoot because we're still using his ship and he's still useful to me But I did shoot him the concussive blast knocks him into a wall his bones go scattering everywhere and he starts uncontrollably laughing You dick and then I walk to my room Clean out the closets and shit. We need to make room for the new guy.

I found some stuff you guys might want quiver I found this in a closet and I'm sure it'll be a great memory of home. It's a pillowcase a handstick, okay? And if you look inside, it's like 40 year old Halloween candy Great you says over to a key to I know you got a sword now. So figure I give you this one too.

I found in the broom closet Okay, sure. It's all yours buddy. And then anyway, I gotta give my gift to Mirage and then he shows a different color cowboy hat and Starts walking over to a room What do you do with your sword? Do you carry it on you?

Do you bring it back to room? Bring it back to his room and he'll start looking at it see if it's Like intact and clean or anything like that you take it out of the scabbard Yeah, I hope take it out and look at it Okay, when you take it out of the scabbard this brilliant white light fills the room You cannot even see and it slowly starts fading away, but sitting in front of you is Someone looks like a human person someone like quiver, but I'm longer hair some ornate armor She seems to be very hurt. She's bleeding from around the face eyes and she looks up at you and says who Who has my sword? My name is the key to and I got it from phone star.

She's looking around your room. What is this place? Where am I? We're in space.

You're on a spaceship. Okay, who are you? My name is Amaterasu. I'm a goddess the son of creation but I have been wounded and Had my power taken from me by other gods.

It's I don't know how you found this sword This sword's been missing for hundreds of years. This is my only tether to the physical world I thought it was missing. I've been in a cave hiding hoping that the god war would pass I think I might know what happened to it, but I'm not from wherever you're from I'm from earth, but I'm as gods we are worshipped in many places Just not me so much anymore. What do you think happened if I could ask you?

I think bone stars saw anything and took it I don't know who this bone star is, but I'm very happy to be free My mirror is gone. My favorite blade is missing And so this is all that's left. You said you were from earth, right? I've been from earth.

Yes. I've also been to many places, but I don't recognize you and I don't recognize this place All right, because you've got plans to head to earth because of some gods You should know that there's a war coming Yeah You don't want to get wrapped up in it. I don't know who you are, but it's not it's not worth your life Unfortunately, it's starting to wrap itself around the whole universe Are gods killing gods from other planets? Kali She holds her hand up and she shows you like a little light projection of Kali I think that was her.

Yeah She's been killing gods on earth. I'm in terrible trouble. Okay. I don't know what to tell you.

I Gods are faith based, right? More people believe in you than what parlour you are, but those Me or in the sword were symbols of faith. They were held by a government that believes in me and no longer does I lost a nation of people and now I have Shrines and cuts to show forth What are you going to do with my sword? What do you want me to do with it?

Do you hear that at all? I you I suppose I do not know I Well, frankly my wish is to stop the god war, but I'm afraid we're too late So the best I can do is just regain my power. Will you hold the sword for me? Yeah, will you protect it from harm?

I can do that. Thank you. I If you are willing to To safeguard me to guard me from those who are coming from me I will reward you with knowledge prowess With kindness and information whatever I can to repay this Please put me back to rest Kita is going to sheath the sword then and she fades away. I'm gonna say that you pull into the port You are pulling into a planet that very few of you actually recognize It's called Colosseum world, but it's more like a planet-wide movie studio And you're being brought into the spaceport, but when you're coming in you can see that there are these huge Buildings everywhere with nobody in them and no people on the street.

They look kind of big and cartoonish. They're very colorful Bone star as he pulls into the port goes welcome to Colosseum world the home of the mats the mecca assault tussle sport Also known as robot wrestling. I don't know why we're here. I don't know why your ninja friend bought us here But this place kicks ass watch a wallet though Wait, isn't isn't this your ship and so you didn't drive us here?

I mean they told us they gave me the coordinates I mean, I don't pay attention the ship doesn't something As I said unreliable narrator So chances of you just uh driving us to earth isn't very likely is it Driving to earth would take like 300 earth years Okay, but there are the ways to get placed the bay door drops and when you when it opens and a little ramp comes down You can see the cat ninja that you hadn't that earlier Akita is there. Her name is manticy She's dressed now in more casual clothes, but still pretty much an engine so much fun I'll say manticy the cat ninja and your brother and majima are there waiting to greet you and they go. Hey, you guys may have okay Yeah, that was wild ride. How you doing?

Oh my god. I am just so excited to see you like we have so much to come up on This is your brother by the way, but like we gotta go talk to my boss first That's the reason why we were able to get here, you know, he cleared some paths off of gamble traplas That there's gonna be cleanup crews there for months cycles cycles Thanks again for helping us out. She nods and says of course. I mean I'm Anything for a specimen like yourself.

It's a weird way to say that she says I She seems like she's purring when she's talking and she gets very close to you with her body language It's a weird way to put that as well. There's something we're just saying out loud Well, this is going on She gives she's not a few years mirage, but she does look like a cat. She gives you a big old smile And then blinks your eye her eyes once I go she'll say I'm just doing my boss this thing Although I y'all seem fun. I need um Akita and uh you what your name mirage mirage my boss wants to talk to you too I want to read her mind figure out who her boss is and see if I should trust her, okay Is okay go ahead and make me a will roll.

So here's the thing I do have a very high will it's a plus three With that being said feel like this is a setup. I did get a minus one total Um, here's what I'll say you try to mind read her and as soon as you try she immediately says back in your mind Oh, okay. I got it. I work with an organized crime organization.

She says that in your head. It's like okay And I cautiously go forward so those two lead Akita and mirage off and that leaves the rest of you Kind of just sitting there in the bay bunsar says I know a guy that runs a restaurant here If we just want to kill time I haven't eaten any good food in a very long time. So I am down. Yeah restaurant sounds good On your walk down to the restaurant sham you'd notice something out of the corner in your eye This is like a big uh spaceport right so there's lots of people moving around but out of the corner Yeah, you think you see that idol is me that you've seen on the tv She says to be like distantly in the crowd walking off somewhere Just stands out like a sore thumb because there are not a lot of your people around And without what I just get distracted and walk off to her Um, let me make a notice roll Bunsar absolutely does not notice quiver, uh your friend sham your new friend the tree boy Just came just suddenly started darting off into the crowd I guess I'll just say to the others.

Well, it's just bunsar right? Yeah, it's just most around. I'll just say to him. I I guess he uh wants to go somewhere else His loss this place is great.

This food is so good. He's not gonna be shit. I can't believe him He's always running off doing something, but you know what you can trust it. I'm just throwing that out there You can trust this guy.

I know that this is all new to you, but at least uh, we got the earth connection I see you I look in your eyes and I know that we're uh, kismat we're bros Yeah, I mean what he's doing isn't my business same here buddy. I think it gives you a high five All right, sure You give my high five and his hand explodes all the bones flying everywhere, which he thinks it's hilarious Okay, and then he pulls them all back to his hand while you're walking down there. This guy's great Shyam you're running through the crowd. I'm gonna have you make two notice rolls for me Okay, see if you can keep an eye on where she is Uh, that is a zero on the first one and a plus two on second for the first roll You can't actually find her you're running around in this crowd for five or ten minutes And you're getting lost right like there's just too many people around there's too much noise If you're just using your eyes and calling out her name you'll have much luck I will say that for that second notice roll though You do notice a big vid screen in this room like showing the news and the headline right now is beloved music sensation and pop idol to the galaxy is may has canceled her tour and will now be performing a benefit concert On call the scene world tonight to raise funds for recovery and survivors So it seems like she's gonna be on the planet for a while and she has a concert sometime tonight Okay, do you do you keep your eye on that screen and i'll have you make another notice roll?

Yeah, I'll keep watching see what comes up Plus story, okay, great So there's a couple things that scroll by the first one reads famed serial killer tuft mengar seen recently at gample tropolis question mark And then the next one that scrolls by says gample tropolis disaster day three Cleanup crews are still not allowed to get into the satellite and then the last little point that goes forward It says a gample tropolis hero sham and his nebulous knights have not been seen in the last few days Okay, and having seen that probably Try to find my way to where i'm starting quidwa going if not back to the carcass Kita and mirage you two are together you're being brought into like a rather nice office in this in this office building a couple of Blocks down from where the space board is do you do anything on the trip or is it pretty much on a ventful? They're just gonna small-talk you basically Yeah, I think a kid is just gonna catch his brother up on what's been happening recently Yeah, and many listens and he's actually sounds um he sounds very interested But he also sounds like a little maybe talking faster. He's a little manic. He's a little nervous when you talk to him So i'm just gonna take you into this office this nice room It kind of looks like a fancy board room not too different from the high commander's office But there's you know a table with a seat for like 12 people and when you get any of see two people or two beings I should probably say one of them looks like an enormous walking pile of sentient broken mirrors With a little bit of a femisthetic to it So she's got like a mouth and big donopies and stuff But for the most part just looks like a bunch of broken glass And then the other guy kind of looks like you cut a diving suit in half and then put a small asteroid floating on top of it He's got a face on the asteroid and uh, you know it lights up when he talks But for the most part he's like a disembodied pair of legs with a giant rock floating above it And Akita's brother Majama says Akita Let me introduce you to the executive board of the mattes the the the mac pro wrestling league I've started getting the entertainment business and do a lot of work with these guys And they want to throw a benefit card for all the people in gamble droplets like it's my student tonight with a concert The thing is half of the half of the wrestlers were on gamble droplets It's kind of where they hang out when they don't got anything to do So we're really short on people and we're short on star power You know that you've become a bit of a celebrity recently, right?

Yeah, not intentionally, but yeah Well, he points to the news and he says just like the news is based 24 7 gamble droplets stuff So there are even like segments where people are like trying to find people that they might recognize and crowds Try to see where Akita's been trying to see where shoms been there's a lot of fascination about what happened That's me talking about your brother. Your brother's like, but um, like basically all we were wondering is like Could you do a charity match for us in exchange for getting off that hellhole? I mean really I just want to bring you into the fold baby bro I guess I can do this one match. Maybe one time dumbest It's not real.

Okay. It's like fake. They plan it ahead of time. You won't get hurt.

Nobody else get hurt Yeah, I know you just climb in those big robots and you have a big city fight Five ten minutes crowd goes on happy everybody's having a good time The man in the who is the disembodied asteroid speaks like looks at you Akita and says we desperately need someone's help And it's either you or your plant friend shom We need some sort of eyes on our product, but we believe that we can help you understand Help with the the envelope droplets thing. Yes. All right. Yeah, I can do this for you What's your rate?

What are you paid? anything's okay, but um My friend shom that you mentioned My brother Majima here has got a new idol that he wants to meet would he be able to meet up with her That your brother's kind of like I mean she's pretty busy Yeah, she's kind of hard to get a cold of and also she runs away from me all the time I don't know which goes but I'm sure it would be a problem Yeah, because he's been wanting to talk to her Apparently they're apparently they were from the same plant and they might know each other so The large astroid man says this is interesting find the idol Majima and Majima kind of looks over at you Akita and nods and goes I I guess that's all we're doing. I'll take you to the locker room. You can meet some of the guys All right, and then he kind of walks you out of the room the the astroid man does stare right at you then Mirage and say Mirage yes, you know why you're here in front of me Honestly, I don't know what's been going on the last few days to be honest I don't know who you are other than someone who has connections to the underworld or whatever Then read my mind.

I do that his name is zixus. He is a Centuries old god who it seems to be fully aware that you're mind reading him and is sending you a thought pattern of his entire Organizational structure for his mafia. Oh And he says there are many secrets hidden here in our business but What is not a secret is that opportunity is about With gapple trouble is falling all of the crime heads all the families are vulnerable I'm ready to make a move, but I cannot do so without worthy lieutenants I'm listening He points to the woman made out of glass next one. You know this one.

He sends you a thought broadcast like an image, right? he dms you a pick through your brain And it's a photo of a another vieres that maybe is a little differently for a pattern And it's an image of your past It's like someone took a photograph of you But like 15 years ago and it's you standing side by side with this person when you're really really low in the ranks of your organized crime history It's very very early. So, you know, it brings back a lot of memories Is this do I get the feeling that this is my own memory that's bringing back or memories that he is implanting in me make a little okay Well, it's a four-toned You actually have the wherewithal to try to sus whether or not he's bullshitting you and although this doesn't seem like it's ever a photo that was actually taken It is very real to you. Okay, like it's a picture of you two in the back of a club somewhere You know just talking looking over making plans.

It's a very casual scene It seems like it might have been someone that you had you know, maybe a partnership with or you worked with for a while Okay, if you want to make a little role you can try to remember her name. Yeah, I do Okay, I drop on my dice It's a three-total. Okay. So yeah, she was a former hitman that worked for the same crime organization that you did Her name is Sorrel glaze.

I'm gonna turn to look at her glaze. It's been a while It has I am different now You seem different as well You could say that what's happened to you A lot of stuff and then I turned back to asteroid head so Yes You brought me here You reminded me of an old friend. Mm-hmm. What do you want?

Nothing immediately, but I will be contacting you. I will be talking to you and I will be sharing my bounty with you If you choose to join me Join my organization You would not need to modify your lifestyle whatsoever and you would be rewarded with incredible power power that you could never dream of I do have some terms some Things just to make sure that everything's on the up and up but like what I'm hearing You have plenty of time We will talk again after the match Know this Your secrets are not as secure as you believe There are many people out there that want your head on a stick I will keep you safe I look forward to our talk Me nods closest to his eyes Reflectica the lady who's made out of glass looks at you and says shall I see you out or can you use the door? Uh, I don't want to put you out if you have something you need to Attempt you I can see myself out Not at all. It's my pleasure And she shows you to the door and nods Look forward to catching up with you as well But kita in the hallway your brother magima He's been walking you back to your ship basically or sorry walking you back to the locker room And he seems really really nervous.

He's acting a little out of character You don't know him to be the shook usually So what's up? I uh, there's a lot riding on tomorrow night needs to go it needs to go well and uh look it's it's it's my first It's my first project and I'm getting nervous, but I get really you're really worried about it. Kita. What do it goes wrong?

Magimat don't worry about it. Everything will go fine I know you you're great at planning these kinds of things I think we'll go wrong I don't know I know I can always trust you at least To be there for you've always on my back even when Even when we were both in places we probably shouldn't have been Yeah I just missed you brother. That's all I missed you and the stress is going to me He's gonna give his brother a hug after that. He's gonna give you a hug you notice he's trembling when you hug him But he while he walks you into the locker room and you you meet a uh an old robot that's in there He's about you know your height.

He looks like an android maybe some rust on him He's the only one in the locker room at the moment And he gives magima a wave and he says is that the um Is that the guest? Why don't you introduce me? Akita, this is the Musketeer Musketeer. This is Akita.

You'll be having a wrestling match You know how it is keep it clean simple 10 minutes. We're in and out make the crowd happy Anyway, I really gotta go really gotta go But um this guy will teach all the basics you'll be riding one of those mechs in like 24 hours of promise My first cycle he'd patty on the back and then ticks off And the Musketeer just kind of like waves you over Alright, so what do I need to know? There's an art to all this. Um, are you a fighter?

Yeah Punch me Give me a fight roll He uh actually manages to block But but just by putting like an arm up and blocking the incoming blow but he looks down at his arm afterwards and goes that's very impressive Phenomenal puncher and having a good working punch is the most important thing to being a match champion Do you do you know What this place is is a dangerous place? Very dangerous place. I'll look out for you But don't trust the wrestlers don't trust the media and most of all don't trust the promoter Why is that? Because time after time after time We turn our bodies And scrap While they get rich and when pushed against the wall they will always choose They'll always choose profit over people.

I'm not saying your brother's a bad man But I don't love the people he works for. Oh, I'm tired Spark with me. Will you all show you some tricks? So you actually are learning a lot about the way wrestling works and essentially it's real When it has to look real and it's fake when it's not so a lot of the punches and the strikes are he's going to be throwing them legit at you But you can dodge them.

You can block them. He'll probably tell you when they're coming Um, so you just learned some basics. He seems like he's a real old hand at this, you know And he's a very generous and patient person So if you ask him anything if you need anything from him, he'll give you the shirt off his back He's gonna try and learn as much as he can And like he's also gonna keep in the back of his mind that maybe these This charity thing isn't what they're presenting it to be but he's still going to do this to keep Majima like Out of okay. Yeah, that makes sense And then at the end of the session he says a musketeer says you did a really good job And I think that we have enough time that we can we can just call it in the ring I'll come back here later tonight.

I'll show you how the robots work We'll go take him for a join right He gives you a sort of a pat on the shoulder and goes kid you're a natural All right, uh back at the bar Bonestar and quiver are walking towards the bar they get in quiver It looks very similar to bar. You've been everywhere. Gample-tropicalist earth, etc But there seem to be some you know grizzly looking dudes drinking in the bar You know they maybe got big cauliflower ears where they have ears or open cuts on their face or something Okay, so he's looking like fighters. They look like fighters bonestar saddles up to the bar and he yells back at you You know you want anything?

I'll have what you're having all right two barrels of grips be wine And he brings a barrel right back to you and then he kind of ducks his own head in a barrel These are full-size barrels. Okay, and he gets a giant straw out as well for you cool Bonestar also yells and uh asks for some food to be brought out and you know There's like a server and it eventually comes what do you do in the meantime? Well, you're just sitting here drinking with him looking at all these fighters I'm gonna ask him more about this place because he said he hiked it up so much He seems to have an understanding of what's going on here I just want him to kind of film me in a little bit more like what is this place? Why is it so cool that sort of thing the basic just and I'm not gonna have a conversation I'll just give you an info down This is a place where they film Mecopro wrestling the movie studio planet and if you the more you talk to bonestar you realize He just really likes fighting and really likes wrestling because it's fighting So he's sort of you know he tells you about his favorite wrestlers and what cool moves there are the title history You know, he's a big he's a big nerd for this kind of shit I'm going to ask him is he familiar with the pro wrestling that would have been on earth Yes, he is So is this a pretty similar type of thing like as far as me trying to understand it that if I knew what pro wrestling on earth was I know what this is It seems like no matter where you go in the universe pro wrestling is one of the only constants Okay, cool.

It seems to be like that and the music are pretty consistent for culture I want to ask him his favorite earth pro wrestling I have to roll a diadist. You have his memory works. I like that guy pretty boy Fred. Is that his name gorgeous Fred?

Yeah, gorgeous. Yeah, that was it gorgeous Fred. I love him. He's uh, he's very pretty But he's also a jerk you guys are copyright protected on the show, aren't you?

No, you said you gorgeous George's okay Then I will correct him until it's gorgeous George. Oh, uh, yeah, George Fred. It's all the same shit. Yeah.

Yeah Anyway, it's a big hot dude. He's made of meat. Yeah, I mean, they're all kind of look like hot dogs at this point Yes, he's fucking into it. He loves it.

He wants to hear about earth wrestling. Oh, yeah I'll fill him in about a superstar Billy Graham and lose Who at your age would like be a 60-year-old man at a wheelchair? Yeah I didn't know they still have pro wrestling. That's awesome.

I figured it'll blow up the planet by now We're we're still our kickin In fact, it's probably a much bigger spectacle than it probably was when you were there last Mm. We'll see about that. We'll see what happens when bone targets in here I'm sold so big pile of food comes out He basically looks like a garbage plate filled with like alien food you've never seen before You know bubbles or weird insects or whatever and bone stars, uh, you notice that he does eat like you do But he seems to just be throwing food and alcohol into a tiny miniature sun So just all gets atomized and destroyed. Okay Um, but after he takes one bite he actually like The sun inside of him changes color so like a pale blue and goes I know the chef All right, is that a uh a good thing or a bad thing?

Should I not eat this? He kicks over the table. Okay And he goes come with me and he storms back into the kitchen The bartender is trying to stop him, but he just shoves him aside And uh when you get back there you see Sophie Sophie, can you give me a description of your character? Uh Jean-Mappelle and at all FMA or uh, you may otherwise know me as le forger or forger.

Uh, I am Every now chef an adventure. Uh, I am a very large stories and uh, I wear what does this worries look like? Ah I am uh, how do you say uh six foot tall mouse? And I wear a power armor do like the halo guy.

Uh, we Come come long uh the halo So yeah, you see a giant six foot tall rat and he goes, that's my boy forger right there Butster, saver Ah, they come and give each other a big hug Awesome. I said that shit that they got put out here is nothing compared to what this guy's got in his secret stash Am I right for him? Oh, no me you flatter me so You're the best chef in the goddamn galaxy You give me too much credit. So this mouse is uh, pretty classy I don't know Sophie.

What do you think is he classy or is he ready for war? A little of both Yeah, he's wearing master chief power armor, but he's he has like a It's a nice little affect. He's good with the hand motion. He's gonna be wiggling his nose a lot Is it very clear that this mouse is like talking in a French accent?

Yes, okay It seems very strange to you. Okay, cool. Yeah, that said, your nose is completely overtaken by what he's cooking Maybe the best thing you've ever smelled your fucking life. Bunchstar looks at everybody and goes forger What the hell are you doing working here?

This is like a cafe. Well Sometimes uh, you have to make ends meet, you know Wait, you're down on your luck. No, just between things, you know Look, I got a crew here now. I didn't kill any of them yet.

That is good Not on purpose or accident. I'm giving myself a high five for that. He gives himself a high five And he says uh, but look uh, if you're here, you gotta meet my boy right here. This is quiver.

He's from earth An earthling Sava. Yes. So if you make a notice roll Yeah, I didn't know the shit I got a minus one A minus one. Okay.

You don't notice a thing The mouse did call me an earthling though, right? Yes, so I'm going to ask you're familiar with the planet earth I am an explorer. You see so I have seen many parts of the galaxy and uh, I have sampled uh, every single thing that they have to offer Uh, I would like to ask if you don't mind how how did you get to earth? Mm Uh, a series of misadventures, but uh, involved some warp technology that was bought off of the black market and uh Burd by a friend of mine in exchange for some very spectacular mushrooms Okay, fantastic.

Everybody is bent to earth, but nobody knows how to fucking get there No, I do not know shit my friend. I'm very sorry. You do hear a tiny voice peep up and say I know Okay Michelle hello Can you please take me out of your pocket? Oh, of course I'm pretty sure I'm a want I've reached into my pocket and I will pull out more petit shoe my husband Michelle What is Michelle?

Uh, Michelle is on petit Fox person very very small fox looking man. Wait, how? This is my tiny fox person. I mean He does do that very well.

He is no slouch in the bedroom, but uh, no he's uh, and fox Yes, yes very tiny right like a few inches tall uh, we like uh Foot maybe six six inches. Okay, and he'll look up to you and quiver. What's that respectable? He uh, he looks up at you in a little fox and he goes, uh, yes I am a researcher I have studied earth and I can tell you what you need.

Sorry. I my ex-n I can't keep up the French stuff like you do for sure. It's hard. Well, you did not study five years of French So you didn't know how to bullshit like I do Anyway, I am a researcher and I have studied lots of things including earth.

I have lots of notes Unfortunately getting there would take a long time from where we are That seems to be the uh average answer. I've been getting do you want more information then if anything you could tell me that would be great There are legends of beings gods Who are capable of astral travel from one place in the universe to the other with just the blink of an eye These gods have imparted these abilities into artifacts books runes stories poems But until you find one there won't be much use of you. Yes, there is a way to get there. That's not just driving But it would require you to be How do you say?

In conflict with some very powerful things all these people I've been hanging with anyway I've been talking about god war so might as well dive right in so let's go find some god shit phone start is has been shoving his face inside of an actively cooking dish and he kind of pulls his heads up and goes god war What the hell are you talking about? Uh, aren't they uh talk about going to fight gods that have been killing your people? Oh, right that thing we're doing I keep forgetting because his food's fucking good. I haven't tried it yet.

It's good What can I taste he's gonna give you just a pan that he's eating out of But keep in mind it's probably like a good 500 degrees. Oh, yeah, yeah, I'll try to find like a serving dish. Let that shit cool Michelle goes that is terrible news. They get fighting gods.

Um The gods are fighting even themselves although it would make sense Considering some trends I've seen recently. Are you not fighting gods yourself? Are you? I mean, no, but that seems to be uh Kind of like a revenge vengeance like playing I guess with this crew I think uh some gods tried to kill them or killed some frant.

I don't know the whole story. I kind of just jumped in here but Yeah Phone star says uh look there's some earth gods running around killing knowledge gods when we gotta figure out why they're out here What's the problem? There you go. See if the phone star stepped in filled in.

Yeah, I'm coherent nine times out of ten. Michelle goes forager This is scary Wait, I agree What did we do? Well, I know that uh Whenever there's a need in the galaxy, I have to step and follow it mappety. Is this because you're just looking for ingredients again No, I am very noble and uh, I loved my friends and I will fight to uh Saves the world because there are many precious things inside of it including ingredients, but that this go incidental I'm quite, quite noble It's the best So I guess unless anything else comes up you all are just gonna sit there eating food and catching up John You are in this hallway and you're trying to make your way back to the restaurant or the ship not sure which one you're thinking That's off trying to find a restaurant, but if I can't then I'll try to find the ship, so okay make a notice roll Negative one, okay, um then make self roll plus five plus five I want to say that you don't find the restaurant.

Yeah, that was the first roll you kind of looked around the room Too much going on so if you head back to the ship you do notice that the ship the carcass is being surrounded by reporters And you're still throwing means that you are able to approach it and get in without letting them know that you're there You did make a hell of a stealth roll. So if you just want to get in your room and be there safe I think he's gonna be in his room just sort of Try to find out some more information about the carrots concept the concert is a little bit later tonight It is a like standing room only it's like a private party So there's only a couple hundred people in the crowd, but it's gonna be televised all across the space sector And when you get to your room, you actually find sitting on your bed Communicator like it looks like your team communicator, but a little different How's it look different is it just color? Yeah, it's like a different model. It's not too fancy or scary or anything It's it's you know one from best buy one from target whatever I picked up and sort of Turn it on and speak into it.

Hello. You hear a woman's voice on the on the line and she says is this shot? Yes, who who's this? My name is this may I saw you across the room.

So I stuck in and left this I could talk to you It's like a nightmare of reporters out there. I can't stand them. I know the feeling How are you where I how'd what? Spluttering out every question that comes to mind without even waiting for us fonts So she let you go on for like a good 45 seconds and then go like oh, okay.

Okay. Um, look I don't mean to burst a balloon, but like I've got a bunch of makeup people holding me hostage for the next three hours So I can go to the show. Will you meet me tonight? Yes, definitely She gives you the number to her suite actually and says you want to come up after the concert You're more than welcome and you know take this communicator with you.

You'll be able to get backstage Okay, yes, uh, thank you. This is great. Like I can't wait for tonight Of course, I mean, it's it's my honor to meet the hero that safe gamble droplets So I mean I'm as excited as you are Yeah, just say goodbyes and let her get back to she's doing So shums shums seems upset that he is no celebrity Yeah, uh, you actually get to go to the concert and you need to see it from backstage if you choose to do that Yes Walk past the whole part where you get in through security or whatever I'm just gonna say the concert was beautiful. She's not just a great singer She seems to be able to make um like light constructs out of her hands and um, she's a great dancer So it's like a big performance.

It's very theatrical, but it's good. It's good And you actually one of the songs for whatever reason feels very familiar to you. Okay, what do you do? She's kind of getting off stage right now if she's coming off stage Where she going is she being like followed anyone else?

She's being followed by Akita's brother who you met earlier who seems to be talking to her like a mile in it And then a woman made out of what looks to be broken mirrors or broken glass is also flinging her And uh, they're walking back to what looks like a backstage maybe dressing room green room area Is like on hallway can I follow them and try to say outside? Yeah for sure Okay, how that is a minus two on stealth A minus two on stealth so you think you're being stealthy and then about halfway down the hall a reporter grabs your arm and says Shum you're here on on Colosseum world. I mean we have to get an interview. Sorry.

I'm really busy right now I'm thinking I'm really busy right now. I've got people to see like preparations to make for upcoming events Oh, yeah, of course, of course. I mean, I want to stop you from all that good stuff You do it's just the people love you we all love you. We just want you to know that We we really appreciate there's someone out there fighting for the common person Thanks.

I do what I can okay, and then she gives a report into the camera like he seemed busy but affable So of course that kind of drag your attention away and you don't see either of the two anymore or three rather They're all seem to be retreated into some dressing room or something Are the dressing rooms actually marked or are they just blank doors? They're open doors so you can kind of hear who's in them and peer in but if you're trying to be stealthy that would make it hard You know, I'll stop trying to be stealthy because I've already been seen once I you just walk into the room I knock but yeah, you knock on the door. She you can actually hear her saying all right get out of here get out of here And then not you not you um you can see that uh magima and reflectica both walk out of the green room Um reflected like a lady who's made out of mirror shards. You should quit a shit.

I actually walks out She's not feeling you mean but basically walks past and uninterrupted Okay, and I walk in she's like really sweaty and she's like oh my god. Hi. Hi. That was an amazing performance.

Thank you. I um I'm so tired. I can't believe I pulled that off. I have been on tour for like two years straight I wow that I mean and still be fun like that.

That is amazing. Can I get your drink? Oh, yes, absolutely Although I mean I could get you a drink if you'd like and she opens up like a little refrigerator. Yeah, that would be great Thanks throws you a bottle and it doesn't look like an average like drink or whatever it looks like something she might have made and she said I've looked into the way my body works.

I'm a very curious person. That's filled with nutrients. You'll feel like you slept for 10 months Um, yeah, I'll give it a smell give it a taste just cautious, but willing to try It's delicious a and be you feel great. You feel better than you felt in a very very very long time.

Okay Your anxiety has cleared your muscles no longer ache like I should have muscles your muscles So you wanted to meet what why did you want to meet me? Well, I mean look at you. We're the same people right? Well, I mean the other the same people.

I don't I don't even know what we're called wait What? I don't know what species I am. I don't know what planet we're from I just Norphin really like you are there more of you like there out there? Are there more of three people?

Wow, okay. This This isn't what I was expecting, but this is gonna be a lot you can give her that if you want to say you just fill her in We can do that without you having to do it. Yeah, I give her everything about the Decimation of species the fact there's like a few left and It was spot around places and but we were basically was contact. She's listening rapidly She doesn't really ask questions.

She's kind of crescent fallen mouth closed eyes wide open and after you're done she kind of Buries her head in her hands and she seems incredibly stressed. She's crying but only briefly a few seconds she kind of looks up and she clears the sap out of her eyes And she looks at you and goes You didn't mention a book did you? No, she stands up and rummages through her her stuff and she hands you over what looks to be a book made from leaves With writing on ancient writing that you don't understand and she says I bought this from some guy I'll tell you where it's a little shady Because it called out to me for some reason I've opened it. I've looked through it That's where I got the recipe for this stuff, right?

Okay, so this stuff's great. There are songs there are stories I just don't understand the language and she hands it over to I'll take it. Do I feel anything in connection to it? You are swelled with an incredible sense of Safety and security.

I don't know what this is but yes, this this is ours. It comes to our rice Then let's try something she opened she grabs the book from you she opens it up on the last page And you see on there are two pages and on each page there's a set of handprints And she asks you to put your hand on one and she puts her hand on the other I'll go ahead and do that so when that happens the book itself flies out of both of your hands It sits in the middle of the room and out of the leaves Come a fully formed man made out of leaves He looks like foliage green foliage from his head to his toe He's got vines wrapping all around his arms his legs and his body his face is green with a giant beard of moss hair of moss He looks down at you sitting down putting your hands on the book and gives an enormous smile And just says to the room. I have not been here for so long. Who are you?

I'm I'm charmed. This is my who who are you? I'm topio Rather I am now known as topio In your culture you called me something else and he says his name, but it's like a completely unpronounceable Language, it's totally unnatural to you and it doesn't sound natural Like you have no idea to say it and he says but I've I've been gone You've been gone these people stopped worshiping me and is me says like I don't know what to do here to eat I think so. I don't think he I don't think he's gonna hurt us He kind of looks in goes.

I don't want to hurt you. I don't but I have not seen anyone that looks like you and a long time How did you find me? Pure chance there was a book and we put our hands on it and here you are A tome a tome of spring your your people used to read the tome of spring to the plants to make them grow used to be um, vibrant Incredibly biodiverse planet. I don't know where it is that planets not there anymore There are no people calling out to me and so I went other places I'm sorry, but like okay, so your god Yes, yes the god of nature the god of the forest and the god of shelter Unearth at least and a couple of other places the nearest one is um space sector a couple of I don't know.

Let's go. I mean, I think shams still trying to process all this because Everything that's come now is just overloading because he's cut to his name. She doesn't remember anything He's gone through that and now there's a god in front of him notice Is this evoke any like past memories or anything in shamers? He just kind of like like a deer in headlights He's just getting overwhelmed with everything at the moment Top you can actually tell that you're stressed and tries to walk over to you and says I understand this must be horrible You look like you're just trying to enjoy each other's company, but I Missed this I missed your people.

I don't want you to be afraid. It's not that. I just don't know what to do like Like there were legends of worship, but like that was the for my time Find some houses of worship maybe still in one piece. There's a few there's a few out there I can feel them.

There's no people, but there's shrines and artifacts and that's enough to give me a lip Let me let me return to the book. I will I will try to give you something to look into when I can Yes, that would be great Until then you two need each other you will need both of you. Can't rebuild a society alone We will find your people shaman. We will bring them back.

I promise you that and I I'm not asking you to sign me a pledge of loyalty I don't want you to be my foot soldier. I'm a tired old man Who wishes to do something good? Yes, thank you that that would mean everything to me He folds myself up into a leaf. The leaf becomes a book and it flaps right down on me And his me goes, I have no idea what the fuck is going on Um, do you want that thing because I don't know how I do I mean I was going to ask if I could take it I I think it might let us I think it might let us become a true species again, not just be doss around but actually have a home And Come together again.

How do we do that with two people? How do we do that with two people? Get married kiss Yes I don't even know what we're called. We are we are the sundown day.

I was from the kokra tribe Okay, so are you saying that there might be other tribes there might be yeah, he mentioned that That he was worse from other planets that we may there may be more of us out there Well, then I'm gonna do everything I kind of find him. I don't know what your group has going on But I'm I'm I'll give up everything to make this work To be frank it kind of sucks being famous Yes, I was avoiding it until the gamper Sure, he's the oldest person working in the mats and the most you know all the wrestlers think they're highly But that's just because he's sort of a you know, he's like a lonely cowboy or something He's dedicated his entire life to know how to wrestle and he doesn't have much else to say or talk about he seems to live on this planet With all the other wrestlers no family He doesn't make a ton of money. He's covered in rust you notice that a lot of the um aesthetic elements of being in a robot Such as cleaning yourself or having decals or whatever. We're all kind of worn away his paints chipped He's seen better days.

He's nice though and he answers any questions you might have She's just gonna make some small talk like maybe get some pointers He asks you, you know, hey, I have a cool a few cool ideas for the match and runs them past you are you receptive? Do you talk to him back and forth like that? Yeah, you get the impression that like he's trying to make sure you know that you can trust him with your body Because if he picks you up and throws you around that's obviously things could go wrong But he's making it clear. I don't want to hurt you.

This is all for show. This is all for show So you're just gonna prep? Yeah At one point in time when you are alone, Amaterasu does appear in front of you and say I can tell that you are a troubled man Yeah, you could say that What's on your mind? A lot of my brothers getting into some crap and how I want to keep them safe Understand I too have a annoying brotherhood instinct and a trouble I believe that I am very lucky and that the man who picked up my sword seems to have a streak of nobility Did you agree?

Yeah Well, then what does that mean to you? Does that mean you go and pull your brother out of this right now? Or do you go along with him? Try to make it work Go along with him for this Sometimes it's safer to be in than it is to be out She looks at you Contemplates for a half second and says I think that's why and disappears Bonestar tries to aggressively convince forager and quiver to go sit in the crowd Uh quiver, I have a feeling you'll be down?

Yeah, for sure How about you forager? Um, I suppose that Zorha Strong can survive without me for a little while And Shav, I'm gonna ask you go to sleep or do you take the book home with you and just pour through it? Uh, pour through it Okay, I had a feeling you'd be spending time with that thing So I'll just say that you're kind of what just resting somewhere Where would you like to be while the whole day happens and there's a big wrestling show? I'd probably be on the ship just With like a sun roof or something, I couldn't Okay You're reading the book and it's strange It is bringing memories up in you, but they're like half remembered You know, they kind of look like maybe you're looking through frosted glass or something Right, okay You also realize that you've since meeting Izme Also feel that kind of connection with her Not of like a personal, oh, I like her and she's my friend, it's emotional But more of you may have some sort of linked consciousness And the book may be facilitating that Okay Can I try to reach out through that consciousness Just to sort of just test out just as a way of seeing how far it goes What I can actually communicate You can't hear her talking and if you talk she doesn't respond But you can feel where she is You have a general idea if she's nearby It looks like in one of the residential areas There's a handful of houses for people that work there and have to stay there I think I go try and find her where she's staying So what I'm going to say is that you basically find your way over to one of the residential areas And before you get too close, you actually have to stop short Because you notice that there's a large detail of giant corporation cop bots That are just in her yard surrounding the perimeter at her doors at her windows Do they look to be guarding or trying to get in?

Guarding looks like they're already in Can I try to stealth closer to actually find out what's going on? Absolutely Uh, that is a neutral and a nice that's plus one Plus one, okay So you can sneak around enough to like look in the house but you can't get too close You can see that she seems to be detained by some sort of police force Tied to a chair And there is a rather large man about nine feet tall with very big hair He's wearing sort of a polyester bodysuit with a big open collar And his skin looks like a tie dye that's constantly moving It's a rainbow of colors that's just shifting to and fro And it seems like he's ordering all the other guards around and trying to interrogate Can I come to the rest of the team and tell them where I am and what's going on? I tell them that I'm going to try and get dismay out of this And I can do some backup Bones star goes, oh I think we can do something about that Uh, the forager, whoever you want to come with We'll go fuck up some cops I'm kind of working for you Now you know, we're equals I know one's boss Alright I suppose my friend, let's go see what this is of about Okay, Mirage Before the match starts, you do get an invite to go sit in the box with Zixis and watch the match He sends you a message through your brain Yeah, go He promises that there's no negotiations, no one will be making a deal, he just wants to get to know you I will Cautiously go, but beyond guard the whole time When you walk into the room, you see just, you know what, a couple of nice executive chairs for lounging A big spread of food and drink Um, Zixis, the astronaut god, uh, is sitting in a chair and smoking a pipe Watching down in the match It says it's it's a pleasure for you to join me I appreciate the invitation Your distinguished person Mirage, I appreciate it Are a lot of unsophisticated people in this space sector Yes, I have seemed to have noticed as such I'm glad that we're alone Make a notice roll We're not alone Uh, it's a four Definitely not alone Definitely not alone You feel the same brain signature from the broken glass lady that you felt earlier in the room with you Um, I'm going to turn to him Alone, really That's the way I understand it, I believe reflectica is monitoring things backstage Well, um, I will just kind of, uh, turn to where I get the ping Why don't you come on out? You hear back your own voice saying, why don't you come on out?

Not as alone as you claim we are, it seems She replies, in your own voice, not as alone as it seems I, uh, turn, uh, turn back You were saying? You don't see anything when you turn back by the way Um, and those voices that you hear, you only hear in your head, don't allow Um, I'm going to walk towards where I felt her You try to walk through to where it seems like she is and you can feel it as you're getting close Like you know you're getting close But as soon as you get there, you can walk right through it like it was air And when you do, you get a chill down your spine and you can hear her laughing in the back of your head Um, this is not good And you can hear Zixxis if you notice she's walking away saying Are you, um, worried that reflectica is here? I feel That she is and you are not here from my perception I am not here as I'm a god, I will not show up on your perception Reflectica leaves illusions pieces of herself They fuck with psychics like yourself Yeah, anything you can do to help with that? Because uh, this is not great I knew how to control her I would But instead I let her do what she wants And she makes a lot of money Can I try and shut out the illusion since I now know that they are illusions?

Yeah, and once you know that they are illusions, they dissipate, you don't have that feeling Um, Zixxis looks down at the crowd and says, what do you think of all this spectacle? It's certainly a spectacle. Uh, this is not how I Typically would have run things. I'm much more of a behind the scenes individual You can't keep your secrets from me.

Oh, I know I know the show. I know the show you put on minotaur. That's why I wanted you Because you have a reputation, but to pretend that it's not all smoke and mirrors Oh, I'm I'm not I'm really saying that I I was seen when needed to be seen and otherwise preferred to stay in the shadows whereas this event this Being out in the open is new He smiles very crooked smile horrible horrible yellow teeth dolphin teeth Um, and he looks at you and goes we have that much in cotton and then raises his glass to you Um, do I have a glass anywhere? Yeah, he gave you a glass.

Like I said, there's like a big spread in whatever you want to drink Okay, you're in the luxury box. You're in the lap of leggers. Everybody nice. I will raise my glass to him as well And he nods towards the match Akita It's the big day Your backstage and they're helping load you into the robot You have to wear like a like a bodysuit almost like a mocap suit to transmit your movements to the robot And while they're getting you outfitted for that your brother comes up.

How's it going big day, right buddy? Yeah So, um, look, I don't know what to what what the wrestler told you but it's supposed to be a very clean 10 minute match Um, the match ends when you um hit him with a foreign object, uh, uh, you know an illegal weapon Um, and that's to to sell the story, right? That's to get across the story that um, you know, this this old guy doesn't really have min anymore So, you know, when you hit him with this object, that's gonna be the end of the match. That's how you know and we'll give you the cue All right, that guy seemed very tough to me You know, he was pretty old.

He is tough That's why we're outfitting that weapon on your mac to make sure that you can hit him when you're asked to hit him Now, look, he might go down, right? This is real life. Um, everything's fake But mistakes do happen and we definitely don't want him to get injured too much But he doesn't need to get injured enough. You understand what I'm saying?

It makes it it makes the fight exciting It's crowded to it Are you willing to do that for me, baby bro? I really need these ratings if if I don't get the ratings You know, like literally with it right across the neck Yeah Yeah Yeah, I get it He taps you on the shoulder. He's like, I knew I could count on you And walks away You get suited up in your big baby suit big baby suit big adult suit You're big man. You're driving your big man around It's a brand new robot that's made to look like you So like a giant uh, you know skyscraper sized version of a key And on one of your hands there is the weapon they talked about it looks like a pair of somewhat like brass knuckles You know that you'd wrap them around your hands Like a modified glove or something and you can retract that at will you find the controls Do I have a way to talk to the musketeer from our thoughts or no?

Yes, he has a communication channel opened up between the two of you so you can coordinate while you're wrestling I'm gonna relay to him to see if he knows what they want me to do it to finish the match They told me it was gonna be a clean finish You know, you and I go back and forth and then you surprise me with a roll up You know the clever young guy that gets one over on the old veteran It's a good it's an easy story to tell for a charity show like this you know what to cry to be mad Make him bleed the hard way I don't know what to do there are some potatoes Sean your backup gets here and uh bone star says i'm here tell me what to blow up We missed a really good match this may be worth it. I think you're about to be in one we need to get his mate out of that now Well, do we do that with force or by being clever? Are any of us here that clever? bone star says hell no and then immediately leaves to go punch a cop Good that was pretty much what I was going for Uh quiver what do you do bone stars just blankly fist fighting cops and shooting them with lasers that come out of his cow skull So this person is tied up to the chair Yeah, you can kind of see inside the building it's hard to see from where you're at Is the door wide open can i just go in the door is not wide open there's a whole platoon of cops that are guarding all the entrances and windows Uh except for bone star who's trying to punch through them.

Okay. Well, i'm just going to sprint forward and Try to do a like baseball slide through bone star and the cops legs to get inside of the room Can you make me a acrobatics or athletics roll? I don't remember which one I got nothing on the dice so plus three Okay, I'll say you slide through okay into the room once you get into the room You see probably about six or ten other cops this three person type to a chair the son of day and a large large man nine foot tall rainbow Skin you can see him now he's got a big ol sheriff's badge on on top of his polyester body suit with a high collar He kind of looks like a member of earth wind and fire frankly So he's there and he's got an enormous gun that he's unholstered and as soon as you slide through he's cock trigger Pointing Forger what do you do is there another cluster of cops anywhere that the bone star is not currently fighting Yeah, there's a bunch of them. I would like to uh walk up to zig up and grab him by uh is there is there are zangles and uh try to use a lateral to uh swing him around in circles and uh propel him into uh cluster of ziccups I'll go ahead and make me a physique roll or if I roll okay, uh, that is a four Yeah, you managed to pick up a cop button throw into a bunch of other cop bots they'll scatter everywhere like bowling pins I'll cry at that Um Uh with all the commotion can I try to sneak in and get to his night?

You can but it'll be three different stealth rolls because you're dodging a lot of cops, okay Uh that is a plus two Okay First one goes about fail you get inside the house by sneaking through like the ceiling or something Yeah, uh that is a another plus two Okay, you managed to get into the building safe and you can see everyone in the room You're in the same room as everyone, but they haven't noticed And that is a plus one okay That is enough to actually get behind is me without them noticing they're they're a little distracted by quiver And can I like unbind her from the charges? Yeah, you can unbind her from the chair. Although she says get the book and go get the book and go Okay, uh, where is it? You have it Right.

Yes I'm saying you have to leave here. You have to leave this planet go. This is the giant corporations coming down on this whole damn thing Come with me. I can't I can't do I can't do it.

I'm tied in with them They're gonna hunt me to the end of the goddamn galaxy. We can get you somewhere safe Let me get the book somewhere safe first I can handle myself and she starts doing something weird with her fingers and it seems like she may be casting a spell She goes I've got it and she clasps her hands together and blinks out the key to the match is beginning Fun the bell rings he teaches you and he taught you in training the first thing you do is a lock up with your opponent You put your arms on top of his shoulders and vice versa. Make me a physique roll plus four on the dice plus three is seven So he also gets a seven which means that you go right into the move you were expecting you grab him by the head You toss him over on the ground. He does the same to you Then you stand up and look at each other dramatically It's your move next The way that he basically explained it to you is that he's gonna make you look good until he gets a cheap shot So you can do whatever you'd like and I'll try to roll the punches I'm gonna be just like yelling Yeah What kind of a ring is this is like a WWE wrestling ring kind of except it's made up to look like a city So um the wires are like they look like telephone poles and there are buildings and cars and stuff you can pick up and throw around Okay, he's gonna grab him and throw him into the side of the ring and try and close line him as he comes back Oh my god.

What a fucking awesome move. Uh, so go ahead and make me a physique roll Minus one on the dice so plus two The clothesline didn't connect super well, but he made his acrobatics roll super well So he made you look like a million bucks. He did he like did a backflip and fell on his head and then grunted and started bleeding You know, it's very dramatic. He's gonna make his roll and he's going to Grab a bunch of soil off the ground and try to throw it into your receptors up on the top of your head in the eyes So you can go ahead and try to make an acrobatics roll to dodge Do athletics or?

Yeah, athletics. Sorry So plus two plus two so you managed to dodge the pocket sand boo he's cheating Kita is going to try and pick him up and Slam him on his back. Oh, all right. It's gonna be a secret He plus two So with that big slam, uh, you can hear his mech just reverberate off the ground makes a huge noise It was a big big deal.

All the crowd that's sitting around the ring are up in arms. They're losing their mind They're so excited that you actually slammed the spectrum. They're cheering. They're chanting your name and shit It's it's an adrenaline rush about five minutes past five.

The musketeer is you can hear he's quite he's winded He's he's you know, he's tired and old. What he's saying to you you're doing a really good job You are you doing a really good job just a few more and we can take him home And so he'll go ahead and make a move towards you and he's gonna try to kick you with a really big dramatic kick And he fucked up his role really bad. So I need you to roll acrobatics to see if you could save it Or athletics. Sorry.

Keep saying acrobatics I keep getting minus one of the dice that's supposed to Nice. All right, so he throws a big kick and it whiffs So it looks like shit and the crowd is actually kind of grumbling I'll let you make an additional athletics roll to see if you can save the spot by hitting him really quickly afterwards Can I say that I grab his leg and trying like swing him to like throw him onto the ground? Oh, not only will that happen. That's fucking cool.

So yes, and you'll get a you'll get a plus two or plus two t roll because he is uh, Very impressed with you thinking on the fly. So athletics That's a lot better. It's a plus three on the dice plus three plus three Basically, you're gonna grab his leg and you're gonna do a full 360 with your body And then toss it out of the ring into a nearby skyscraper knocking a whole building down the crowd goes wild. Raj.

Yes Zixas has been watching this match over you. He looks over you and says no, this is an interesting predicament Your friend Akita has been asked to murder that man or else his brother will be murdered. It's a difficult situation Indeed, but I will say Majima has not been the most reliable of lieutenants. So I will not cry if he goes Mirage Would you like to interfere?

Who is being killed and why? Some old wrestler doesn't matter for ratings A lot of eyes on a charity show, you know, but you gotta make the next star as the old wrestler Gone beyond his usefulness. Depends on how you measure use I'm sure he's perfectly fine at wrestling and altogether a femoral stupid thing But stupid thing that makes me a lot of money. It's true These are the considerations that a boss Was contemplating Raj and I'm wondering where your judgment lies I think we can find use for this wrestler beyond killing him now.

I agree that Having Akita in a more favorable position will help our business, but There are things that Hold wrestlers can do for us as well. I appreciate your insight With him in the rubble and kind of recovering you'd look up and notice that the crowd seems to be into it There's lots of bright lights and everything. How are you feeling right now? He's still pretty pumped, but he's still trying to he's still got that worry in the back of his head because he doesn't want to really hurt This guy, but he also wants to help his brother So he's trying to like put on a really good show so he doesn't have to seriously injure this guy So he seems like he's still kind of torn I am going to have you kind of get surprised.

You're gonna hear a voice in your calm It's a woman's voice. It says in sort of a very even mocking tone Now Akita are you going to follow through with the plan or does your brother need to pay the toll? She laughs I guarantee you nothing. I guarantee you nothing.

My plan is to keep you here far too talented and popular This will ensure your infamy throughout the galaxy the man who killed the musketeer in a match Go have it make you have you make a notice roll Minus two on the dice so minus one. Okay, you notice nothing I'll let you take the next move. He's slowly like crawling out of the rubble trying to you know get himself together He's very dramatically telling the crowd that he's injured by his body language The crowd is still chanting your name. They're going wild Do we have general comms?

Uh, you do but Akita does not have access to general comms. Yeah, okay gotcha Take your time. That's why we have editing. I'm chanting in the street finish him Okay, that's why we have to do this Akita is going to Akita doesn't know if This mysterious lady or whoever is listening in on his comms between him and the musketeer, but he's gonna say I'm sorry Make a fisie crawl even on the dice.

So plus three He gets a six so he dodges and says what the hell are you doing kid? They want me to kill you Are you taking another swipe? Yes Same plus three. Okay.

You did much worse this time So you actually catch him on the side and that's where the cockpit is so you can hear him go He says in sort of like he's fading out a little bit I'm not dead. I'm not better Can I go for a fight against the sheriff? I like show him something Sure, yeah, go ahead That is a plus four. Okay, you managed to tackle him one thing you do notice as soon as you tackle him His skin is burning hot to the touch and although he's not he has a knock today I don't know you do have him grapple though You're like locked around his leg and he's kind of on one knee trying to get his wits about him And he looks back at you and goes, oh, baby.

You just made a big mistake Yeah, that seems to be my life for a minute He raises his big gun up to you and says, oh be ready for the bopped gun Because you're about to spend the rest of your goddamn life at prison and hits you with a nine. Go ahead and roll me a dodge That is a one You take eight physical damage He basically shoots a hole for you and then a bunch of cop bots that are in the room starts warming you and painting you to the ground Down on the ground again. Are you refusing to make more stabs at him? Yes, so you can hear in your earpiece that same woman saying I told you to finish him Why do you need him killed?

He's outlived his usefulness and this is an amazing spectacle Incredible makes so much advertising money He's useless just because he's old. He's useless for a lot of reasons. He's old. He's stupid.

He's never accomplished anything. He's weak He's a great teacher Taught me in less than 24 hours. Why not have him teach more fighters. I mean, I was really good Does it have to do with sound or anything?

Yes. Okay, then I get a plus one Say plus two on the dice plus one notice plus one. So that's four She made herself roll So you do not see this coming inside your cockpit the cat ninja that's been following you around appears draws a blade and says I'm really sorry to do this to such a handsome guy, but I do have my orders. You either kill him or I kill you Yeah, she looks at you goes.

What's two dead dogs? Was not seeing that one coming? I'm gonna say that you um, oh my god I and uh, I will say there's four pluses on my rolls over here So I'm gonna say that you actually obliterate your mech It completely cuts itself in half and the parts are strewn everywhere including into the crowd both you and her in the cockpit are thrown She's out. You're barely awake, but you're pretty f**k up.

The crowd has gone rabbit. They're throwing garbage. It's a complete bedlam Back up to the top bone star He also runs in bone to star tries to tackle him in the sheriff seeing bone star coming raises a little gem And sucks the sun right out of bone star skeleton skeleton just falls to the ground limp You can hear bones are screaming inside of the gem quiver I'm gonna pull an arrow and it's just going to be like a uh, smoke bomb type arrow and I'm just going to fire it at the floor Okay, do you like a stealth or acrobatics? Okay, I have both okay, whichever you prefer I got three pluses, uh, three athletics or six I'm gonna say that you can do a controlled backflip or something out of a window to get out of the range of the smoke forager I assume that there are still many cups outside.

Yes. Yeah, you were talking we're talking like 200 plus Oh boy. All right. I will continue trying to make as much noise as possible Outside to try to draw their attention So I will select another group of cups and I will attempt to do a cross buddy dive into them Make a fight roll.

Uh, that is a three. You definitely knock a few of them down I mean with these cops, they're they're doing so you're not gonna knock it up. Sean's turn Sean's you're being pinned down Yeah, can I use my physique to just sort of lift everyone off me basically like to just stand up regardless? Yes, you gotta make a physique roll that makes you get Uh, that is a plus five.

Awesome. Yeah, you can actually manage to push the vast majority of them off you and you can kind of get yourself back up On solid ground by the end of the turn that guy's turn. Sean. You've got six cups coming at you making a fight roll Uh plus four.

They got a four as well. So you're basically able to fend them off the sheriff. Oh, not good Sheriff actually didn't notice quiver getaway, but he does turn around and blast two more shots at you. Sean.

One is a seven One is a six plus two on the seven So that's five And plus two again on the six. So that's four nine Forager the police around you you hear a voice coming through like their their vocal cords or whatever and you can tell it's the sheriff I'm inside. He's got a big booming voice and he says that's the chef his husband's in his pocket Go get him baby and they start grabbing at your pockets to get your precious husband. No I will fight them.

I will punch all of them. I I will tell my husband to use his flotation device to get out of here Okay They're raining down blows on you while he gets his flotation device out. He does manage to escape He's so small that they don't notice good, but they have you pinned down and they're beating the shut out of you That's just all that matters to me is if they is better amount quiver. It's back to you You did a backflip into a crowd of cops that are all eager to kill you.

Okay, cool But I'm away from that big horrible sheriff guy. Yeah, do I see meck mouse? No, he's like on the ground You might see a big group of cops beating the shit out of somebody. Okay, but I don't know who it is How many cops do I have coming at me?

Oh, you probably got like 50. Oh, Jesus. Okay. Yeah, you're in a big fight Are there any decent sized buildings?

Yeah, there are some skyscrapers around. I'm going to try to do a grappling arrow up Go ahead and shoot real Not great. Uh plus the two Okay, you managed to grapple like you can get away from the crowd for the stern if you want Forager. I'm gonna let you try to make a fight roll But if you don't succeed, they're gonna pin you down and uh, continue Uh, am I being detained?

Uh, that is a three. They got a six unfortunately, so they're shackling your hands and your feet are putting a gag on your mouth This is brutality. I do not have to take this Shot You're you're looking dead in the eye with a sheriff. He's got his gun trained down.

You're you're real fucked up But you're still standing. I am and I'm gonna try and run Go ahead and make me an actual Uh, that is a flat zero arm and he got a critical success unfortunately for you So he's gonna reach out with one of his arms and just grab you by your neck and throw you to the ground He puts the gun in your face and says this is a lot easier if you just give yourself up Uh, okay, you got me and I Stop trying to run stop resisting just a smart one then for his turn. He raises his head He looks seemingly chama at just like an empty wall and then says got him and quiver He fires a laser through the house at you Okay, cool. Go ahead and make me a role.

It is an 11 Jesus. Okay, I need to use a few fake points, but yeah gotcha. All right Two All right, no you get knocked down pretty bad. You take nine.

Okay, and then the cops swarm you too Okay, so the big cliffhanger for this episode is the sheriff. He's looking up into the skyline He says to himself You criminals should have known the sheriff funk master always gets his man And now he's spending the rest of your goddamn life in prison And that's the cliffhanger for today's nebulous nights. I have been jim your gm If you enjoyed the show and you want to give us some bonafy days Jump on iTunes android stitch of your platform of choice give shu podcast a big fat smelly five stars We also have spots on this very game nebulous nights for a patreon person to join in and get into mischief in the stars If you would like to do so you can head over to shu podcast on patreon or both internet memes.com You can find me online at underscore jay, a y hi five and for the rest of my beautiful cast i'll let them sign themselves up I'm eli. I played mirage and find me on twitter at the Viking bear underscore underscore I'm robi.

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It takes more than a brute to lead men That is why i'm extending you formally the offer To sit at my side as my lieutenant and herald vessel for godlike power I think we can come to an agreement on that I am a god of my word So before we formally agree Allow me to offer you a present and he um gestures over to the big screen You can see a big screen of security camera. It looks like it's within an expensive penthouse somewhere It is the ceo the giant corporation. He's in bed. Uh, it looks like he's resting for the night Watch carefully You can see reflectica the woman made of glass walk in from the side of the room and one Piece of her one shard of her floats directly in front of the camera You can see sort of the faint eyes and mouth etched in the glass And she says into the camera.

This is a message for all Power hungry ceos This is your fate And the rest of the pieces of her body float over him and plunge into him over and over and over again The bed becomes a bloody mess and zixus looks back at you and says I understand that that one was personal The next nine will not be i'm about to plunge this sector into the sort of chaos that only a strong arm can put back into order Do you believe my loyalty as soon as the glass shards like slammed into the ceos body mirage Just had a excuse the pun but check our grand and she turns and says as you wish Excellent. I need you to do something anything. This is mutually beneficial In the system of anarchy, there are no gods or rulers only the powerful and you have the power to be no one's supplicant I need you to join the rest of your team. They will be going to places off a map finding precious weapons War between the gods Whoever ends up standing you and I and profit If there's one thing I can guarantee you it's that I will be left standing at the end