Jason: Previously on Deep Six. I will say this, like, he is legitimately terrified. Okay. So with the advantage and with the plus four, you're looking for Like a twenty. No pressure. Like a twenty might get him to consider what you're saying. nice. A twenty-five would get him to do it all right. Okay. Just seventeen plus eight twenty five. Ruby roll off Ruby's gonna Ruby's just gonna reach over and give him a hug and just say it's okay. So you wonder where I go when I die Underneath the surface I hear voices Trying to get to heaven, but it's all hell And every day I wake up I still wonder if I'm dead or alive Six feet deep, deep six Sitting in the middle of heaven and hell And Mac, I need you to roll initiative. Nice seeing you, buddy. Now, we have kind of and while you're doing that, we have an interesting thing happening here. You guys are not in initiative combat. So at any point, if there's anything that you wanted to try and do or that you wanted to do while all this is happening, you let me know. Yep. Okay. What you got? Ten. Okay. Take a dive. And die? Yeah. Well then no no I can heal wounds so Healing wounds is not revivifying. It's not it's not bringing someone back from the dead. Okay. Cool. All right. try and get your stuff. Yeah, I want your ring. Just shout, I'm just standing on the thing, just shouting down here, don't kill him, we need him. You think I'm talking about him, I'm like, no, I'm talking about you. Not him, you, we need you. Yeah, you two gotta think of something. 'Cause otherwise otherwise someone's dying. I have mirrored image. Can I use that on somebody else or just myself? What do you mean? Like can I make a clone of Mac? I think mirror images of yourself. Damn. No, you 'cause there's another spell, minor illusion would be you could make it has its own rules. But I don't think you have that one. Yeah. I've got sleep. Can I make s Max sleep? Why didn't you sleep? So that you can stab him easier? No, so that you can pretend to be dead. I mean He's just gonna stab him. But they would I think he'd be obviously stab. There is a spell called Feign Death that you can make someone appear physically dead. Yeah? Mm-hmm. None of us have it, do we? Bet Nemesia's got that one. So again, you see Orlan kind of flourishing on the opposite side. He's got a rapier that you can see on him. He's got his rapier, he's got a pretty wicked looking dagger at his side. but mainly you're just kind of watching his footwork and he's dancing all over the place. the kind of sluggish movement that he had before seems to be gone. and make a perception check. All right. You notice nothing. I'm focused. I'm in the zone. nice. Run away! Nah nah nah nah we don't run away. I don't I think as though Mac Mac's kind of thing is I am gonna hit him as hard as hit he hits me, so if he hasn't hit me yet then I Free Diggs It's a free one. Smack I don't know who to cheer on. Yeah. The best looking one. Shh Go ordin. Did you guys put any more bets on? No, I didn't put any bets on it. I think I was so energy changing in the room, I'm get I think I'm beginning to get really sort of like uneasy of what's going on now. I begin to get a bit like not so sure about this anymore. This doesn't seem as fun as it did. No. I'm gonna hold Stanley's hand. Can I can I just hold an action then? Can I hold an action that if Orlan Like what I'm gonna do is just gonna steady myself on the board that I'm on and if Orlan charges towards me as if he is going to take a swing at me once he gets into range then I'll just thunderclap. Okay. So Alright. so Orland is going to begin to circle clap. and he is going to move Again, keeping his distance from you. But he's gonna begin to move He's going to begin to move closer to you. and as he does, that platform begins to dip below the water line. All right. it's not impeding your movement yet. Yep. But also this water's not pleasant to be in. No thank you. I wish we would just step forward. That's fine. tastes like tenants. I have two. Do you know what I think if he if he does that, I think I will if he gets close enough that he's like a step or two away, I think I will then just come forward and then just swing a punch then. Okay. Let's try and like, you know, just kind of Get him that's plus stuff, so that is actrons and I'm strike. A se sixteen to hit. hits. Cool. so big punch, big punch, big punch. Sixteen is his AC. nice. Jesus. So you just hit. But it's still a hit. It's still a still clean hit. But he is quick. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Ooh. Bang. Ten. ten points of blooding damage. Yeah, ten points of blood. Maximum. Yeah, not bad. yeah, so So he kind of dodges one way and then you know, tries to kind of lean back away, but but your reach is so greater than his being a a Goliath that maybe he didn't quite anticipate that. so so you do clip him on the chin and and and he kinda takes a takes a harder shot than than what he expected. Alright. Anything else you want to do here? Nope. I'll just I'll see how you responds. you've been in a lot of fights, right? And somebody taking that hit, feigning away or not, taking that punch on the chin usually would level someone of his size and stature. Yeah. So so you if nothing else, you know that this guy can take a punch and that this is not his first fight. Yep. I'm scared. So he's going to use a bonus action to disengage. And he literally just kind of does a backflip and lands back on the other side and the plank corrects. Right. and then as he does that, he is going to pull the the sheath or scabbard from his sword around to the front of his body. And you notice that it has a series of holes in it. And he's gonna bring it to his lips and he's going to play a single note. and I need you to make a DC thirteen wisdom say. Now's not the time to get artistic. It's a slow twitter like he plays is Brown note. Everybody shoots themselves. Everybody should all around. No, it it it's it's quite shrill and You know, you kind of feel your eardrums begin to kind of shake it and fluctuate a little bit, but but it but it doesn't do any damage to you. But you get the feeling that that would have been, you know, something to do with, you know, a a deafening attack. Ruby dropped a couple of couple of pellets. Definitely. looking at all his crap. this is so tense. Yep, that's it. So if you wanna Are we sorry, before just while he's doing that, are we able to get are Ruby and I able to get back down into the fighter where the fighters ex like went out into the arena? Yeah, n like like like into the arena itself or into where you guys were earlier. Where we were earlier. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you can get to the locker room area. Can we I'm getting 'cause I'm getting a bad feeling. And so I kinda turn to Ruby and like I think Shall I mean follow me rabbit and start walking down the that area? Okay. 'Cause I want to go have a look and see if we can unlock that door. Alright. So we'll say that it'll take you this round to get down there. 'cause all these things are are happening simultaneously. so Mac it's your turn again. Sure. I get the feeling that he is out to hurt me, like with that us like using that magic and trying to definitely I think that he probably is trying to hurt me, like from what he's done so far. So He told you, babe. Yeah, I think I am going he makes some noise, I'm gonna make some noise too. So what I'm gonna do is I am going to I'm gonna bring my hands together. and clap them together. But instead of the usual instead of the usual thunder wave that emerges for me, I'm going to cast shatter. Second spelling. So what happens with shatter? Shatter. So basically the Some fucking clap at the street. So surprised yourself as well, you're like, thunder clap fucking shatters everything around you. Ers Mag does. He claps his hands and he punches. so a loud noise erupts from a point of mount choice within range, so it's within sixty feet. So what I will do is I will aim it for kind of five feet behind him, so he'll be caught up in this sphere of noise. he then makes a concentration saving throw, he'll take damage depending on whether or not he passes or succeeds. but any non non-magical object that's in that area that's not being worn or carried takes damage as well. So my hope is that I smash some of these floorboards that are behind them as well. nice. Alright, so so so where are you putting this target on him? So probably just like five so the The sphere is ten feet. So I would put the kind of center of the spell kind of five feet back from him so that he would be caught up, but then also it would create this kind of like smashing effect in the floor's around. Okay. Alright, so you're kind of setting it off in the in the water then. Yeah. Yeah. no, that's fine. so Does he make yeah he makes he makes he makes a constitution save what's the what what's he trying to make? Yes, then when we get down there, how about we get into Orman's bag and get his strong juice and have a wee sifty? He fails. So so what happens when they're then takes 3d8 damage. So 18 points of damage. Jeez. Why do you you leave with that next time? For too long Mac has been the buttons of the jokes. It changes never. Welcome to Mac Dunga Doom. It's a bit mad Max, isn't it? Jesus Christ. okay, so so you see him kind of drop down to a knee j j just to try and keep balance here. You do see a couple of these floorboards drop away. we'll say specifically the one at this corner that's holding this chain breaks away and this chain is gone. Okay. so automatically everything kind of tips down heavy on its opposite chain side. So so it is further imbalance. It's it's no longer sitting flat in the water there. and depending on where you guys are, you know, it'll it it it will adjust now what happens with the platform itself. It's not just a simple balancing act any longer. There is an adjustment that needs to be made. so he kind of goes down to one knee and you can see That He he kinda puts a hand behind his back and he pulls out that bottle that you saw him mess with earlier and takes a big pull. Right? And then chucks it to the top. Alright. And he you see him stand and recover, which he's gonna do with his bonus action there. Yeah. Is to recover to his feet. no, it's it's we did it last time. It's it's it's half his movement. It's half his movement, yeah. Right. so he is going to Yes, he's going to prick. So he is going to to rush you from that point, and he is going to slide Down below you. Okay, and then and then back up to his feet. So this is a defensive rush. and so he is going to use one of his Bardic inspirations to add one D6 damage and increase his AC by the same number. Yes. Well hit his he'll he'll add a one to his next damage roll. and and his AC is now seventeen. Cool and he also has a bonus attack here. because he did not need to use the bonus action to get up. So he kind of looks up to you and he says you fight like someone described sword play to you And I need you to make a DC thirteen wisdoms hay. Ooh. That's just like a dig. Just a twenty again? Yeah. Ooh, that's going to be No, that's gonna be an No. Well, can I add the Bardic inspiration to that? to your nine? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. I'll remember Ruby's words of you can do it. You've got this. You've got it. You can do it. I've done this. crap, that's not enough. That's an eleven and a vision of inspiration type. Damn. Yeah. so you will take Two D four of psychic damage from his vicious mockery. Two four. So six points total psychic damage. See that's how you use vicious battery. I think Punky Google is better. To even sound like an insult to me. Yeah. But it is your turn. What's that put you at? 36. That's a good We are right. We can terrify. I swear. So while this has happened, we've made our way down to the Right. Okay. Yeah, yeah. so during that round round you made your way back down to the kind of locker room area. and now you see some of those goblins from before, the medic goblins. but they they they are preparing that same stretcher that they took the dwarf out on earlier, and they are preparing a death shroud. They don't have any doubt how one way or the other, somebody's coming out here in a body bag. Yeah right. So they're just kind of getting ready for that. So I'm gonna say so I I look at the the I mean I say and goblins are the same by the way. So you know where does that door go? And I'm pointing at that medical door, the one that they were bringing the bodies out of. Or the they were bringing the Kiku. It goes into the sewer. And where does that go? Into the toilet. Strangely enough, I'm very familiar with the sewers around here. Right, so can we have a look at the that the the the the the door the door into the arena? Yeah. so it is it's not necessarily a door as much you know, a bit of the cistern wall that's been knocked through. Yeah. And it does just lead to another bit of the system. Same as before, kind of rounded on two sides. Mm-hmm. Flowing water in the middle. Okay, cool. And the door that that's leading on into the arena, is that locked now? no. It's it's it's kinda standing wide open up like like if you look back the other direction, I mean like you you can still see the fight happening. You you can see the gatekeeper's back is turned to you. Okay. but the way in is not locked. No, it's just it's just two double doors that open inward and they're both just standing wide open. Okay, cool. Okay. Yep, that's for me that's okay for me. For now. Alright. Do you think I could speak to Arlen from the entrance to the arena and just say let's go and see if he can follow us out into the sewer? Ask him. Can I do that? You speak to Southern again? Speak to Arlen. Say let's go and see if you'll follow us out and into the sewer. I mean just run away. So you wanna kind of run up to the gate to where the the fight is happening and just speak to Orland? Yeah. Okay. Orland is not facing No yeah, he isn't. He's he's he's facing away from you. So, you know, you would have to shout pretty loudly. I mean like he is charmed Yeah by you. but you know, like again to get him to leave is still that that twenty twenty five mark. Wave high. Yeah. But you would still have advantage. Might as well try. Nothing to lose really if I you've got a nap twenty you could lend me. We could get him out of here and why don't we say that that'll have to happen before the start of the next round. So so since since you started things off, if you want to do that, now would be the time. Okay. And again, all this is kind of happening marginally simultaneously. Yeah. Okay. So what do I need to do? Roll twice? so firstly There are other elements in play as well. So where do you want to be when you do this? Just out of sight, but the fuck you charmed him too though. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Right. She walks up behind him. Hey, can you just move a little bit? Alright. So Yeah, so i if you want to Can you tell Orlan? Get down to the gate. Stinny your off board. Alright. So the closest you can get is that arena gate. Okay. Right. And you kinda come up and the gatekeeper just kind of fixed on watching the fight. He's he probably didn't even I mean he probably senses that you're there, he doesn't really care. Doesn't seem to care. Doesn't care about my little bunny boobies. No. Damn. He's got Melina, he's not worried about your bunny boobies. But he's charmed. I mean, you know. Serious game for serious people. Yes. Yes. Okay. So what do I need to do now? Whatever you want to do. I'm gonna So you're trying to speak directly to Orlan. Yeah. Trying to convince him to come with you. Yeah, I'm just gonna say, come on, we can sneak out of here. Let's go. Alright. are you saying this? Are you shouting it? Fuck I'm the subtle, am I? I'll just shout it. Okay. That's right. Yeah, I'd love that you just not throw up anything through you. No. Yeah. No. All instinct. Yep. Okay. So so shout it and roll your persuasion with advantage. Sixteen plus what's my persuasion? Something stupid anyway. Eight. Four twenty four. Twenty-four, not quite. Not quite, okay. Roll the other to see. Twenty plus eight. Twenty eight. Not twenty anyway. Right. fucking Ruby roll. Ruby roll. So he so he hears you and turns around And like him The look the look that he gives you is that he he does wish that he could go. Like like he's like agreeing to come with you, right? but Actually no, he is gonna try and and leave. question is do you wanna take your attack of opportunity when he disengages? Can I be a menace. Be a menace. Well not be a menace. Would I have heard Ruby? Like would I have heard Ruby and like seen the plan? bear in mind that I am honed in on him and fighting him and like realistically would I know what's happening. Make a perception check. No. Yeah. Okay, grand, I hear that. So just I'm like I'm ready to rock and just like I hear you shouting and then kill. my so there's another thing that happens here just moment. The gatekeeper turns towards you and grabs you. Grab okay. He says, You must not interfere. Small one. Small one? You call it small one. See how that feels. I'm gonna get Daddy out. I'm gonna show him what I was telling him about earlier. All right, so you're gonna pull out his ball. Yeah. Right. I thought you said he'd pull out his ball. Orling comes to the gate. As this as this exchange is happening, you you do get daddy out? Okay. So so where do you release that? Next to me. So right next to you. Okay, so we'll say it's behind you on the stairs there. All right. so everybody make a perception check. Hey Four. there's sixteen four. Okay. so Stanny you kind of come back up into the gate here and you're watching all this happen, like you're like you're like hey, what do you say? you're like, well this kicked off. Ruby you notice this as well, is that as soon as you release Daddy. Daddy. all of these archers begin training bows. Including the ones on the opposite side. Why? That you didn't see. I mean you haven't attacked anyone or done anything like that there, but you know, like suddenly this giant fucking wolf hound just appeared and you have seemingly just interfered somewhat, you know, s like like something is happening here. Melina comes to her feet The archers are trained on like like they don't really know what's happening either. They're just kind of observing, waiting for something to happen. Okay. And I'm just going, look, it's the dog I was telling you about earlier. Isn't he cute? so so Orlan is is asking to be let out of the gate, right? And the crowd begins to boo. Okay. Your boo is mean nothing to you. So the crowd is turning against the fight in general. So not Orland, not Matt. They're pissed. They're pissed at Melina. You know, you know, this th this is not what they paid for. you know, this was meant to be for blood. The final fight of the night is always for blood. That's why people come to this. That you know, that th this is what the rich people have paid to come see the lower side of life kill itself for their pleasure, basically. and so yeah, the crowd is erupting here. and not in a good way. And what did you say you wanted to do in that moment? so so where is Arlen? Is he at the gate? He's right next like like like there's a little gap because of the water thing, but he he he is as close to the gate as he can get. He's actually sinking down in the water a little bit from the damage that was done to the platform. ooh, I mean that reminds me. Fuck you mean that reminds you. He's good. I mean, I might just chat some shite like I do, and Stanny used to like. You don't like I do. Like I do. Stanny, you could just sneak him out while I distract everybody. Yeah, but doesn't this guy like have you by the arm, basically? He called me little bun. I mean he just kind of turned her around. I like he's not grappling her. he's not grappling. Yeah. He's he's just kind of saying, you must not. Interfere. Yeah yeah, I just run I just kinda walk back back behind him, hear me speaking, just going, Yeah, well we're gonna interfere. Come on you I just gotta I I just like that little gap behind like you said like little gap behind them and and calling out the Mac as well now. We're going. And I'm just gonna chat some shite like, yeah, sorry. I wanted to show you my dog. That's why I'm here. Remember I was telling you about earlier, this is daddy. See, you just distracted him now. I'm just talking sh he's he he's just locked eyes fixed on you. Like he's like, You must not interfere. And you get the feeling that he like like he is legitimately giving you a warning rather than like Like it's like for your well being Okay you must not interfere. And and he tr he he truly believes that. Okay. Okay. Can I use push? Can I push him into water? no, because the gate's locked. You can push him in the gate. No, then unlock the gate. There's a gateway, the gate's locked. He locked it when they entered. yeah, that's what I meant. Yeah. Wait, how did I get there? You're on the other side. You c you came out of the hallway. Where where where Stanny is? Where the locker room. The locker room is like underneath the top level. So that's kind of where we're trying to get Arlen so that we can get him down into the sewer, right? Uh-huh. So can Arlene get there while I'm distracting? I mean. Okay. Then I am going to throw my arms round the guy and say, I'm really sorry. I'm really, really sorry. I didn't mean to and let Orland slide round behind me where he's Orland can't get up because the gate is locked. Yeah. We gotta unlock the gate. Like he's trying to get yeah. Yeah. Like we're in the arena. I think if Mike has kind of seen what's going on. Yeah. Yes, we'll say that that that for the moment things have been paused as as as far as initiative here. I think if Mac is seeing how this crowd is reacting and what's happening and all these aptures are I think Mac is just gonna have to punch him. It's not what I expected, but okay. Like Mac is like Mac's been in five minutes and been in similar situations and this is Mission over. Let's just kill it. You know what? Like come on, give Mac. Give give us give Mac some time. Give Mac some time. Okay. Okay. Trust me. Okay. Well I'm just gonna say sorry then and let Mac do his thing. Okay, so where are you and Daddy gonna go? Are gonna stay right there? We'll go back down besides So you go back in the locker room. And me and Stanny are gonna plot some more. Alright. So you and Stanny and Daddy are now back in the locker room. Yeah. This guy returns to his post. And he's super confused. He's just like And what did you say you want to do? I'm I'm gonna eat like like as Orange's trying to eat the gate, I'm essentially just gonna like grab him by the scruff, pull him back around and just Okay, so you're gonna turn him around to make an attack. Yeah. Okay. And I'm gonna use one of my port and die because like as I'm walking towards him I can see this future I like see I know what's gonna happen, I know how he's gonna spin around and I will use the nineteen for the roll to make sure this hits. Okay. So it's just so that there's no gravity. Alright. This is a hit. four points of damage. Okay. Goodies. Guaranteed slaps. Yeah. Would I have as I'm as I've like put this punch in, would I have the opportunity to say something to him or yeah, I mean like we'll say that that that that interaction would be Yeah. Like I like as I kinda follow through, I'm just gonna like kinda grab him close, just be like play along, and then I'm just gonna throw back, like Throw them back. Throw back into the water? Like just like like from where just like it's not really like throwing him back. It's not a shove. It's more just like I just wanna give it you like a whisper in his ear and then kind of push him back a little bit. Okay. Very tense. I'm very tense. Alright, so you notice with that it kind of snaps Orlan back into you know the engagement between the two of you and we'll say that that the initiative renews at that point. so because it's his turn, you do you do notice during that interaction though, his lips look a little black. His eyes look a little glassy. Right? and he he kind of takes the the sheath off and holds the sword out to one side and for a moment you think he's gonna drop it. Right. and then he pulls that long, wicked ass looking dagger off the other s off the other side and just kinda looks up at you. Right. And he says one way or the other. And then he is going to make his two attacks. I don't know if he's playing along. We're a little scooed here, aren't you? We cannot get him. Hopefully we'll we might be okay. As he does this, he says this to you and he kind of begins humming. Under his breath. and he disappears. Pistressed I'm pissed now. What do you do? Swap on I can disappear too. no. I think I think i th if that's the case, if he's disappeared, what I'm gonna do is take a few steps forward to where he was and thunder clap. Okay, so you're gonna thunderclap. Just like directly from the middle in the direction where he was. Yeah, just in where he was, yeah. Or or where he last saw. Or where where I last saw. All right. So as you do this, Yeah, the crowd begins to boo. You know, a at at first they're awestruck. You know, they just watch this guy just completely vanish. and everybody's looking around, everybody's looking to Melina, Melina's kind of standing up, Knox is and his and his men look particularly agitated. Okay. Alright, so it hits as far as you know, you have successfully done Thunderclap. Okay. Whether it hit anything you know, I mean it makes a huge thunderous noise in in the arena. Yeah. And everybody's kind of, you know, again, reacting to that but but still confused, they're looking around to see what has happened. and Orland reappears. behind you And no longer seems charmed. No shit. Mm. And he just tickles you. Mmm. That's all it That's all it is a tickle. That's all tickle. and he is gonna take again if we if we pick up the the initiative order there, he'll still have one attack. Yep this round. so he is going to shank. got a big back as well, so loza shank it's face. Koshank here, Kishankir, Kishankir. Lozas, big old kidneys. Who knows the size of those kidneys? I mean pretty much I mean he's gonna come up behind you with that dagger. Right in the kidneys. Right in the sides. Absolutely. so that is You you guys are like five kidneys, right? Plus three sixteen to hit? yeah, so you say because it's like a sneak attack coming from behind me. Yeah. I mean he's not he's he's not a rogue, so like he doesn't get sneak attack or anything, but And that c if that keeps it's not like a but but but he probably would have advantage. Yeah. So does it sixteen hit or no? Yeah, sixteen has I'll just I'll roll it again and see if he crits. He does not. it's a good thing you had an advantage. so that is going to be Are you joking? okay. Eight points of slashing damage. I thought I rolled two two two. I'll use my stone's endurance like so as that kind of blade comes in, just sense up, you know, focus the energy around the kidney and protect it a bit and reduce some of the damage. Kidney stone! that is four points of damage I reduce it by so take four total. Kidney stone, kidney stone. kidney stone! Thank you. I hate this game. All right. So So how much of that take me four. So I'm at eight two. Okay. Alright. Again, so so he's still behind you at that point. but it is your turn. Okay, cool. And fine. Anything you guys want to be doing? What can we do? Or you're just waiting for this outcome. I'm kinda waiting for the outcome because I like I'm up against the the great to look at watch it. At this point the you're back out with the Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just kinda looks down, like raises an eyebrow and he's like, Aren't you friends with the crazy buggy? No. Right. If Mac is Looking up and going, Call me little one. Mag doesn't enjoy the fact that he lost sight of Orin. And I think he might try and pull some more shenanigans where he disappears and I always want to know where he is. So Mac's gonna disengage from him slightly, like for say ten, fifteen feet or s okay, do you have something that allows you to disengage from without taking an opportunity to tag? Yeah, from the rogue. Right, okay. So that's bonus action, right? Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Bonus action disengage. Yeah, sorry, bonus action disengage, yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright. And then I am going to use my second spell. I can use spells. so again I'm gonna clap my hands together. and I'm gonna cast mine spike. Okay. What's that? You go You got three spells Just three spells. No two Wait, no, you got the underclap. Yeah, the shadow one. I got Mind Spike. Yeah. Alright, so tell me about Mind Spike. so it's range of a hundred and twenty foot concentration, so it's a wisdom save. I drive a spike of psionic energy into the mind of a creature I can see within range. The target makes a wisdom save, taking thirty eight damage on a failed save or half as much if he succeeds. If he fails the save, I now also always know the target's location until the spell ends, which is up to an hour, as long as we're on the same plane of existence. And while I have the knowledge, the target can't become hidden from me and i if it has the invisible condition it gains no benefit against it. Awesome. handy. This was I mean, this is Mike's for my Max foresight to get this. Mm-hmm. Hell yeah. It's all that. So trying to meet so proud of yourself. DC thirteen. Yeah, DC thirteen. No, he does not make it safe. Excellent. He takes three to eight damage. Fuck you! Just the heavy books. Little knowledge he did bring. That's yeah. Twelve plus fourteen. So fourteen total. Okay. He's got like the worst fucking ice cream headache ever. Yes, you watch as he just kind of puts both you know, both of his hands to the side of his head. he drops Both the dagger and the sword to do so. and then he's he he slowly kinda scanners this guy. He he he just kind of slowly looks up and you see him his his nose is bleeding. his his his eyes now have that same kind of black icker that you saw on his lips earlier, and he just kind of looks up at you. Fuck all this. I'm just gonna see what the hell he can do. that's what we can do. Your glass cannon status is now being secure. His first action he's gonna use healing word. Okay. Birdbird. Bird bird, yeah. Birdbird. Birdbird. Bird. Bird. Birds in the boy. Again, so you're just watching him and he's and he's just kind of he's still he's he's still got his hands up to the side of his head and he's just kind of doing this this This verbal incantation. and you watch that bit of blood go back into his nose. What? That's weird. He's not sniffing it. No. Just goes back. You would know if it was like reversing time. Yeah. But this is just more of of a of a healing thing. He's he's bringing it back into his body. medically that can't be okay for you. No. No. You don't have a weapon, so that's shit's not gonna work. weapon. Yeah, registered weapons. Smith and Ryson, baby. He's just gonna say not registered weapons, they're actually they're actually on a PBG's queue when they have to get registered. He's gonna say Careful now, you're sweating through your reputation. god, he's doing it again. no. And Yeah, so you mean make a w a wisdom save. But Call him a Punky Google and he's gonna Yeah, say shut up, you punky google. Twenty one, I'm gonna call him a punky google. Yeah, do it. twenty one to save. Okay. Twenty one saves. So I guess you don't take anything if he says that sucks. Most of those spells you at get like half damage. So you're just kinda like Yep, so that's the end of his turn. Okay. grand. I think kind of seeing how much of a state he's in, I'm kind of like sensing blood in the water a little bit, so I am just going to take that kind of ten steps back towards him and just throw a haymaker. Okay. Alright. come into your own here, Mike. Holy shit. and I think as it's a haymaker I'm throwing I'm gonna use that Nat twenty. Okay. So just that just like like the eyes go by and I can just like almost like see the path ahead of me, see him down and then just like Yeah. He definitely hits. double damage. I should specify I would like to specify before I make the roll list damage, just in case. But my aim isn't to actually kill him, but it's to just knock him out cold, if possible. So be for like I've accidentally been like I just unleashed hell on this stand like wait, don't kill A NAT twenty and then like a double damage. Great. Don't kill No don't kill Okay. The Donkey Punch that went wrong. That's right, Mac. Donkey Punch. twelve that total. Yeah. And his head goes. Yeah, so you know, true like Street Fighter style. you know, you kind of come with this haymaker and he just kind of lifts him up off the ground. Jesus Christ. and he just kind of clambers to to the ground pretty much dead center of this platform. Right. and again, the crowd kind of, you know. has the initial reaction to the blow, but then it kind of goes silent and everybody's kind of looking up to see what's happening. Uhhuh. and he's not moving. Right. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. make a reception check. Or medicine if that gives you any kind of advice. I don't think it's better in a book because it's six. All right. You're kind of breathing heavily enough in the moment as well that like like you like he's definitely out. Whether you killed him or not, you're not sure. and so after a few moments go by, the gate opens and Stinny you kinda get pushed aside as some of these goblins all rush out. the gatekeeper opens the gate. Uh-huh. Okay. And they c they kind of push past you as well. And they go down and and and then they're kind of sending like like like seeing to him and and you know, they kind of pull his eyelids open, they open his mouth, they kind of li listen, you know, at his chest, they listen at his breathing. and one of them just kind of looks up at Melina. He shakes his head. Emily says, we have a winner. And the place erupts. People going to get their money. Whatever. Again, strange. Fucked up. Strange to you because you know I wasn't trying to kill him. You know you didn't hit him hard enough to kill him. You know that you pulled your punch. You've been in enough fights to know how far to go. That punch should not have killed him. he's clever. He is. He's been drinking some stuff. He's been drinking some stuff. Not ottoman juice. Not ottoman juice, no. Yeah, but what if he's pff this is maybe above table or whatever, but what if he's drinking something to like fake his death? Yeah. That's why And that's why he's like gone this like black kind of kind of Should I follow him since I can feel Yeah. Well just well I mean Mac's gonna like Mac kind of is like okay and then s kind of sensing how the crowd is Mac will see you kinda guys and point to the body and then just point up to the crowd, Mac will be like Yeah, I mean like silly you've like full on have your moment there in the in the arena and everyone just starts really silly. Piss miss. Piss missed. And you know but but I mean like you are now the grand champion of of of this particular fighter. Sewer fights You were like woo piss miss and you're like I really hope you didn't kill him. But there isn't about like I'm showing but I'm also like god. Yeah. You do watch as Melina comes back and she she takes the electrum that you initially brought in or one in in repayment, a clean electrum and she flicks it to you down on the arena floor. and we'll just I wanna make you roll for it. We'll just say that that you catch that. Yeah. roll for it. Make him roll, slay a hand for it. See if he catches it. I mean what do you want? Dexterity or or athletics. It's not your Karen. It is the one that that we want it. Well, it's actually the one that these guys want. Yeah, yeah. I'll go athletics. I'll go athletics. Okay. So you watch and just kinda goes ching, ching, just slow motion and just blue over the side. And like the crowd goes Aww And a couple of drunk guys just start laughing, you know. It's like you fucking missed it. Do you wanna go after it? And I think like it seemed like what I was You can't see shit through the water. no, we fucking lost that. I'll try if I if what I think I could maybe do is like just see if I could maybe like mage hand into the water like as far as that'll go and just see if I can feel anything or try and catch up to it or anything. Yeah, but we'll say reaction time. I mean like like like like if you did that right as it went underwater, that you'd have some chance at grabbing it. again, I mean like you you you can barely see because you're down close to the water, you can't really see anything other than the reflection of everything kind of kind of behind you or or above you. whereas earlier Stinny was able to see something or he thought he saw something in in the water. so yeah, we'll say So just just make a a sleight of hand? Six it's gone. Is that including all your bonuses? Yeah, that was a roller five plus one's a six. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's gone. yeah, it's it's gone. So Mash is like I can't tell Ruby. Okay. You do have a thought in that moment of like how many of these coins must be Yeah, they're they're pretty down to the bottom of this. Yeah. as as you kind of look up, Maureen looks at you like Sorry. She takes the other one. She she she takes Orland's coin and adds it to the little machine and you see that that vial now is full almost to the brim. She puts a stopper in it and one of her little kind of aides comes out, and she gently puts it into this small crate, very similar to the crates that you saw in where where you encounter the The automan milking. Yeah, yeah, you guys got me saying Automan now. where you saw the automaton and the and the occult members. but the little guy just kind of takes it away down the down that tunnel that that that you can't reach, the one that's like up higher than everybody else. Right. Good question, is an automaton anything like an automat? Because we've increased Could be. I think once Mike has realized that he's dropped this coin and, you know, has been humbled he is gonna go back to the the locker room place and try and catch up with these two. slash also find out what has happened to Orin. Yeah. Yeah. so so those guys come out and they They bring the body, but they don't bring it all the way back into the locker room. Okay. So you guys are waiting in the kind of locker room area. They they bring Orland's body and they're seeing to it kind of out in the open here, where the light is better than what it is in that dark cistern tunnel. and they are just kind of going through death rights at the minute. I I mean th they are they are cleaning the body, they are being respectful. And the gatekeeper is is overseeing this. specifically, these medics look to be maybe his proteges or whatever. I'm I mean like like they're still goblins, but they're in that same kind of monkish attire. Yeah, yeah. So so either they're they're like his his assistants, maybe something like that. Little does. Yeah. so they're so they're just kind of seeing to the body there. But it seems like they're waiting on the crowd to dissipate. So So people are are slowly kind of getting their their coin. a a lot of the kind of highborn crowd has already just left. They didn't give a shit about the money. Either way, you don't see actually roll perception checks. Everybody who's Actually you guys have gone to the locker room. Yeah, we've gone to the locker room before. Yeah, so so so so you wouldn't be aware of that anyway. damn. I know. Save that for the year. Okay. so yeah, anything that you guys want to do, they They're not I like they don't seem to be rushing you just yet, but like you do get the feeling that eventually place is closing down. Mm. Where are they gonna leave the body? Are they gonna leave it there? They seem to be leaving it there for the moment. You would assume until everybody clears out. and then they would I mean like, you know, however they might dispose of a body in In this situation. Mac would like to walk up to the goblins and the gatekeeper after the fight. And then He's gonna try and bullshit a little bit, so we'll see how this goes. But you're not Ruby, yeah. Yeah, pull a Ruby. We've got a pillow I've got a pillow of Ruby. I'm gonna walk up and I'm gonna say like where I'm from, it's tradition for the victors to spend some time with people they have killed. So, Give him his book giving us a moment. And we're gonna try and see if they'll leave me with the body for some minutes. Okay, so you want him hitting to leave you with the body where it is? Yeah, for now. Or or or are you trying to keep to convince him to pull the body into the locker room? Well I mean I I mean well, if I can pitch for that, yeah. Well, one is a harder Yeah. I think request. I think what I would say is I would like some yeah, I would what I would do is maybe just if I can just see 'cause could I just could we just swing the body and ball? Mm. Yeah, I would say I would I'd like to go somewhere private to show my respect. He kind of looks at you and role persuasion. Or deception, whichever one. Mm I've n neither are great, let's be honest. Who's he asking? Fifteen. Persuasion. Fifteen persuasion. so the monk kind of looks at you and he he seems to respect that. Mm-hmm. and he's looking you know, he he's he's kind of taking note of of your tattoos and things like that, you know, it like he hasn't seen a whole lot of Goliaths around. So he seems, you know, kind of generally interested maybe in the the kind of customs or whatever that you might be speaking about. So he just says, Wait here. Remind me, you you you were just trying to get him to to leave in love. But but you do say private. I think say private. Yeah, yeah, yeah. so we'll say that he says, wait here a moment. And he goes up and he kind of helps these other guardsmen kind of hustle everybody to to get their payout or whatever. and then, you know, all you know, the drunks that just don't want to leave and whatever. The lights are on, last call, get the fuck out. but finally they they do clear the room, Melina's gone. It's just him and the guardsman now. and a couple of these little goblins running around who are kind of you know, taking care of the body. and you guys. Mm-hmm. And so so he doesn't move the body but you are for all intents and purposes alone. with the body. He said, I will allow you your time. And he goes up to this level. Okay. Mm-hmm. And he also commands the goblins away. Mm-hmm. Alright. So Don't get fully what you really wanted. Yeah. Right? He's giving you space here. And he's allowing you to take some time with the body, but he didn't pull it into the locker room. Yeah. Right. He's requiring some space. Right. So so so you have access to the body. They're not necessarily like trained on you or anything at the minute, but they are watching what's happening from a respectful distance. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can we both walk up to Where you where Mac is wells or all round the body. Yeah. Yeah, let's pay our respect. Respect, yeah. I've got my head we've got our head down. Are you keeping daddy out? Yeah. Daddy's just following like a good boy now. Yeah. He might be handy. Yeah. Mark, what are we doing here? I don't know how that's about right. Daddy finds like a like a half eaten cheeseburger that's in a donut. Like a big Like a big cup that looks like a bone for some reason. Look at look what I found. I was like, say me some of that. Mac will kind of have a chat to like as Mac and Ruby are walking away as we're walking up, we I'm gonna be like, Ruby, remember that potion you have? The the transportation one. Yeah. Ooh. Yes, I have it right here. I'm not sure how this is gonna work. The transportation or teleportation? teleportation. Yeah. Yeah. Would Mike have an i an idea about how this would work? As in as in b the potion for being for one person or can you split it? Yeah, so so roll History or intelligence, any anything from your time at the Arcana. Studying. Yeah, yeah, Arcana would work. A nineteen. Okay, yeah. So you know that teleportation spells specifically, while there are different things, there are teleportation circles. There are, you know, things that kind of have their own needs in terms of making that teleportation happen. But teleportation in itself, it is a special kind of magical transportation. If you teleport, you disappear and reappear elsewhere instantly without moving through the intervening space. This transportation does not extend movement unless a rule tells you otherwise. and teleportation never provokes opportunity attacks. When you teleport all the equipment you're wearing to teleports with you. Trying to look to see. So normally it would be a casting time of of of about a minute. There are components needed, but obviously with with a potion of teleportation, the person would just need to to drink it. but You know, trying to get a dead person to drink something might be difficult. Mm-hmm. But I could heal him first. No. If he's dead, basic basic healing won't won't won't bring him back. Is he dead? Well this is the question. Is he dead? He's mostly dead. Mostly dead. Well like I like I I would as these guys were walking up, I'd like, I shouldn't have killed him. Like I pulled that punch. I can pet her on her. Yeah. What? And now I'm gonna be like, well, if he's just wounded, I can cure him, but I'm gonna These guys these guys seem to think that he's dead, though. That's the that's the problem. I kinda just we just kinda wanna grab the body and run, but don't think we're getting very far. Like that's that's literally all I've got just now. If you guys have any better ideas, feel free. I pork. I got Jerry. Make a medicine check or a health check. We respect small ones. I mean it's just like a medicine check. Eating. Yeah, he did. Yeah, he did. He's dead that I mean, you know. Body's already started to to stiffen. You can see where, you know, like pools of blood under the skin are gathering. I mean let's just take the body around. the problem is to neverx is gonna be pissed. I don't think the fuck on pissed. Where did it say that we have to bring him back alive? Get him back here. It didn't say alive, did he? Back here. Platform. We failed again down here. I mean if he's Besides you, you're big enough. You throw him over your shoulder. I mean no problem movement. Stick him on Daddy and tell Daddy. I mean the reason why and I mean you guys would have would have recalled as well. So like like he's clearly not gonna be testifying. Yeah. So it you know, that thought does enter your mind as well. Is there a reason to be bringing it back? Yeah, yeah. In that case I just tapped you on the back you went in the back. You shit the bed, Mac. You shit the bed. Or do we think he did this to himself? The one way or another he said he wouldn't testify, that's either leave or he dies. Yeah. Do you think he was poisoning himself? Is it just do we just leave her? Is it I think he's gone. Is there is is the bottle that he had or still around? No, he took it in the water. I'm beginning to think he poisoned himself. Yeah. Did we take a sample? He's dead, dead. I think he's dead. Is there any way to know a hundred percent if he's like I mean he did seem very distraught when you were speaking to him about the situation stuff. Like like he felt like he could not. He couldn't leave, yeah. Yeah. He said that. And then I think it was because then he did try and leave. And then when there was no way out, that was when he then drank that full bottle. I mean you guys found that found that that That ferry ticket, which was from a ferry that had already left, but it just had the name on the ferry circle. Not what that means or why it had circled, you don't know. But we do it with style. Yeah. Are we just we are we paying our respects? Yeah, at this point. Alright. Mac we'll do some some gestures and then we'll walk away. Okay. All right. so as you guys walk away, they actually usher you to the other door. Not the way that you guys came in. They take you up through where through where the other patrons were attending from, the fancier ones. and you do exit through a very fine-looking house. it just seems to kind of bring you up through the cellar area of a very well-to-do mansion for this part of town. very old, very elegant looking furniture and things in there, you know, l lots of marble. kind of like you you do notice as well you see the several symbols which are either directly the symbol of the Umbral Consulate or elements of it almost used as kind of a motif in the house. But, you know, other than that, I mean like you're just kind of passing through a hallway or two before they lead you to the door. lots of servants around, lots of money, you know, lots of lots of clout. and and as they lead you out to the street, you see a number of carriages and stuff being kind of valet or or or or brought here. one in particular you see you look up and you see them bringing out an absolute shit ton of gold in these chests and loading it onto this massive carriage and you see kind of the big burly Nox, the coin eater. You see him, he's kind of a cigar in his mouth, kinda half laughing, trying to get his chuckleheads to fucking pay attention and and and do what they're supposed to do. And then they all pile in this big carriage. And they fuck off. And and as as they ride away on the back of the carriage you see Malf. And Malk just kinda looking at you. Mm-hmm And and he smiles. And he smiles the whole way that they're pulling off. And Ruby just goes, Stanny Friend of ours. Yeah. All right. where are you guys gonna head from here? Or or is there anything What if he didn't poison himself? That's obsessed on how he's No, like that ma that male guy disappeared for ages. And they were like one way or another, they were gonna get like they were gonna do him in what if they put something in his ball? Me. What if the what if the thing that he like 'cause I like I thought he was just like doping at the start. If he had ten hit points left and you knocked him out with fourteen, he dead. Stop looking at my fucking notes. Nah, Max. Nah, Max Max's like Max's like nah that that shouldn't have killed him. Yeah. I think and I think that's what is was laying on Mac's mind. And then how he like the black and the like he didn't look right. Mm. And I think like Mac is like I think he was doping before. Yeah. Poisoned. Maybe but then maybe they've got but then he took a big massive drink, so maybe he was trying to like f maybe he was trying to kill Mac. Yeah. But then they'd poisoned the bottle. Yeah. I think we just go back to the Or there's a side effect to whatever he was taking when he took too much. Just go back and tell Alex. Head back to base. You guys are are heading back to the theater. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright, so we will end there for the evening. Mac will never throw another punch again. watch fucking Johnny Three spells over here. Yeah, working out.

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