WEBVTT 00:00.160 --> 00:02.080 Previously on Absolutely Killing It. 00:02.160 --> 00:04.960 Do you want anything from Ralph's? 00:05.040 --> 00:06.960 This is why we're not together anymore. 00:07.120 --> 00:12.320 Hugh walks over, pulls Allen wrench to the side and you see somebody exchange. 00:12.400 --> 00:15.760 I'll try to DM this. Lasers and feelings. 00:15.840 --> 00:16.880 Gary Olderman. 00:17.120 --> 01:40.260 I've seen them all. You said this thing's out for revenge. Why would it want revenge? Who would it want revenge on? You grab the deck, you throw it in the air. A ghostly image float out of camp to Handy and somewhere else in the magic palace. I promised some surprises for listeners and you all may remember I. I threatened to create some new moves and I've created some new moves. Let's first start a move that all of you will have access to. I'll add this to your roll. 20 sheets. And I want to clarify what this means because I don't want to take away the joy that happens when this comes up in our game, but I do need to gamify some things when there's a chance it may not work out in your favor. That's why this exists. So the move is called plugged in. If a smartphone has not been properly charged overnight as dictated by the fiction, when I say as dictated by the fiction, you all have complete choice. If you tell me, Chris, no, I plugged that in. I plugged that in last night, then this move will not apply. But you all love to not have your phones charged, so this is empowering both all of us here, pun intended. 01:40.260 --> 01:41.300 Oh, I'm not offended. 01:44.500 --> 02:23.860 When you attempt to use your phone on dangerously low power roll luck. So it'll be 2d6 plus half your luck points round and down. All of you so far have not used any luck. So currently it'll be plus three on a success. Sorry, on a full success phone works fine, is good for a while longer. On a 7 to 9 your phone will work for now, but after this use, like whatever you're using it for, it will power down and need a recharge. And on a fail, your phone is out of commission until at least a long charge. So it's probably out for like a day part, so that's plugged in. So again, that is guided by you all when you tell me this phone, I don't know if it's going to work, that's charged. 02:23.860 --> 02:26.980 I'm pretty sure my phone's always charged, but I'll pay attention now. 02:27.220 --> 02:36.100 Well, right now they're all sitting in the codec in our story. All your phones are in codecheck. Are you being charged by Janice? Maybe? 02:36.180 --> 02:41.450 Shrug I've never had more power on my phone ever. Thank you, Janice. 02:41.530 --> 03:10.970 It's assuming she has the plugs. Anyway, I don't want to give away my cards. And the other move, the other move is for Hal, because as I was reading and I'm learning your character sheets too. So my apologies to listeners and to all you all for not being on top of all this. We refined how your move is supposed to work, Ricky, with your context, how I'm supposed to have you roll investigate a mystery to see if they're. They answer the phone right or they answer the questions you ask them. Similarly, Hal, I want to do that for you. And inspired by Ricky's move, I call it down the rabbit hole. 03:11.370 --> 03:11.930 Okay. 03:12.250 --> 03:34.810 While Githole is an active site, you can receive that as you need to if posting or using using its DM reply functions to learn more info. Roll investigate a mystery in addition to standard questions. Even on a fail, you will get some lore background on similar creatures. However, on that fail, your location or identity will be revealed depending on. Depending on the observer's needs. 03:35.370 --> 03:35.930 Whoa. 03:37.530 --> 03:42.410 Okay, just to add a little. A little game function to our story. 03:44.330 --> 03:48.250 I didn't know my identity or location were problematic. 03:48.649 --> 04:12.700 So as we pick up where we left off, what I'd like to do is to just go back a few moments in time. I'd like to start the person furthest away from what happened at the end of our last session. Ricky, you described to me before the three of you kind of split up that you wanted to. Well, you tell me. Where do you want to. Where were you headed when you three split up, you know, a short time ago, where were you headed? What were you trying to do? 04:12.700 --> 04:15.740 I think I was going to try and find Razor. 04:16.380 --> 04:16.939 Okay. 04:17.340 --> 04:38.160 Yeah, I think I needed to go find out who was next in line for this potential possession. You know, started as a just neighborhood lady, then it got to Razor. Now it's getting to our next person in the close up magic room. Although I think only Chandler knows that. 04:38.480 --> 04:39.040 Correct. 04:40.000 --> 04:42.880 Correct. So get rid of. Get rid of that. 04:43.200 --> 04:44.160 We'll edit that out. 04:44.720 --> 04:45.640 Okay. Just making sure. 04:45.640 --> 04:52.560 But thank you for catching that. Yeah, Ricky currently does not know that because I'm just gonna go back in time just to the moment the three of you went. We're going this way, this way, this way. 04:53.360 --> 05:04.810 So I'm going to Razor to try and figure out if there is a connect the dot line to who could potentially be next or who it's coming from. That hates him. Just hates him so much. 05:05.210 --> 05:11.210 I don't want to speak for you, Ricky, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but were you going to go upstairs? Were you going to go. Where are we going to try to find Razor. 05:11.290 --> 05:13.290 I was going to try and find him in his room. 05:13.850 --> 05:14.250 Great. 05:14.410 --> 05:16.170 Because he hasn't checked in yet. 05:16.330 --> 05:19.890 Love it. Does Ricky know where Razor's room is? And if not. 05:19.890 --> 05:20.570 No, of course not. 05:20.650 --> 05:21.450 Oh, okay. 05:21.690 --> 05:22.090 No. 05:22.300 --> 05:27.100 Great. How does Ricky intend to discover where Razor's room is? 05:27.420 --> 05:36.860 Looking for footprints on the ground. Asking associates that work at the Magic Palace. And that's probably going to work better than looking for footprints in the carpet. 05:37.100 --> 05:49.750 Great. So who do you want to approach here in the palace? Who do you think? Hal is off doing his thing and Chandler's going to do the magic. Where does Ricky. Where's Ricky's first stop to. To. To get that info? 05:49.910 --> 06:00.790 There are. Part of me does think that the entity at the piano could potentially play a song that would point me in the correct direction to travel. 06:01.190 --> 06:01.750 Okay. 06:02.710 --> 06:29.000 Or I've already talked to Trixie. No, Janice. And they have told me I've technically talked to both. And they have informed me that because Razor has not checked in yet. Still in his quarters. So I've already talked to them. I probably don't want to be a lady asking a fellow lady where a man's quarters is, so I'll probably try any next person I see, regardless of who they are, with a badge on that says that they work here. 06:29.160 --> 06:31.880 Are you worried about passing the Bechdel test? Is that why? 06:32.280 --> 06:34.600 Absolutely. I'm worried about passing any test. 06:34.760 --> 06:35.160 Fair. 06:35.720 --> 06:40.280 Yeah. I get stressed out at tests. Not good sweat happens. 06:41.080 --> 07:23.840 So I won't have you. I won't have you roll for this, Ricky. So as you're scanning the crowd as your two teammates go off and do different things, there's no one with badges necessarily. There is, of course, bar staff, wait staff. There are a few people in suits who you suspect are probably security. You know, they're just kind of standing flat against the wall. You know that the upstairs area is filled with wait staff. Get prepped for dinner. That is where you attempted to get Chandler last time. That's why I brought that up, because that's where Chandler emerged from earlier in the day. There's also, of course, the valet staff outside. So you have a lot of options if you're just going to the first person you see. The first person probably would be the bartender that's near the piano or like the security guard that's near. Near him. 07:24.160 --> 07:33.770 Perfect. I'm probably going to stay away from security because I understand as a detective what law enforcement is. So I'm going to go to the bar staff. 07:34.330 --> 07:40.970 Okay. Going up to the bar there. Okay. And what do you do as this person's preparing drinks and stuff? 07:40.970 --> 07:56.010 I'm just going to flat out ask. Hi. Do you happen to know where Razor's living quarters are or where the living quarters are in general? He told me specifically to meet him at the door outside of the living quarters. 07:56.330 --> 07:57.450 Oh, is that true? 07:57.950 --> 07:58.190 Yeah. 07:58.190 --> 07:58.670 Huh. 07:58.830 --> 07:59.630 100%. 08:00.510 --> 08:04.110 Well, that would be a violation of one of the rules. I would love to be the one to spill that bean. 08:05.710 --> 08:07.990 No one wants to clean that up. That's messy beans. 08:07.990 --> 08:10.710 Oh, yeah, exactly. That's a. That's. That's a clean up an aisle too, right? 08:10.710 --> 08:15.910 Oh my gosh. I love your sense of humor. What do you think, by the way? Oh, I would love a drink. Yeah? Yeah. 08:15.910 --> 08:17.950 Oh, okay. What would you like? 08:18.350 --> 08:23.550 I will. What's your favorite? I like trying new things player here. 08:24.040 --> 08:33.760 Are you trying to. Are you. What is your objective here? Because I'll have you roll something. If you're trying to get information, if you're trying to get on as good graces, like what's your. What would be your goal? 08:33.760 --> 08:43.000 Trying to get on good graces. To get the information that I desire. Let them know I'm not harmful, that I'm just going to go wait outside the door. 08:43.000 --> 08:56.650 I think. I think I'm going to have you roll manipulate someone. So tell me what it is you are trying to do when I have you roll this. I'll manipulate someone. Once you have given them a reason, tell them what you want them to do, then roll plus charm. I just like vodka shots. 08:57.290 --> 08:59.130 Oh, I'll do a shot of vodka. 08:59.290 --> 09:03.134 Okay, so let's pour in the shot. $28. 09:03.366 --> 09:04.410 28. 09:06.170 --> 09:07.770 Yeah, it's. It's a sale today. 09:08.250 --> 09:09.370 It's a sale today. 09:10.570 --> 09:11.850 Sale on vodka shots. 09:11.930 --> 09:20.380 Sorry, I don't get out much. Clearly. Okay. Yeah. Do you still take cash here? I've got a bunch of singles I could. 09:20.620 --> 09:25.500 Cashless. We're cashless. Yeah. Well, it should be. We could add it to your bill. We could add it to your bill. You're having dinner, right? 09:26.300 --> 09:28.620 Tell me the truth. Is it worth having the dinner? 09:29.020 --> 09:29.820 Oh, yeah. 09:30.540 --> 09:32.380 Even if it's just little old me? 09:33.100 --> 09:33.580 Well, you. 09:33.580 --> 09:35.180 Isn't that awkward? 09:35.420 --> 09:38.700 I mean, paying 150 bucks for dinner, it better be worth it. Am I right? 09:39.420 --> 09:43.900 No. Yeah, you are right. Absolutely. The sale is wrong, but you are right. 09:44.590 --> 09:44.990 Thank you. 09:45.470 --> 09:53.390 You're you're welcome. Okay. Yeah, you know, I'm feeling lucky. Let's add it to the bill. 09:53.630 --> 09:59.870 Okay. Who are you? Who's your. Who. Who brought you in? Like, who's the. Who's the head Razor? 09:59.870 --> 10:00.350 Yeah. 10:01.950 --> 10:02.390 Okay. 10:02.390 --> 10:05.350 Do you know him? Are you, like, friends with him? 10:05.350 --> 10:06.830 Yeah, I work here almost every night. 10:07.230 --> 10:09.150 Wow. So you know everything. 10:10.120 --> 10:13.320 And a lot of people come up to my bar and tell me they know magicians. I want to know where they are. 10:13.400 --> 10:17.560 So do they? Do they really? You wouldn't lie to me. We're friends. 10:17.960 --> 10:20.040 I'm not lying to you right now. Are you lying to me? 10:20.360 --> 10:26.520 I'm not lying to you. I really would like to see him. But who's, like, the most requested magician? 10:26.760 --> 10:50.690 Ricky, at this point, I'll have you roll manipulate someone. You said, I want to know where he rolled a six, which is a failure. Do you. Do you level up, Ricky? Are you at five? No. Okay. You're not level up. Great. So that's a fail. He puts down the. The shot and says, it's on me. I. I can't tell. I can't tell people where the magicians stay. I'm sorry. 10:50.690 --> 10:51.250 Okay. 10:51.490 --> 10:54.130 You're not the first person to fall in love with Razor. Won't be the last. 10:54.130 --> 10:56.130 Oh, I'm not in love. No, no, no, no. 10:56.130 --> 10:57.090 That's what they all say. 10:57.490 --> 11:04.690 Oh, no, I really am not. I've got two other men. I'm trying to war, you know, keep back. I can't handle another one. 11:04.930 --> 11:07.490 You know what? All good. All good. 11:07.650 --> 11:10.730 Okay, well, thank you for this shot. And I can sip this. 11:10.730 --> 11:24.050 Yeah, you can sip that shot. Yeah. Okay, so the bartender kind of walks away from you. We're gonna go back in time again. Hal, you were kind of looking at some of the. The paintings, and you didn't get a lot of information off that. 11:24.450 --> 11:25.330 Yeah. What. What. 11:25.330 --> 11:26.690 What's your next booth? What are you doing? 11:26.690 --> 11:40.410 I'm gonna go up to one of the security guys, people ask. Ask a few questions, if I could. Does anyone look like an approachable security person near me? 11:40.890 --> 12:17.870 They're all stone faced, looking out. It's as if. And I'm not trying to make a magic pun here. They're trying to fade into the wall. Like they're trying to just be there as out of the way as possible. There's one on the stair. His back is against the wall. The stairs that lead up to the dining room, there's another. His back is against the security door where Chandler saw the video footage earlier. There's a Guy there, you suspect there's probably at least one floating around the, you know, the coat check area. Approachable is a tricky, tricky word. They don't. They look like they're, they're on duty, I would say just without any sort of role or anything. None of them look more or less approachable than any of the other ones. 12:19.630 --> 12:22.780 Okay, I'll go to the one by the stairs. Not the surveillance reel. 12:23.490 --> 12:23.890 Okay. 12:23.970 --> 12:30.050 I'll say, hey, pardon. I don't know. Are you allowed to field questions while you're on duty? 12:30.290 --> 12:40.130 So this guy just looks at you? He doesn't, like, move anything else. Just looks at his eyes. They should be opening the upstairs dinner part shortly. That's your question? 12:40.450 --> 13:01.770 Oh, thanks. No, I'm not hungry, but very kind of you. I'm just wondering because I'm getting a weird vibe in the place tonight. Have you guys ever had to, I don't know, render someone unconscious here in the palace? 13:02.250 --> 13:06.490 His eyes go big. I. Sorry, I can't talk about something like that. 13:06.889 --> 13:08.490 Oh, was it you? 13:08.970 --> 13:12.570 The guy, the other security card. Chuckles a little bit, Gives him a look. 13:14.810 --> 13:31.070 It's okay. I, I think I've, I've, I've. I've certainly done things that boy, out of context sound really strange. I wouldn't blame you for it at all. I, I, I do, I do, I do wonder if that might be needed tonight. 13:31.550 --> 13:35.590 Are you saying you're too drunk to stay here, sir? Because we can, we can call you an Uber and get you out of here. 13:35.590 --> 13:37.630 No, no, haven't had a drop. Are the drinks good? 13:37.870 --> 13:39.310 Yeah, there's a sale on shots. 13:39.630 --> 13:56.090 Oh, great. I think that's kind of an insipid way of drinking, but if they're cheap, maybe I'll check it out. I mean, maybe you can answer this question for me. I always hear about people knocking others out with chloroform. Now, is there another, like. 13:56.090 --> 14:01.730 Okay, sir. Okay, sir, please go back and enjoy your evening. Please. 14:01.810 --> 14:03.010 I'm having a great time. 14:05.490 --> 14:16.530 Hal, I will hop in here as the keeper. What are you attempting to do here? The chloroform did take a bit of a turn. What would you like to accomplish here? Are you trying to. Maybe. Yeah. What's your goal here? 14:16.690 --> 14:26.930 I'm trying to figure out other ways of us knocking someone unconscious since we know that's, that's how to get rid of a. That's one of the only ways we know how to get rid of a possession right now. 14:27.250 --> 14:27.810 Okay. 14:27.890 --> 14:37.090 You know, just hanging a. Swinging at somebody with my flashlight, I Think will get me kicked out. So I'm trying to understand. I don't know. I'm throwing spaghetti on the wall. 14:37.890 --> 14:53.450 I. I feel like this is a manipulate someone. I'm just trying to decide. Well, you tell me then once, once you have given them a reason to tell them what you want them to do. Role plus charm. So what would you like for them to do for you that say that happens? What would you like for them to do? And then give them the reason to do that? 14:53.610 --> 15:13.590 Yeah. Okay, well, I'll. I'll go up and I'll check out what the. The dinner people are eating here in a second. I just. I gotta. I gotta be honest. People sometimes take a hasty dislike to me. People have grudges with me. I don't. I don't try to make a scene or a mountains out of molehills or anything. What if. 15:13.590 --> 15:13.870 If. 15:13.870 --> 15:26.910 If I had to defend myself and wanted to just sort of like knock someone out easy, simply in a way that wouldn't be a problem for you or the lightest problem possible for you, how would you suggest I go about that roll? 15:26.910 --> 15:27.750 Manipulate someone? 15:35.350 --> 15:38.470 I don't think it's a particularly good stat for me either. 15:38.470 --> 15:46.000 Yep. I thought it was. Yep. Was. I thought it. I was gonna say you're gonna fail this role. You rolled a four, which is a failure. But Mark, experience, Do you level up? 15:46.720 --> 15:49.040 I think I was one away last time. That's my level. 15:49.840 --> 17:05.780 So I think I've said this before. This game encourages failure because that's how you gain experience level up. It is also highly encouraged to do it right now when you level up because there may be something to help you in this failure. Now you have failed in this moment with this, this like line of whatever's happening here. But we can take the time here to decide what your level up here is. Since this hasn't happened yet on our show, I want to talk new listeners to the game. What happens? So Hal fails. Everyone fails. Everyone fails in stuff, right? In this game, you get an experience point every time you roll a six or lower. Hal has done that five times, so that fills up a little box. And then Hal gets to take a level up. There's a lot of options for players to choose from. I'm going to read through some of them. You can add a point to those five main stats. Sorry, not all five for you, Hal. It's plus charm, plus cool, plus sharp, plus weird. You could take another searcher move. You could take a move from another playbook. You can gain an ally which is, I think it's more defined in the book, which I would reference. And you can take it. And for you, Hal, you can take a second first encounter move based on a recent mystery, which I think is interesting. So, Hal, I gave you some vamping time. Have you decided what you're picking? 17:05.940 --> 17:27.220 Okay. I think this has at least a mild application here. I'm going to go for. But it's in my heart. So even if it doesn't really help me out of this situation, I'm taking a move from another playbook. The playbook is the flake and the move I'm pretty. Yeah, this is in the move section. I'm taking. Often overlooked. 17:27.870 --> 17:28.270 Okay. 17:28.590 --> 17:47.070 When I act all crazy to avoid something roll plus weird. On a 10 and up, I'm regarded as unthreatening and unimportant. On a 7 and 9, I pick unthreatening or unimportant. And on a miss, I draw lots, but not all of the attention. 17:48.030 --> 18:22.670 Excellent. I think that's very appropriate for Hal. I love that move. And quick shout out to the flake playbook because I know the flake is like just a person. There's a lot of cool moves in that particular playbook. This being one of them, in my opinion. Great. So you have that playbook or. Sorry, that move added with that fail, though. The security guard says, sir, if there's an issue with a person here at the palace tonight, come find us. We'll handle it. I don't want you getting any sort of lawsuits or being charged with assault. We don't want you. We don't want you hitting anybody here. No, we'll take care of it. Okay. 18:22.990 --> 18:28.750 Okay. Well, thank you so much for your time. I know you're on duty and so. Yeah, so thank you for your time. 18:28.830 --> 18:32.430 My name's Stu. So come find me if you can't find anyone else. My name's Stu. 18:32.590 --> 18:33.710 Stu, my name's Hal. 18:34.190 --> 18:36.990 Nice to meet you. It's spelled S T E W, by the way. 18:37.230 --> 18:37.630 Why? 18:38.590 --> 20:03.100 No, there's no why. Have a good night. I'm not gonna remember that our timelines are going to merge. So I'm going to go to you, Chandler. I'm just going to preemptively tell you what's going to happen. Great. We're going to go to you, to Chandler. The two of you are kind of. You could kind of maybe see what's happening. I'll let that be your role play choice. Ricky and Hal, if you see what Chandler did, the 52, you know, he knocked the cards up. I'll leave that up to you. But Chandler, just to recap what happened for everyone, including ourselves, please, Captain Handy looked at you and said, I'm going to do your magic trick, Chandler, to your face. He started to, like, do one of your signature hand card tricks. You hit the deck out of his hand, and then because of your, because you were in danger, your third eye did open and you did see a humanoid, like figure leave Captain Hanny's body and, like, phase into the wall. You already are aware that when someone is possessed, they don't have memory of it. So in this moment, Chandler, you've knocked the deck out of his hands. And some of the people around the table are just kind of confused, like they're not sure if it's a trick. And Captain Handy just seems more confused or embarrassed. Like, you don't get the sense that anyone is really, like, alarmed in this immediate aftermath. Chandler. So my question to you is, what do you do as these cards go flying and Capti Handy just, is like, just happened. 20:03.420 --> 20:21.610 Hey, don't worry, everybody. It's all part of the show. It's that thing where, you know, a magician acts like they're, they're going to do a trick and then they screw up the trick and then, but then they, they save the trick. That's, that's, that's what this is. So Captain Handy, go ahead and save the trick. 20:22.250 --> 20:54.960 Yeah, I got it from here. I got it from your. Chandler, thank you so much. That was an evil ray of non believers who shot me a ray to momentarily. And he, like, is coming around the table, picking up the cards, a little flush of the cheeks. You suspect he probably thought he did like he lost the deck. And you see some people just like. Yeah. And they get up with their drinks and wander off, you know, because he blew a trick. What's next? And then all of you let's. Our timeline's in synced, so feel free. Any of you want to do whatever you feel to do next. 20:55.120 --> 20:57.280 I'm going to walk over here, join Shandy. 20:57.360 --> 21:06.250 Hey, Holly. Cap, Cap. Captain Handy, do you remember anything from the last few minutes? 21:06.890 --> 21:22.170 I walk in and see Chandler talking really closely to the other magician. I'm holding my little glass shot just. And I just get confused at, wow, it's really talking really closely. And I go, I go stand next to Hal. 21:22.170 --> 21:25.770 Captain Handy, do you remember how this show started? 21:26.490 --> 22:08.010 You know, you're asking a big ass, so I'm gonna have you roll manipulate someone. Because Captain Handy even admitting this is a Huge risk. So roll manipulate someone for me to see if he will open up to you about what just happened. That's a mixed success. That's an eight. So on a mixed success for manipulate someone on a 7 to 9 since you rolled an 8. They'll only do it, but only if you do something for them right now to show that you mean it. If you ask too much, they'll tell you what, if anything, would take them for them to do it. So you are asking him to recount the last couple of minutes. You know he is missing time and you suspect he is fearful of what that might mean. So what do you want to say to Kantehany in this moment to allow him to share more information about what just happened to him? 22:08.330 --> 22:26.890 Hey, Captain Handy. Look, I might have. I might have gotten off to a bad start here with you and this show. And maybe. Maybe it was. This wasn't the greatest start to show. How about. What if I help you with a trick? What would you want to do? We could do a trick together. Just the one trick, and then show us yours. 22:27.610 --> 22:28.890 Yeah, that sounds like. 22:30.580 --> 22:53.860 Or if you don't, you can. It's all yours. I just thought, you know, I didn't mean to slap the cars out of your hand. I thought I saw a bug, so I'm just trying to help you cover that. No, no, you dropped them. But I think you saw a bug, so. But, you know, from one magician to another, if there's any way I could help you out here, I'm here for that. 22:54.020 --> 23:05.410 He's gonna lean in close to you. I know, I know Hal and Ricky are hovering, but he's gonna get as close as he can to Chandler to comfortably whisper to you. Just don't tell anybody, okay? Don't tell. 23:05.410 --> 23:05.690 Okay. 23:05.690 --> 23:06.410 What just happened? 23:06.890 --> 23:07.650 Yeah, I won't. 23:07.650 --> 23:07.930 All right. 23:07.930 --> 23:08.450 I won't tell him. 23:08.450 --> 23:10.890 All right. I gotta take a leak. I gotta take a leak. I'll be back. And he. 23:12.089 --> 23:14.770 In the middle of the show, they're. 23:14.770 --> 23:20.730 All walked away, and you see that there's, like, two people there. Like, I don't think it's part of the show. And they're like, yeah, this is really good. 23:21.210 --> 23:26.790 I didn't realize all but two had stayed. Sorry, I'll. 23:26.790 --> 23:29.070 I'll come back a little bit. It's fine. Thank you. Thank you. 23:29.070 --> 23:29.510 Okay. 23:29.990 --> 23:39.549 He wanders off to, like, the back area there where there are, like, one of those doorways to enter. Like, there's, like, a bathroom, private bathroom back there and stuff. Should. 23:39.549 --> 23:46.230 Should we follow him into the bathroom? Is that an invitation to. Is it. Are there cameras? Is it safer to talk in the bathroom? 23:46.550 --> 23:49.990 Is there a window? Do I need to stand outside and try to listen in? 23:50.940 --> 24:05.500 That's gonna be a rat race of a maze to try to get you outside the right window. I don't think we need to stand. I don't think we need to go in there with him. I mean, he's. He's by himself, so he won't be talking to anybody, probably. Unless. 24:06.460 --> 24:07.660 Should we talk to him? 24:07.980 --> 24:11.420 Oh, you want us to talk to him? Yeah, we could try. Yeah, let's try that. 24:12.140 --> 24:18.440 Razor didn't seem to know of anybody specific that would want revenge against him, but maybe this guy does. Do you know where. 24:18.440 --> 24:25.480 Oh, yeah, I'm looking for Razor. Can you tell me where to go? Chandler? I just want to go stand outside his door and wait for him. 24:26.200 --> 24:26.600 You know what? 24:26.600 --> 24:30.920 You're going into the men's bathroom. I want to go make myself busy. 24:31.160 --> 24:38.840 You know what? Let's go into the men's bathroom and just. Who cares what happens? What's the worst that could happen in the men's bathroom? 24:39.000 --> 24:40.600 I can't think of any bad outcomes. 24:40.840 --> 24:43.750 I could think of too many. Way too many. 24:44.310 --> 24:46.150 I can think of the exact right amount. 24:47.110 --> 25:32.920 So as you're having this discussion, there is a kerfuffle near the front entrance. You're kind of, like, making your way. There's a staircase that goes down, and then there's like, a room for, like. Like a proper show. And you're kind of, like, far away from the. From the ghost piano in the front door. You hear some kerfuffling. You see four guests being escorted out by your new security friend there, Hal Stu. And they're saying, Chris led us back there. We didn't know. We can't go back there. They are escorting four guests out, and you see Chris Blaine, one of the council members, holding his head. He has his hand, like, on his forehead. Like, he is surprised, for lack of a better word. And these four guests are being escorted out the front door. They're making a lot of noise, and everyone's like, what's going on over there? What do y' all do? 25:35.970 --> 25:37.090 You don't see that every day. 25:39.650 --> 26:37.860 I've got too much stuff. I have nowhere to keep it all. Have you thought about putting some of it in storage? But isn't storage some kind of cloud? I don't understand technology. No, not digital storage. I'm talking about Simi Valley storage experts. They have over 100 acres of individual storage units. For residential or commercial purposes, they're ready to find you the size and price that work best for your budget. What if I don't live in Simi Valley? What if I don't even live in California? Don't worry about that because Simi Valley storage experts are also moving experts. No matter where you are in the entire world, as long as it's California, Arizona or parts of Nevada, they'll show up at your door and transport your possessions for you. And with 24 hour client entry privileges and and armed guards on the premises at all times, you'll rest easy knowing that your old comforter and defunct connector cables are always accessible and safe. 26:38.420 --> 26:38.900 Wow. 26:39.140 --> 26:49.300 Sounds too good to be true. It isn't. Trust me. Call 1555 STORAGE. That's 1-555-786-7243. Operators are standing by. 26:51.380 --> 26:52.580 I just met that guy. 26:53.140 --> 26:53.860 Which guy? 26:54.420 --> 27:00.780 Stu is. Stu is. Stu is escorting guests out. Stu's not getting escorted out. Just to be clear, you just met Chris Blaine. 27:01.340 --> 27:03.340 No, I met Stu, the security person. 27:03.820 --> 27:04.300 Oh. 27:04.380 --> 27:09.580 Oh, how does he spell that without a Y? Yeah, without a Y. 27:09.660 --> 27:10.380 Fascinating. 27:10.780 --> 27:11.380 That sounds right. 27:11.380 --> 27:19.980 Okay, well, this seems like the perfect moment actually. If we don't have an idea regarding Chris, let's go into the men's bathroom really quick. We'll be out in 60 seconds. 27:20.300 --> 27:27.540 I mean, I can go talk to Chris if you want to go into the men's bathroom and. And I'll keep myself busy. 27:28.660 --> 27:31.140 That's a great idea. A partner of mine. 27:31.380 --> 27:40.500 Let's do it. It's not like Chris to let people into a backstage area unless he had a good reason or unless he had a terrible reason. 27:40.740 --> 27:44.580 Chris single? Is Chris single? 27:44.580 --> 27:48.980 Why do you want to know? 27:49.220 --> 27:50.100 Want to know? 27:50.660 --> 27:51.620 I would like to know. 27:51.620 --> 27:54.690 Is that a joke? Want to. One, two. 27:54.690 --> 28:05.170 No, there's someone else joining in. Want to know? Want to know? And this guy, this guy in a nice gray suit walks up. I want to know what's going on over there. What happened? 28:05.170 --> 28:06.050 Nice gray suit. 28:06.530 --> 28:08.690 Thanks. It's a gray. It's gray suit. 28:09.010 --> 28:09.650 It's nice. 28:09.650 --> 28:10.370 A cray. 28:10.770 --> 28:16.730 Do you know. Do you know what's no gray. G, R E Y. Do you know what happened? Why are they getting kicked out? I don't. 28:16.730 --> 28:23.860 They probably had a little too much to drink. Probably. You know, there's a sale on shots, so it's easy to overshoot. 28:24.100 --> 28:30.420 By the way, how much is a normal price for a shot? Can we talk about that really quickly? Just throw me a number. 28:30.580 --> 28:32.740 I don't do any sip of way of drinking. 28:33.300 --> 28:34.980 I usually pay 35 each. What? 28:35.140 --> 28:45.060 Okay, then they are on sale. They're on sale. They're definitely not 35. They're very close to 30. So great sale for you, fellow gray suit. 28:45.060 --> 28:48.180 Oh, right, I get the member. The member price at 14.99. 28:48.680 --> 28:50.160 Oh, my God. 28:50.160 --> 28:51.560 That's still exorbitant. 28:51.960 --> 28:53.720 Ricky, do you want a straw for your drink? 28:53.800 --> 28:55.200 I would love one, please. Thank you. 28:55.200 --> 28:56.800 Are you holding. You're holding your shot, Ricky? 28:56.800 --> 28:57.480 Yes, I am. 28:57.880 --> 28:59.240 How much have you sipped so far? 28:59.320 --> 29:14.990 I have done. You know when you fill a glass to the brim and then you just put your lips to it just enough and take in just so that you know it's not going to immediately knock over the edge that much? Just like a little. 29:15.550 --> 29:17.550 A finger. Don't they call that a finger? 29:17.870 --> 29:22.270 No, a finger is just like a whole half of a drink amount. 29:22.590 --> 29:33.710 Yeah. You know when something is really hot and you go to take a sip and then the exact moment that you taste the liquid and you go, oh, that's hot. That's how much I have had out of this shot glass. 29:33.790 --> 29:34.310 Gotcha. 29:34.310 --> 29:36.990 So just enough to go. No, that's vodka. 29:36.990 --> 29:38.590 A dab. Would you call that a dab? 29:40.120 --> 29:40.600 A lick. 29:41.560 --> 29:42.120 Okay. 29:42.440 --> 29:50.360 I would say I stuck my tongue into the shot glass and however much clung to my tongue as I withdrew it from the glass is how much I've had. 29:50.760 --> 29:52.760 Is your tongue more clingy or absorbent? 29:52.920 --> 29:54.040 It's more clingy. 29:54.360 --> 29:57.560 Okay. I like it. So I have a question. So I have a question. 29:58.120 --> 29:59.960 Yes, Mr. Man in the Gray Suit. 30:00.200 --> 30:38.270 No, this is Chris, the Keeper. I have a question for the players. Also, nice suit. The Grace Keeper. Yes, the. The general use bathrooms that are open to everybody is down the stairs to the lower level, which is near the Parlor of Premonition where you met Abby earlier. Chandler, that's the general bath. General use bathrooms. Chandler, you do know if you were to I will use the word, sneak your two friends into the panel wall that looks like a wall. But people who are members here know that that's the bath. The magician bathroom. They can go into that bathroom. So a very important question for me to ask three of you. Where. What bathrooms are you using? 30:39.070 --> 30:49.830 I was. I'm. I'm imagining that we've followed Stu part of the way. So I know that that bathroom is there. Is that. Am I. Am I making that up? Did we walk with him or. 30:49.830 --> 31:05.540 Yeah, Captain Handy went into the wall. The secret wall. Chandler, you saw him go into the wall. So you know, that's the magician. Area this gray suit guy is in, obviously in the general, like, you know, drink area, whatever. And the stairwell to go downstairs is right next to you all. What do you do? 31:06.420 --> 31:13.620 Well, if we're going into the restroom to try to get some info from Captain Handy, then we're gonna have to go through the wall. 31:14.500 --> 31:16.180 Okay, if I. 31:16.180 --> 31:18.100 If that's. If that's fine, then I'll go. 31:18.420 --> 31:18.980 Okay. 31:19.380 --> 31:28.130 If it turns out that I can't talk to Chris Blaine because I've gone into the men's bathroom, let it be known. 31:29.090 --> 31:29.450 Go. 31:29.450 --> 31:34.610 He's the one starting it all. No, I'll go into the men's bathroom and risk my life. 31:36.130 --> 31:37.250 You don't have to go. 31:37.730 --> 31:40.530 No, I'm going. And I throw back the shot. 31:40.770 --> 31:45.250 Hey, hey, where are we going? Is there another show? 31:45.730 --> 31:48.730 No, no. Yeah, I'm part of this now. 31:48.730 --> 31:49.610 I'm in this, huh? 31:49.610 --> 31:53.490 Chandler, you go ask him. Me and the gray suit guy will find out about Chris. 31:54.220 --> 31:59.180 Wait, you guys are doing the Chris thing now? I'm just going to the bathroom by myself. 31:59.180 --> 32:00.780 I'm going to talk to Chris. 32:01.100 --> 32:03.500 I'm going in the bathroom. 32:04.220 --> 32:06.380 You all are fun. Grey suit guy says. 32:06.540 --> 32:08.300 Grey suit guy. What do you do for a living? 32:08.700 --> 32:13.020 Oh, I'm a. I'm an investor. I invest in things, you know, make money that way. 32:13.100 --> 32:15.740 I need money. What kind of stuff do you invest in? 32:15.740 --> 32:17.580 What do you do? I'm interested. 32:17.820 --> 32:22.900 Oh, yeah. I consult on businesses sometimes. It's a concierge service. Yeah. Come on, let's go ask Chris. 32:22.900 --> 32:23.920 Come on. He sticks out song. 32:24.400 --> 32:26.760 I take it by the arm and I start walking towards the front. 32:26.760 --> 32:36.560 Okay. He walks with you. You and Grace. You guy walk away. We're leaving. We're left with Chandler and Ricky. What are the two of you doing now that Grace, you guys left with Hal? 32:37.040 --> 32:44.800 We've got about three minutes before. I'm drunk. Let's go into this bathroom right now. I've agreed to this. Let's go. 32:45.120 --> 32:46.320 Let me start the timer. 32:47.280 --> 32:50.320 Okay, I don't think we really. Okay, let's go. Let's just go. 32:51.010 --> 33:00.850 So, Chandler, I have a question for you. Are you trying to do this covertly, in which I case I'll have you roll something or are you just opening up the wall panel and bringing Ricky in there with you? 33:01.090 --> 33:09.410 Well, my instinct is to say covertly, but you know what? Fuck it. Let's just open up this panel and walk in. 33:09.410 --> 33:09.650 Great. 33:09.650 --> 33:31.020 Because here's what I was gonna do. I was gonna see if I could borrow a member pin from somebody to put on Hal as we went into the bathroom so nobody would give him any shit. But you know what? He's gone with Grey Suit Guy. And now Ricky's coming with me. And I mean, it's a men's room, so she might get stopped anyway, so pin or no pin, it's not going to make a difference. 33:31.979 --> 34:12.560 Great, great. I want to follow you two first. So Chandler, you open the panel. You go into the back room area. You and Ricky head into this room just so you can see as visually. You enter, like a little lounge like area. There's like a few cushions and chairs and tables. If you make a right, that's where the bathroom is that magicians can use before you even, like, move any further. So you've walked into this little, you know, secret part of Magic palace, one of the major, one of the many ones. You hear Captain Handy talking loudly to Panini like, Like, what is. Like, what is going on? And he's like, relax, relax. Like they're having, like, an argument. What did the two of you do? 34:13.360 --> 34:14.000 Ricky? 34:14.720 --> 34:17.280 Yeah, what's up? 34:17.680 --> 34:28.280 Can I borrow your shot glass? I'm gonna put it on the. I'm gonna put it. Okay, great. I mean, it belongs to the pet pal, so I'm not gonna keep it. 34:28.280 --> 34:32.600 I mean, you know, I was just gonna carry this around awkwardly so I had something to do with my hands. 34:32.600 --> 34:40.070 Yeah, you can have it back. I just want to use. See if it'll. I'm taking it, but you can have it back. I just want to see if I can. 34:40.070 --> 34:41.670 I'll grab a napkin and tear it in half. 34:43.510 --> 34:45.270 Why is that the same? How's that the same? 34:45.510 --> 34:52.710 I just need. Sometimes I just need something in my hands. Okay, whatever. Here. There you go. 34:53.270 --> 34:57.750 I don't think it accomplishes the same purpose. Okay. But I just wanted to put it up to the door. 34:58.630 --> 34:59.030 Sure. 34:59.030 --> 35:03.630 To see if I can hear anything through the glass. 35:04.270 --> 35:06.590 I mean, they're talking quite loudly, but yeah, do it. 35:07.470 --> 35:08.430 Yeah, but it might make it a. 35:08.430 --> 35:09.630 Little so loud right now. 35:10.350 --> 35:12.270 That's true. Maybe it'll make it quieter. 35:12.670 --> 35:15.710 I feel like they're fighting. They're so loud. 35:16.110 --> 35:17.950 Okay, as you say that, listen for keywords. 35:19.710 --> 35:47.270 Ricky and Chandler, as you listen for keywords, you hear Handy say, I think we need to take this seriously. And Panini is responding. You know the rules. This doesn't exist. It's not real. You drop the deck. Let it go, Captain. Let it go or there's good. You're going to be in trouble too. It sounds like Handy is Trying to say. He's like, he's freaking out about something, and Panini's trying to make him relax. What do you do with that information? 35:48.310 --> 36:15.360 I think. I think Panini's in on it. Panini is trying to cover this up. And if. If Panini wasn't in on it, if there was any legit ghosts or demons or other otherworldly creatures who are possessing people, Panini would want to get him the F out too. So there's only one reason why he would be trying to talk somebody out of it. 36:15.840 --> 36:21.770 Remember when I. I was trying to get my hour with him? Remember? Remember? 36:21.770 --> 36:22.810 I'll never forget it. 36:23.770 --> 36:24.210 Yeah. 36:24.210 --> 36:25.130 Seared into my brain. 36:25.130 --> 36:27.170 I. I wish because of all the. 36:27.170 --> 36:28.810 Other magicians you could hit on. 36:29.370 --> 36:40.090 I wish y' all would have just let me make that time, because then I could have gotten him. I just knew he's had something to do with this. I knew it. Sorry. Vodka speaking. 36:41.130 --> 36:52.280 Okay, Chandler, roll act under pressure for me. Oh, that is a five. Which is a failure. First question is, do you level up yet, Chandler? 36:53.160 --> 36:56.520 I doubt it. No, I'm only. That's my second experience. 36:57.720 --> 37:23.250 Gotcha. Okay, so that is a five. As this conversation between the two of you reaches a crescendo, the bathroom door opens. And standing there looking at the two of you are the great Panini and Captain Handy. How you and Gray Suit Guy. I feel like you two are power walking arm in arm. Gray Suit Guy feels like. Like his night's already made. Where are you going with this, stranger? What is your plan? 37:24.290 --> 37:30.450 I'm trying to get up to. To Chris Blaine. So was Blaine being escorted out or his guests or both? 37:31.090 --> 38:14.840 So four guests are. Are being shown the door. So they've opened the, like, the, you know, the bookcase, you know, door. So they're being. They're getting their coats from Janice, as we know and love. Blaine is being talked to by the two security guards that you had spoken to earlier. Stu being one of them with a white in his name. So he's kind of like, pushed into that corner, and you can see him kind of making his case, but he seems more confused than anything. And you see Stu is trying to, like, like, calm. The immediate eruption, right The. There's a lot of activity. So it looks like he's just like, calm down, calm down. They have to be scored out. Like, explain to him what's happening as you and Gray Suit Guy are kind of rounding that corner. What's. What's next? 38:17.000 --> 38:19.800 So I'll. I'll delink arms with Gray Suit guy. 38:20.200 --> 38:26.520 He really links your arm. He relinks your arm. He does like, the other arm. You know how you went like this way, he went the other way. 38:26.520 --> 38:32.800 You know, I'm gonna reach in like I'm putting something in his breast coat pocket on the inside, and I'm. 38:32.800 --> 38:33.880 He takes out and he eats it. 38:36.130 --> 38:38.530 I didn't have even a chance to pat it on the outside. 38:38.850 --> 38:43.370 Oh, okay. Yeah, go pat it. He opens up his. Opens up the pocket for you. For you to put it back in there. 38:43.370 --> 38:49.330 I put it in there and then I pat it on the outside. And then. Does he reach for that? 38:49.890 --> 38:50.450 He waits. 38:50.450 --> 38:55.650 He waits. He waits. He waits to see what you do. He's like, I'm having fun. I'm having fun. Where are we going? What's happening? 38:56.930 --> 39:02.530 Hold on. Just give me a second. With my own two arms. Mr. Blake, I'm afraid of Chandler. 39:03.760 --> 39:10.080 Stu with a Y, turns around, says, how. I gotta. I gotta calm. I gotta calm the situation down. Just give us a few minutes, okay? 39:10.880 --> 39:15.320 Could I. Could I help calm him down? Does he want to step outside, Mr. Blaine? 39:15.320 --> 39:18.640 Whoa, no, no. We're not fighting out here, Hal. I know we're buds. 39:18.640 --> 39:22.000 Oh, I'm not fighting you. I'm not fighting him. Who wants to fight? 39:22.960 --> 39:29.740 Your new friend comes up. No one's fighting. We're all having a great time. He relinks your arm again. Hell yeah. 39:30.540 --> 39:32.300 I think this guy speaks for everybody. 39:33.500 --> 39:54.700 Hal, game wise, what would you like to accomplish here? You see, Chris Blaine is like. His face is red. He is absolutely, like, destroyed. Like, he looks so upset. The security guards are purely damage control. And your new friend here is, like, on a different vibe length. What are you trying to do here? And I'll have you roll something. 39:55.100 --> 40:01.020 I do want to see if Blaine will go outside with me to have a quiet conversation. 40:01.340 --> 40:08.140 Okay, I will have you roll manipulate someone to stew. I will give you a plus one since you did build a rapport with him. 40:08.300 --> 40:08.780 Yeah. 40:08.940 --> 40:11.820 So roll manipulate someone and we'll see what you roll first and we'll go from there. 40:11.980 --> 40:15.020 It's not a great stat for me. 40:15.580 --> 40:19.380 Roll day four. I cannot believe the failures today. You rolled a four. 40:19.380 --> 40:20.940 Didn't do a plus one, but it would. 40:21.100 --> 40:33.750 That would have been a five. Stu says, hal, I like you. Let me. Let me calm this down with. With Chris, and then you can do what you want. Okay, I gotta. There's a lot happening right here, and I gotta. I gotta get this under control. 40:33.750 --> 40:46.430 You're the boss. You're the boss. I'm gonna. I'm gonna step back and watch what happens sulkily. And I'm gonna keep an eye out for anybody else that is watching Blaine carefully. 40:46.670 --> 40:55.560 Roll me Investigative mystery as you survey the crowd, as your new friend is doing. Doing like. Like mirroring your moves, like, what are we looking for? This is amazing. 40:57.880 --> 41:01.000 Sorry, that's a flexible alternative. Great. 41:03.240 --> 41:43.080 That's a mixed success. A nine. So investigator mystery on a mixed success. And just as a reminder to all players, this is a time to dig into your playbooks for moves that you know. I know Ricky, you have the. The talk your way into a situation. Of course you know Chandler, you have your magic abilities, and I know. Hal, you have your. Your psychic. Right, Your. Your sensitive abilities. So keep those in mind. So on a nine, you get a hold one. What happened here? What sort of creature is it? What can it do? What can hurt it? Where did it go? What was it going to do? What is being concealed here? And you can frame this how you want because you did say you're kind of surveying the crowd. So while you do that, what question would you like to ask based on that action? 41:43.510 --> 42:00.310 Mm. I want to know. Yeah. If anybody else is. Anybody else is taking a special or prolonged interest in what's happening with Chris Blaine. And in my mind, that's what's being concealed here. 42:00.550 --> 42:41.900 Great. As you. As you survey the crowd, I think it's clear probably by now who is probably members of the Magic palace and who are, like, guests here. Every single one of them are in various forms trying to hide what they realize what just happened. And judging by Chris's reaction, you realize that they're all trying to stifle various reactions of shock that Chris Blaine just got himself kicked off the council and probably the Magic palace organization altogether by this action. So no one seems. Yeah. So no one seems to be, like, enjoying it. It's a mixture of like what and like, oh, my God, like gossip. This is hot gossip for magicians. 42:42.220 --> 42:55.500 Does anyone stand out as a member magician that is particularly looks. Seems particularly vulnerable or is particularly like. Like seeming verbal in their desire to gossip? 42:55.660 --> 43:04.180 That was your hold one. So if you want to do something else to like, like, root that out, feel free. You have your new friend arm in arm still with you. Yeah. 43:04.180 --> 43:10.750 I'm going to turn to Gray suit. I'm be like, hey, you must. You must be pretty good at reading people since you're in investments, right? 43:10.910 --> 43:12.750 I actually am. I'm pretty good at that. Yeah. 43:13.230 --> 43:18.470 Which one of these magicians seems like they have the most to say about this crazy thing that just happened with. 43:18.470 --> 43:25.470 Chris Blaine over here. Well, come on. I mean, this golden rule is you always talk to the. The chefs and the cooks and the wait staff. They know all the gossip. 43:25.550 --> 43:26.110 That's great. 43:26.110 --> 43:27.470 Gotta. We gotta get upstairs. 43:27.470 --> 43:29.230 That's great. Someday you gotta tell me your. 43:34.240 --> 43:34.480 It.