Previously on Absolutely Killing It. Razor Tully. Part of the five heads of the Magic Palace. If you can solve this without any issue, I'll get you in here this weekend.
Look who is not being elusive.
My name's Noel. Noel Huell. And then I woke up with paint on my hands.
If someone were going to bend you to their will, is there a particular reason?
I mean, I stay up late. I'm a night owl.
Let's try Abby. Kadabra.
Oh, sure. Yeah. Maybe some tea? Yeah, Yeah, a little.
Some tea.
What the fuck was that?
The door opens and Razor Tully, he just walks right past you. Hey, everybody, get out your phones, please. Record me. I'm going to show you some card tricks for tips.
You asked for cold hard cash is what you asked for, Ricky.
I just. I've just been kicked out of the Magic Palace.
But why'd you do that, Ricky?
I think I was just possessed.
All right, let's go find my boys.
Chandler and Hal, you are in the Magic palace kind of comparing notes as you are standing there, Chandler, you hear the voice of Abby in the. The parlor of premonition. Let out a. Oh my God. From. From beyond the door. What did the two of you do?
Oh my God.
Well.
Oh my God.
Oh my. Oh my God.
I'm gonna knock on the door. But I'm. I'm looking at you, Chandler. Just with like, permission for every step of the way. Because it does. The door accepts the door.
Well, the door can tell the difference, but yes, it. It will. It will. It'll accept it. So you have my prem. Mission.
No, thank you, my friend.
I knock, you knock on the door. And as you're knocking, it flies open. And Abby has this look on her face. Chandler. Shock. A little bit of joy. And she's holding her phone. She goes, did you. Did you see this, Chandler? Did you see this? Check your DMs. Check your. Check your social media. It's all over. Everywhere.
Oh my God.
So, Chandler, this is. I don't want to give away any of your secrets here. Someone who would never show up here, yet knows you're a magic user. You don't have to tell us their name necessarily, but is there someone that in Chandler's life that would maybe send him stuff via social media like that, that knows that he's a spell slinger?
Yeah.
Yeah, it is a video clip. The still frame shows you Hollywood and Highland.
Okay. Okay. Yeah. This could be from one of the guys at the magic shop.
Unaffiliated.
Abby's looking at two of you back and forth.
I look at Abby like, is that a strangely vague answer?
What do you mean, unaffiliated?
Oh, I mean, is the shop affiliated with the Palace?
Oh, no, not officially. I mean, all the magicians.
Okay.
You don't go there, right, Chandler?
I mean, sometimes, Yeah. I mean, sometimes I go there. You know, sometimes you just need over the counter prop, you know, magic trick.
Well, I have something to take care of. You should probably check that out. This is huge. And she, like, runs up the stairs to the. To the main level. What do you do?
Okay, tap.
You see a video of Razor Tully. He has got a crowd around him. And he's at the center of Hollywood and Highland, Iron spiders in the background. And he is performing a magic trick, shouting, be sure you capture this. He's performing this trick, and you see him asking for tips. Chandler, if you could, for me, roll investigative mystery for me, add a plus one to this roll. You rolled an eight with a plus one is a nine. That is a mixed success. So that gives you a hold one as a reminder. 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 this is in reference to this video that Abby referred to as being shocking for some reason.
What is being concealed here?
So as you view this video, you recognize as Razor turns that little flash of red in his eyes, matching the red you saw on the security footage from the spray painter. It is clear to you that what Razor is doing is, for some reason, breaking one of the five rules of being a Guild member, let alone being a Council member. He is busking for magic and is being shared on social media everywhere, which, in theory means he will be kicked out of the Council and the Guild itself.
You see his eyes, Hal?
No. They're underneath the iron spider mask. But I didn't expect that there would actually be, like, metal arms.
No, no, no razors. No Razor's eyes.
That was. That was a surprise to me.
See, Razor's eyes, they're glowing red. Oh, so you know what that means? Either he's possessed or. I mean, maybe they're just reflecting off El Capitan, but I think he's possessed. It looks like an internal glow as opposed to a reflection.
Yeah, I think so. I think El Capitan's got, like, purple and green set up over there. Maybe they. They might be doing a Tiana thing.
But, no, I don't think it's either. I think he's possessed.
I think he might Be right if such a thing happens.
We better get down to Hollywood and Highland.
Yeah, I would love to talk to him before he has to be in any other kind of meeting.
Ricky, Razor is freaking out. He is. I don't know if you're holding him up, but he is, like, going back to the Magic Palace. He is not doing well. What are you doing? As he's like, I got. I got to get back. I got to get back. And he's, like, trying to run back there. What do you do?
Okay, yeah, just slow down. I'll go back with you. Yeah, you know, I'm a little out of shape. Could you actually slow a little bit? We're going uphill.
I gotta get to the council members before they see this video. I gotta tell them. I gotta tell them what's going on.
I mean, I hate to say it. I already got my algorithm already because of. My location was filled with videos of you from different angles. Like, the person I was next to saw theirs because I could tell from their picture it was them. And then the person across from us. I mean, you look great on camera. They already have the video. I'm just letting you know. So slow down a little bit. Let me catch up, and then we can walk together.
He moves to a full sprint. What do you do?
Oh, my God. Okay. All right.
I need you to roll me. Act under pressure. When you act under pressure, roll plus. Cool. On a 10, plus, you set out. You do what you set out to do. On a 7 to 9, the Keeper is going to give you a worse outcome. Hard choice or price to pay? You rolled a nine, which is a mixed success. So first tell me, Ricky, what is your. What is your goal here in. In racing after Razor, what would you like to have be the optimal outcome here?
As a person who cares would love to have them not be so frantic, because how do you solve anything with. With emotion that high, you know?
So you're trying to keep pace with them to reach the palace at the same time. Are you basically. Are you trying to beat him there or you're trying to stop him from going there?
Oh, same time.
Okay, Same time. So on a 7 and 9, I'm to give you a couple choices here. Hard choice or a price to pay? I think in your running, you either lose your lapel camera.
Okay, that's rude.
Or you're moving so hard to keep pace, you twist your ankle. So you're gonna have a minus one on physical things until you just get some ice on it.
Yeah, that one I can't lose my camera.
Sometimes you don't see the curb. So you like, you take the step and you didn't know there was a step there?
Ah, Ah. Hollywood. Come on. Where. Where's our tax money going to?
The two of you reach the door of the palace. Our timelines are probably merging so that the two of you are doing something inside. Razor and Ricky, you're outside the door. What's everyone doing?
Yeah, headed out the door.
So you're headed out the front door?
Yeah.
Great. So as Ricky and Razor reach the door, you two exit. Razor just like bolts past.
Oh my God.
The two of you inside. Whoo.
Whoopsie.
Oh, wow. What. What are the odds? Hey, Chandler, where can I get some ice around here?
One of the. Any. Any one of the nine bars. All right, that you can. You can get ice.
I'm going in.
Yeah, there's a bar right to the right on the inside by the piano there. Ricky.
Perfect. I be lying.
Ricky, you head there. What about the. What about Hal and Chandler? What are you doing?
Where do you think he's going? Maybe we should try and hear what he does.
We should. Definitely. We should have followed him, really. But it's too late for that now. We're gonna have to track him. What's the matter, Ricky?
I come back away from the bar. I. I gotta tell you. He knows. He knows about the. The message. He knows he's been caught. I. But I gotta. I'll be right back. I just want to let you know that, that he knows. He's upset.
Did he say where he's going?
Probably a talk to the big ones. You know what I'm saying?
There's larger people here than us.
I don't know. I'm small for everyone. That's more like a status thing.
Okay, well, where do the bigly important people hang out? Chandler?
That would be the. The Biggly lounge. That is upstairs and then downstairs and then upstairs.
All right, I'll meet you there. I'm gonna go get some ice.
I'll take some.
Oh, bring me some too. Okay, let's go.
Great. Who's going where?
We're off to the Bigly lounge.
Yeah, I'll follow you if you're going.
Great. So you're heading upstairs first. As you head up the stairs, you sense an energy, a frantic energy throughout the whole building right now. Even though like as you reach the upstairs area, even the servers are like looking at their phones. Everyone is absolutely shocked at this video. So you make your way upstairs to make your way to the downstairs. Then Back to the upstairs.
Yeah.
Trying to blend in. Along the way, I'll be making comments like wow, I'm just shaking my head.
As you make your way upstairs, Chandler and Hal just off to the side because Chandler, you would know this of course as well. On the left hand side is a wall. But all those are secret doors. All those are secret panels. And in order to reach the bigly lounge, we have to go to the far end of the dining room to get to the downstairs to back the upstairs to the biggly lounge. Is that where you want to head to?
It's always fun to walk through the dining room and see what they're cooking.
You see them all whispering and looking around and Trixie appears. Everyone, we're still trying to find out if we're open tonight. Everyone please continue setting the tables. We're gonna find out from the council as soon as possible if we're still open tonight. As she makes her way back downstairs to the real downstairs.
Who is that?
Trixie?
Ricky, you are nursing the ankle downstairs. The real downstairs.
Oh no. Right now I'm currently walking. I'm going upstairs, then downstairs and upstairs again. With three glasses. Pint glasses filled to the top with ice. And I'm doing my best not to drop any of it. Of course, they didn't give me a baggie. So I'm gonna have to grab some napkins at some point. Passing by another bar, I'm sure. And then I'll have to probably ask for two. I don't want to take too many. They're tiny little cocktail napkins. How many? How much ice can I get in those anyway? To make a little sack for my ankle.
Great. So you're trailing behind Chandler and Hal as you make your way upstairs. Trixie is coming towards you and she.
Says, oh, hey Trixie.
Ma', am, we need to clear out. If you're not a Guild member, we need to have everyone leave immediately. I'm so sorry.
I'm a member and I go to do a hand symbol like boy Scouts, but my hands are full of ice and I. Oh, sorry.
She just looks at you.
I just gotta keep going. But you know me and my antics. To my boys.
What's your stage name?
A woman never reveals her stage name.
Ma', am, just please head to the front exit.
The front exit? Well, that seems kind of interesting. You would think it's always a back exit, wouldn't you?
Ma', am, please.
Do I look like a ma'? Am?
Am.
I feel okay? Well, now I have to pee a little bladder here. Can I, May I just. My hand. I'm covered. I'm dropping ice everywhere. These napkins are. I'm sweating in my hands.
Take you to the downstairs bathroom.
Oh, thank you so much. Thank you.
She starts walking you.
I can't go outside to the bathroom. That's indecent.
I don't want to call security. Yeah, you could. I don't want to have you arrested, please.
Yeah, well, I'm a detective, so.
Oh, really? Are you here on an official business?
Uh huh. Yeah, I just left my badge at home, but. Precinct 17. Look him up. Martinez, my bestie.
Okay, we can keep going downstairs.
Why do you sound like you don't believe me?
I don't.
Okay, well, at least you're honest. See, I could read you. I'm that good.
So my question to you, Ricky, you have potential ways to get around Trixie here. Are you going downstairs with her willingly or do you want to, I don't know, try to get past her?
I want to try to get past her. Of course I do.
So one of the moves in Monster of the Week is called to manipulate someone. So you could. There isn't necessarily a bluff, but there might be ways to bluff her using moves. Or you just say, hey, this is what I'm going to offer you to let me run rampant here or whatever I want to do. You also have Jessica Jones entry, don't forget.
Well, I definitely want to try Jessica Jones entry.
Fantastic. Why don't you read for me the move from your. From your playbook.
It says when you double talk your way into a secure location, roll plus charm. On a 10, plus pick three. On a seven to nine, pick two. And on a fail, pick and it is. One is you don't leave any trace of what you searched. Another one is you find what you wanted. Another is you find something else that's important. Another is you don't piss anyone off. And one more is you aren't recognized.
Yeah, I think this applies. So go ahead and roll that for me if you can. Okay, That's a fail. So on a failure, mark, experience.
Okay.
You still on a fail though. Get to pick one of these. Which of those five do you want to pick? Here?
Oh, well, if I do, I'm not recognized. Does that mean she would. She might actually believe that I was like. She just doesn't remember that I am a part of the magician's guild.
You aren't recognized in this situation would mean that she probably wouldn't be able to identify you or recognize you. But you did fail the Role, So there will be. There will be an effect for the fail. But you aren't recognized means your identity. And you know you're not gonna be. The police aren't gonna be called on you, basically. In this situation, I would say that.
One'S probably a safe bet.
Okay, so you aren't recognized. So she goes, fine, fine, fine. Just know that we gotta lock this place down eventually.
I totally understand 100%.
And I'll look up the role and see if I can find your name in there.
Okay?
I don't recognize that name.
Understood. Yeah, just sometimes they spell it wrong with a P or something. So, like one of those silent ones, she heads downstairs.
Chandler and Hal. You enter the secret hallway, and you know there's a couple doors between you and that hall. You hear loud talking doors away. What do you do? It's just the two of you here right now.
We need to be careful because if they're all possessed, this is going to be bad for us. I don't know, maybe I thought, who knows how many there could be?
Okay, so worst case scenario, there's like 200 of them, and they're all big and they're all possessed.
I. I think, you know, the Occupancy is like 60, but, you know, they could be using duplication spells and, And. And then maybe hiding inside endless hallways.
Well, let's. Let's just see what we can hear by standing outside and then figure out a plan B. If we can make out their. Their statements.
Hey, does that thing really work? When you put a glass up to a door?
We can say we're waiting for ice. Yeah.
Yeah, we're waiting for ice. We are.
Well, if. If. If our ice would get here, then we would know. I don't have a glass right now. Do you?
No, I don't, but I. I thought you might. Might know that from previous experience.
Speaking of ice, knowing Ricky had hurt her ankle and had ice, did you leave a way for Ricky to follow you in these hidden hallways? As I say, no wrong answer here.
I mean, if she just follows the stairs, then she'll get. She'll get to where we are.
Well, there is the hidden door, though, like the wall. So do you. Does she know? Did you tell her how to get in there, too?
Oh, okay. Well, maybe I could wait for it out there. If you stand and listen, you're likely to recognize voices better than I would. Anyway, my phone's kind of low, but text me if you need me to, you know, redirect our party in the rear.
Our rear Party.
It's a party in the rear. I got 43%.
That's. Oh, wow. Yeah, your phone sounds so nice. I'll see you in a minute.
So, Hal, are you ducking out?
Yeah, I'm gonna stand by the door that's easiest to miss and wait to waver in.
And I think at this point, Ricky, you'd probably see Hal's head pop out of what looks like a wall. Like, it's just like the wall that opens up at this point, though, Chandler, I would like you to roll for me. Read a bad situation. When you look around and read a bad situation, roll plus sharp on a 10 plus hold 3 on a 7 and 9. Hold 1. You can ask me the following questions. You might have a move here too, which we'll get to here in a moment, Chandler. But you can ask me what's my best way in, my best way out. Are there any dangers we haven't noticed? What's the biggest threat? What's most vulnerable to me? What's the best way to protect the victims? So go ahead and roll that for me, Chandler. 10 plus for Chandler. Chandler, you're a spell slinger. You get three of those questions that I can reread them to you. You also have what is called third eye. When you read a bad situation, you can open up your third eye for a moment to take in extra information. On a seven plus. Take one hold and you can see invisible things on a miss. You may still get one hold, but you're exposed to supernatural danger. Unfiltered hidden reality is rough on the mind. So what that means is even on a miss for read a bed situation, you get a plus one. Like to ask me a question, but something might come in as well. What's my best way in, my best way out? Are there any dangers we haven't noticed? What's the biggest threat? What's most vulnerable to me? What's the best way to protect the victims? In this case, I guess you can interpret to me what that might mean because it is vague for a reason. So you can choose to interpret that how you will. It is always focused on the situation. So there's something going on here down the hall.
What's the biggest threat you're deducing now?
There is a spirit or something possessing people. Something is possessing people. And it made Razor break one of the rules of of the guild and the Council. If he does not admit that he might have been possessed, which is also a problem, he is done. So whatever this thing is, it didn't like kill him or hurt anybody. It literally just ruined his life here at the Magic Palace.
What is the. What is the biggest threat to me? Most vulnerable to me?
Most vulnerable to me usually means what is. What is meaning, like, what do you have the most impact? Like what. What can I do that would have the most impact to change whatever this threat is? That one of your questions to me. So here, here's. This is dovetails nicely. If this is a spirit, which I am not seeing. Yes or no. But it could be, yeah.
If such things exist.
If such things exist, your ability to see invisible things is going to be key because it's very likely virtually impossible to see this thing without being able to see invisible things. So your ability to see invisible things will be helpful in trying to locate whatever is happening, whatever is affecting people. And as a rule, reminder, it is called a hold. So if you want to hold on to that last one for whatever reason and ask me that question later, which, when you reconvene with your hunters or anything like that, you can do that.
Let's hold it because we might need to know how to get out of there. If we get in there, check in.
With Hal and Ricky in the dining room area. What are the two of you doing?
I'm ushering us back towards Chandler and being like, so what the heck? You just have some wet glasses and a torn napkin.
Yeah, I think amongst these three, I have enough to fill one of these cocktails. I don't know. I wanted some ice for my ankle and. You asked for ice. I thought I was doing good. Then I ran into Trixie and I ran into Trixie and.
Who?
Trixie.
What's her middle name?
Something with the P, I think. It's silent, though. I just. I don't know. Next time I see her, I'll ask. Maybe Chandler knows. I feel. I feel like they have history of some sort of.
It sounds like they're talking down here. I hope Chandler can make some of it out.
Here, use this glass.
Oh, perfect. Oh, what happened? All the ice.
Well, it's fine. You go. I'll pick up the ice.
As that happens, let's go.
Let's go.
As that happens, Chandler, you're in this hallway. My question to you is, do you want to hide or not hide? As the door opens and you get the sense that this meeting, whatever this is, is being let out. Chandler, what do you want to do?
Hide and observe.
Will roll me. Act under pressure to find quickly a suitable hiding spot. Mix success on a 7 to 9. The keeper is going to give you a worse outcome. Hard choice or price to pay? If you stay hidden, you may not be able to rejoin your hunters right away. You might be kind of stuck in here for the moment. They may be locking doors. So you might be removed from your fellow hunters for a brief time. Not the rest of the mystery, but for a time. But you'll be remain hidden. Or if you reveal yourself, you will be able to leave with everybody. But there might be implication that you had something to do with what happened to Razor. Well, what would.
What.
Which choice would you like to go with?
I'll stay hidden. Yeah, yeah, hidden.
Okay, you stay hidden and I'm going to tell you, Chandler, what you observe from your hiding spot. So Razor comes out first. He is visibly upset, but silent. He just blows right past you out the door. Team Ice, you see Razor leave and he looks upset. Following behind him, Chandler, you see the rest of the council behind Razor. You see. You see Captain Handy. Captain Handy is next.
That was Captain Handy.
Captain Handy. Yep. I said yep. Captain Handy is next. Captain Handy has a flowing cape. Of course. He comes out first. Chris Blaine, of course behind Campton. Handy. You of course also recognize Nick Nichols, of course behind Chris. And Chandler, I want you to tell us, the listeners, myself, everyone here, what does one see when they see the Great Panini?
He wears unnecessarily tall top hats. And he's got, you know, usually a cape with a doctor Strange collar. And he wears a. He wears like this maroon colored shirt that's overly puffy.
Does he have a hairy chest or is it just. That's just. It's.
It's both. He has a hairy chest, but he also just has the shirt that's way too drapey.
He walks by Chandler. He does not see you. As we establish with your mixed success, he emerges. The two of you in the dining room area with the ice. You see these four people emerge. This last individual comes through. He comes through that wall door, locks it from his side, and he says, it's time to talk turkey. This place is closed to non Guild members. He looks right at the two of you. Please leave at once while we investigate further this crime against the Guild.
Oh, thank you so much. I thought it was still open. And I'm ready to leave, so thank you so much. Let's go talk turkey altogether, huh?
Yes, outside. And don't give me any sourdough faces. Outside now.
Well, we're just. We're just waiting on our friend. I want to make sure we can carpool back.
Well, that's a wrap on the two of you here inside the palace. Please exit immediately.
Well, sir, why don't you chop up some different ideas about.
That's a salad. That's a salad, not a sandwich.
Oh, watermelon you talking about?
That's a fruit. That is also not a sandwich.
Can we.
Can we, Caprice, say something.
Okay, now we're on to something.
Okay, now, now how do you take it away?
Okay, now we're headed outside the door. So he's motion. He's like walking with his arms out to guide you to outside. What do you do?
I go for a hug.
Great. He hugs you as he walks.
Woof.
What is that? Patchouli?
Thank you.
Gesundheit.
So my question to the two of you is, are you trying to resist him asking you to leave or you walking him out? Walking with him out.
What are you up to this evening? Great panini. As I walk with him.
You recognize me?
Yes. One recognizes such great flair and magicness.
No other douchebag would wear a stovepipe that tall.
Okay.
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Chandler, you're inside the hallway. You probably heard the little exterior lock of the hallway here from the outside. Your friend. Rival. Sorry, friend. Your rival, the great Panini, locked that door in the hallway. What do you want to do? Do you want to do anything? You want to try to get out? What do you. What are you doing here in the hallway now?
Well, I never got my cup of ice, so I'm gonna. I'm looking around for a glass to try to test that listening through the door thing.
Sure. Would you like to try to find another way out to the dining room?
Are they in the next room or are they several rooms over? I definitely want to get as close as I can.
You don't know you're in the Hallway and you heard them lock you in.
Okay.
You are alone for whatever that might help you or hurt you, whatever meeting happened. And you don't get the sense. Anyone who does live here is in their rooms. Like you sense. Like right now you're in this room and residential part of the palace by yourself. You're just locked in temporarily.
Can I conjure a glass or is that big magic?
Let's take a look. Thank you for that question.
That's big.
I don't know if it's. I don't know if it's happened yet, but we. Let's talk about use magic. When you use magic, say what you're trying to achieve and how do you do the spell? You roll plus weird on 10 plus, the magic works without issues. Choose your effect. On 7 to 9, it works imperfectly. Choose your effect and a glitch. So one of the regular effects of magic are a list of things here. Inflict harm. Enchant a weapon. Do one thing that is beyond human limitations. Typically that means like, you know, lifting a car, that sort of thing. But it's vague for a reason. Chandler. Bar a place or portal to a specific person or type of creature. Trap a specific person, minion or monster. Banish a spirit or curse from the person, object or place it inhabits. Summon a monster into the world, which is wild to me, that. That is on this list. Communicate with something that you do not share a language with. Observe another place or time, or heal unharmed from an injury, or cure a disease or neutralize a poison. That's the list of effects that is at your disposal.
I mean, it seems like if I could summon a monster, I could. I could conjure a glass. But let's try, see what happens. I'm doing it.
Do one thing that is beyond human limitations. Oh, wait. Okay, you're using magic.
Was I not supposed to?
So on a 10 plus, the magic works without issues. You choose your effect. So of that list, I just told you, I mean, summon a monster into the world. It does say the word monster. There's nothing that says there can't be a glass shaped monster that you could summon into your hand. It would be a. I want to be clear. It would be a monster. But that is within the rules.
That might be more than I bargained for, but like, oh, I. I just wanted a glass of milk and. And I've ended up with a monster of milk.
You could do a daredevil thing. Like, do one thing that's beyond limitations. You could like, like tune up your. Your auditory Senses, if you want.
Yeah, that sounds great. Let's do that. I don't want to deal with a monster right now. We've already got demons in possession. It's enough. Are there good monsters?
You did roll a 13, which is a 10 plus. It works without. It works without issues. So I'm not trying to be. I'm not trying to trap you here, but I am. Want to be specific. What is your intended effect? Are you trying to zero in on someone talking? Are you trying to amplify all sound? Like, what would be your ideal?
I want to hear what everyone is saying. Or hear as many of them as possible to find out who knows what's happening, who's in on it. Or maybe they're not. Maybe it's just Razor and everybody else is truly oblivious. But it's a little sus. Something's up.
Your wish is granted. So you hear multiple conversations in your eardrums. You hear the majority of the chatter is, I can't believe Razer did this. I can't believe he broke. Like, what is going on with him? You can hear from the wait staff, from the chefs and the cooks, the bartenders who are setting up, the valets outside. Like, everyone is just like, I can't believe he did this. Like, how stupid. Like, he broke, like, one of the very basic rules. No busking. As a magician, you don't ask for tips. And on top of that, they're like, why would he post on social media? Like, everyone just. They're shocked.
It sounds like everybody's talking about the busking and nobody's talking about the glowing red eyes.
Correct, Chandler? Absolutely correct. You also hear, and we're going to. I'm going to jump to them in a moment. Your two hunter friends talking with a few of the council members as they are headed out the front door. You would get the sense, Chandler, that they just. They don't know what's going on either. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. But they don't want anyone here who's not a Guild member at the moment to try to get more information about what's really going on. So you get all that with this use magic effect. Anything else you'd like to do before I check in with the other two?
No.
Hal, Ricky, a few of the council members. Trixie is also there.
Who?
That's Trixie right there.
I don't think so. I think that's the person at the front desk.
Yeah. Named Trixie.
The Great Panini is leading the charge. He's like, we'll be open back again at 6pm if you wish to come back as a guest this evening. But unfortunately, we do need to shut down for not members at this time.
Totally understandable. And very sorry about the misunderstanding that you misunderstand before.
Okay.
And are you single?
Yes, I am.
Oh, no wonder why.
Excuse me.
Would you like to grab.
What?
Excuse me.
Pardon me.
Would you like to grab coffee sometime?
I'm a tea person.
Would you like to grab tea sometime?
This guy.
Give me a second.
All right. Why don't you come back later this evening if you wish to have the. To. To continue this conversation.
No, Please. She's talking to you. I'm not talking to you. I'm over here. I'm over here. Hey. Hi.
DOOR closes so vague. Didn't get a time. You just let that happen? I'm trying to get answers.
I'm sorry, babe, I'm really.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No.
What?
Do you see him again? No. Not here, not now. Not here, not now. No, babe. No babe. All right. So Chandler's inside.
How's your phone? We should call him. Does he know where Razor lives? You know, we should try to go talk to that guy.
He probably does. They are friends. Although I wouldn't. I don't know if they'd call each other best friends. But they're friends. I don't know, guys.
Do you only know where your best friends live?
Well, no, I just feel like guys don't call their. Their friends best friends. I feel like you go, oh, my friend. But you never use the term best friend, do you?
Who's here? Who's your best friend?
Clementine.
It sounded very hesitant. I feel like I would say.
Yeah, you're right.
I don't have a best friend.
Yeah, exactly. But do you have a friend? Okay, who's your friend?
I prefer not to get into personal stuff like this.
Oh, my gosh.
Coming down the side. There's like a side ramp which you intuit is probably like employee parking behind the Palace. You see Razor smoking a cigarette, looking extremely stressed out. Just kind of walking down to the end of the little path there and kind of sits on the concrete curb. Just chain smoking. Kind of freaking out.
I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go sit next to Razor and say, hey, buddy, how are you doing?
I'm screwed. I'm done.
Hey. Hey. I saw everything. I was with you during that. Talk to me. Tell me what happened. Did you go talk to the higher uppers?
Yeah. Well, I can't say what I think is going on because that would also be a violation of the rules. And so I told them it was fake. I don't know what came over me. I was drunk. They didn't believe any of it. They're gonna have a vote. They're gonna have a vote in the morning to kick me out formally.
What time? Like, how early?
8:36Am 8:36am that's so ridiculous. Who.
Who named such a stupid time?
Was it hey. Hey.
Yes.
Hey, we're being friends here. We are having our friendly. Okay.
I'm on his side. No, I think I can help. Better in this one than the last one.
Okay. Just making sure. Sorry. It was about your tone. Your tone set me off. But that. That was absolutely messed up of them. I agree.
8:30, Virginia Slim. He offers you Virginia Slim.
I would love to hold one.
He takes one out, hands it to you.
Wow. So that's what that feels like to you, Hal.
Virginia Slim. Hal.
No, I'm trying to keep it together.
Okay. He lights. He like, takes his Bic lighter and like, as if to light your cigarette.
Sure, sure, sure, sure. Yeah, go ahead, light it.
He puts it up to the end.
Oh, I get the appeal of this. Yeah, the smoke looks cool. I get it. Kind of like a serpent. Anyway, so, yeah, we'll be here with you tomorrow. 8:36am we can be here with you.
The vote is going to happen in the morning to kick me out. I'm already done. I ha. I hate to ask this of the two of you especially. I don't know where Chandler is because I didn't see him. But we need. I can't tell them I was possessed. But that's why I called Chandler in the first place. Because I think something's going on.
Wait, can we say that because we're not Guild members?
I mean, they're not going to listen to you. Really. And if Chandler says it, then he's in the same boat I'm in.
Well, who else do you think.
In.
The palace community dabbles in real magic besides our. Our bestie friendy.
Good job.
Kind of looks at the two of you suspiciously. Why are you asking me that?
Hey.
Well, I guess I assume that if somebody wants revenge and it's somebody that has influence over real magic, that they want revenge for something that might be that the person they want revenge on might know something about this magic that the. The adversary wields.
He looks around and he says, officially, the guild does not recognize magic anything supernatural as real. Therefore, I can neither confirm nor deny any Guild member dabbling in Said practices. Chandler, you're in a hallway. You heard a lot of things. The effect does slowly fade, and you get your regular hearing back. What would you like to do now?
Well, I guess my work here in the hallway is done, so I'll make my way back down the stairs and then up the stairs and down the stairs into the front.
Sure.
Exit.
Said door is locked on the outside, though. So how would you like to get out of the upstairs, downstairs. Upstairs hallway. Huh.
Well, maybe I should have made a glass out of the glass so then I could have crawled out through the hole where the glass was. Well, it could A spell get me out of here.
If you'd like to use magic, let the dice tell us what happens. Oh, another 10 plus. So again, you choose your effect. There is no glitch. Inflict harm. Enchant a weapon. Do one thing that is beyond human limitations. Bar or place, which doesn't apply here. Trap a specific person. Also doesn't apply. Banish the spirit. It says. Banish a spirit or curse from the person. I wouldn't apply here. Summon a monster in the world. Communicate with something that you do not share a language with. Observe another place or time. Heal from injury or harm.
Okay, then let's keep it small and. Yeah, if I can. Yeah, if I could just, you know, lock pick it with my finger. If that's a, you know, Mr. Fantastic Movie, then sure, let's do that.
A finger. And maybe a fingernail pops through the little crack in the. What is a wall to most observers. You manage to unclick the latch, and you can leave at your leisure.
Okay. Hopefully there's no more locked doors. On my way out. Step, step, step, step. I'm just going. I'm just going. Downstairs, upstairs, downstairs.
You see, the staff in the dining room do notice you, but again, you're a member, so that it's not like there's like a security issue.
Hey, member.
But they do rec. They do acknowledge your presence in the area.
I point my members pin.
These are the people that were shocked that Razor did this. This is like the closest voices you heard. Where do you want to go, Chandler, now that you're free to move about the country?
I'm just heading toward the main exit. Front exit, front entrance, slash, exit. To meet up with my fellow hunters.
So as you exit through the front door, Trixie does undo the lock for you and closes it behind you. Her name tag says Trixie. You do see your fellow hunters and Razor at the end of that driveway. Some smoking cigarettes, some holding cigarettes. All gathered There. Our timelines are merging. What does everyone want to do?
I want to put out this cigarette. I'm full.
I want to know from you, Razor, who. Who do you think wants revenge on you or on the council?
I mean, the list is long.
Okay. If you could put them in order of most to least.
I mean, there's guests that don't like the magic. They're guests that don't like the dinner. All of us, in one way or the other, are trying to get on the council. So, you know, I'm. If I'm being removed, someone could take my spot. There's people who don't get into the Guild. There's people who think the charges are too high. The people there's. I mean, it's everywhere.
When was.
When was the last time you or the council had to deal with something that they thought might be real? Actual magic?
Well, officially, never. How about unofficially all the time? That's why I call. Chandler, I have a question. Sure.
Okay. My question is, is there a person next in line to take over if you were to get removed? Or is it like a conclave situation where everyone mingles and talks and parties and.
Oh, no one gets their phones.
No one gets their phones.
I haven't seen the movie. I haven't seen that movie. But, yes, it's like that.
Oh, it's a real thing. It's a real thing, though.
Is it on streaming? Is it on streaming, though?
Yeah, we can talk about that later.
But I think it might have ads.
I can't stand that. I don't want to pay the extra two bucks, though.
Not for a feature film.
I mean, why? Who's caught? Who's deciding where these ads go?
Oh, it's some robot or something. It's. It's. No. No person with a brain, I assure you.
Oh, Chandler. Razor notices Chandler outside the palace.
Goodness gracious. Hi, Chandler.
The Great Panini.
Hey.
You were. You were hitting on the Great Panini?
I.
Of all the magicians here.
Who told you. You did not hear me. You were not.
Oh, I heard you. I was exercising my skills and I heard you.
Okay. Okay. Well, monkey see, monkey do. I learned from you that it's probably a good idea to socialize with people other than just YouTube.
Are you the only one not hitting on anyone today?
I'm not hitting. It was. I was gonna end up manipulating.
I'm not hitting on anybody. Razor says, would you like to.
All right.
Hit on someone?
Yes.
No.
Okay.
You look rough. Maybe you could use it.
I don't know if that's a good hit on.
Oh, no, I didn't mean that.
We'll talk.
You were asking. You were asking.
Is there a conclave? So is there. I guess there's not a conclave.
Not really.
Is there someone next in line who takes over when someone's. Is there a list of in order?
It's a. It's a vote. It's a. It's like.
So it's a conclave. It's a conclave.
That's.
Conclave.
It's a conclave. You're describing what conclave is.
I need to know which streaming service it's on.
Oh, we'll talk after this.
Okay.
I have a question.
Another fresh cigarette and lights it.
Or maybe. Maybe. And I need to investigate a mystery. But we have. We have. We have. We have answered the question of whether or not that whole lounge full of magicians was in on it. They're not. It sounds. It seems like they're all in the dark. Does that. Is it reasonable to assume then that there is just one demon spirit or being that is inhabiting that is moving from body to body as it possesses them rather than multiple possessions happening simultaneously?
So that is a great question. I will have you roll if you. If you take an action to maybe determine that. And that could be anything. So how would you like to try to maybe narrow that down for yourself? Chandler and team.
Yes. Sorry. Actually, just because I didn't totally follow all of this from the hallway. Chandler, you still have a hold from some point in the hallway, right?
Yeah. Yeah.
What is that? You said there's a hold remaining.
Razor looks at you. A hold? What does that mean?
Oh, I think it's. It's.
Is that another movie?
We have lots of sphincters in our body, right? It's not 52. Oh, yeah, there's just two.
52.
Oh, I thought it was just two. Two sphincters.
I thought you said 52.
That's so different.
Did you not say 52?
I said 52. Razor.
Card pickup. Two sphincters.
I haven't seen that movie either. I don't have Netflix.
Anyway. Chandler, you were staring off into the distance. Go ahead.
Otherwise I hold us when you make physical contact for too long.
Oh, I'm single. Thank you for reminding me. He says as he takes the other drag.
Yes, Chandler, another square.
Chandler, you do have a hold left from your hallway conversation. Keep in mind that is related to that situation. So that may not necessarily inform this situation, but you can use that hold for that whenever you'd like.
And what do I have left? How do I get in? How do I get out?
Get in, get out. Dangers, haven't noticed. Biggest threat, most vulnerable to me, which I think was the one we answered. And best way to protect the victims.
I don't know if any of those will answer this question about multiple possessions or, or, or multiple.
The third eye part was the thing I didn't understand.
The third eye would have revealed anything invisible for you in that hallway, and there was nothing invisible in that moment for you. Oh, but when, when you do something that puts you in a, quote, bad situation, and I call for that role, you will see invisible things when you open your third eye. You can also ask me your question and I can see if it applies to one of the hold. If you want to.
Well, but yeah, the question is, are there multiple possessors?
Possessors? You mean victims?
No. Is it. Is it just one entity that is possessing multiple people, going from one to the next, like human, huno and razor?
I think that would involve. That would involve. To hear you were correct, that would involve investigative mystery. But that would have, that would mean you would have to do something as a group or individually to, to investigate that further, if that makes sense. So how would you like to get that information or try to get that information?
That's a good question because also, Razor doesn't seem possessed right now. But is the, Is he still hosting the possessor? Are you examining him, giving him the Larry David stare?
Can we investigate a mystery as you give him the Larry David stare? There, Chandler? That counts.
I'll take another cigarette to hold.
He hands you one as he's like, what are you doing, Chandler? That's a fail. So Mark experience Chandler, as a note on investigating mystery. When you fail a roll, you do reveal something to the threat. But in this moment, he doesn't appear to be possessed to you. And I'll give this to Freezies, Chandler, you don't see that little red glint in the eye? So at least that bit of evidence doesn't appear to reveal he seems to be possessed. And he does appear to be the Razor.
You know, what do you think would happen if in the next 24 hours or so, the same thing that happened to you happened to one, two, three other council members? I mean, is there like a safe location where there has to be one remaining council member at all times or something? How, how. What's going to happen then?
I guess we all just vote as a group on, on new council members, the whole guild, you're saying like a conclave Yeah, I haven't.
I haven't seen that movie.
What?
You sound like you knew all about it.
I know what a conclave is. I haven't seen the movie.
I thought you saw the movie.
There's a movie about what? Papal elections?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So just like the Magic palace, there's its own Vatican City. People live in the city and outside that participate in the city. So people.
Spoilers. Spoilers.
Okay, all right. Well, I haven't seen the movie. I'm not. I'm just going off real life stuff.
Although they do some of those guards wear ridiculous outfits.
That's Buckingham Palace, I think.
Oh, I thought for sure it was in Italy.
Are you thinking the movie Roma?
I haven't seen that either.
In Mexico.
I'm confused. But what I'm not confused about is that this possession happened to a regular civilian on the street. Now to you. Razor or Raze or Razor.
I'll take either.
Oh. Oh. Sounds like someone's becoming our friend. I love that. Here's what I want to know, sir. Friend, buddy, pal, bestie. I want to know who's next up on the chain. Common civilian. Who maybe comes to the Magic palace, then you, who's a part of the guild, who's higher up than you. Who do you think's a hot target?
That I don't know. But I can tell you the four of us are general council members. And he looks at Chandler. The great Panini is the head of the council.
You know, I knew I should have gotten a time to get tea with him. I knew it.
Oh, you were hitting on him, right?
Well, here's the thing. I trust my besties. Here it was. I was just trying to find time to get time alone with him, maybe work my lady charm, maybe not to ask him about his experience and know if. If maybe he's summoning this. This entity. Entity? Hello. Am I not the best detective or what? He loves tea. Entity. Come on.
Well, he. He looks at the three of you and he says, well, Chandler, only you and I are really going to be able to go in and out before the people come in. But he looks at you, Ricky. Once the first guests show up at 6, if you can come to the night's festivities, well, then I'm sure you'll be able to talk to Panini on his own throughout the night.
Does he have a. Does he have a type?
Does he have a type? I think. Does he have a type? I think he's O or A positive.
Okay. And aside from.
Those are really different. How would you get those two confused.
I'm into blood types, but.
But A plus is, like, almost not remarkable in any single way. And O is, like, very easy to donate.
Yeah, exactly. He nods.
He's either into the very remarkable or the not at all remarkable.
Thank you.
Okay, is he a boob guy or a butt guy?
I don't know. Probably boobs.
Okay, Chandler, can you do some magic on me to give me an enhancement so I can really make sure I get time with this person?
Whoa.
Yeah.
Chandler, can you do that?
Can you do that for me?
Chandler, this is serious. Is this possible for you?
Chandler, I will tell you, that is big magic to change the.
Well, I don't know. And you know what? You're perfect the way you are. And if you think I'm gonna help you lure this horrible magician.
I pulled Chandler aside and I go, hey, hey. I'm thinking about us as a team, as a group. I'm trying to get time alone with him. I'm trying to get in his head and find out more about about this possession. Okay? I'm just trying to get in there, guarantee my spot, one on one, to get some answers, buddy.
His head or his head?
Put it aside, man. Sirs. What was that?
Did you say man?
Sirs? As Hal shouts, we see a billboard with an eyeshot of the Magic palace advertising the new movie Manswers starring Jason Statham, Jeff Goldblum and Jennifer Coolidge. Atop this billboard sits a simple crow or raven. Who really knows the difference? Anyway, quietly yet quite directly observing all that is going on below it.