The Adventure Zone

The Adventure Zone: Abnimals Ep. 21: A Deal With Killdeath!

42 min
Feb 27, 2025about 1 year ago
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Summary

This is a fictional narrative episode from The Adventure Zone: Abnimals, a D&D-style roleplay podcast. The party infiltrates Governor's Island to meet with Dr. Gregory Kildeth, a reformed villain, seeking information about HQ layouts and escape routes while RCFE agents close in. The episode culminates in combat preparation and recruitment of a pacifist tortoise ally.

Insights
  • Narrative worldbuilding uses familiar pop culture references (Barbra Streisand's bunker, Avatar, Disney's Animal Kingdom) to ground fantastical settings in relatable contexts
  • Character development through moral ambiguity: reformed villains retain valuable expertise while struggling with their past identities
  • Ensemble storytelling requires dynamic task delegation and role specialization during high-pressure scenarios
  • Humor emerges from character inconsistencies and unexpected personality traits (pacifist tortoise, pancreas-piloted humanoid)
Topics
Narrative improvisation and collaborative storytellingCharacter development and moral redemption arcsWorldbuilding through environmental design and architectureCombat mechanics and tactical gameplayEnsemble cast dynamics and party coordinationHumor writing through absurdist character designPodcast production and audio designFictional prison and containment facility design
Companies
Disney
Referenced for Animal Kingdom theme park as visual inspiration for fictional volcano architecture
West Coast Customs
Mentioned as source for custom vehicle modifications in comedic dialogue about Dr. Kildeth's seat
Maximum Fun
Network that distributes The Adventure Zone and other podcasts; mentioned in sponsor segments
People
Griffin McElroy
Primary narrator and game master directing the episode's narrative and combat encounters
Travis McElroy
Player character controlling Axelrod/Hatchet Man; contributes worldbuilding and character voices
Justin McElroy
Player character controlling Navy Seal; provides comedic commentary and character interactions
Clint McElroy
Player character controlling Roger; participates in combat and narrative decisions
Quotes
"We're rebels on our own sort of thing. Yeah man, we're rebels on a secret mission we won't tell you about."
Party memberMid-episode
"I'm a pacifist now"
Lamar (tortoise character)Near episode end
"The status quo is no mo when we're done with it"
Party memberMid-episode
"I'm one strong pancreas"
Cleft (Dr. Kildeth's partner)During evacuation sequence
Full Transcript
In spite of what you've done, we're at the height of our powers We're top of tallest towers, we're still We'll never stop, but smile and we can trust And we will do what we must until it's turning out just like we plan And we're still wrong It's long, but our mojo is strong And unless I'm wrong, and I'm not, we're at the height of our powers You're standing in the middle of the pavilion of the planned neighborhood of Governor's Island As you clear several at community center, houses, different kind of buildings, ice cream shop, all that stuff You can see the area you were directed towards You can see the area you were directed towards You can see the area you were directed towards You can see the area you were directed towards You can see the area you were directed towards That you believe is the home of Dr. Kildeth It's kind of hard to miss now that you are clear of all the other buildings Because it is a clearly man-made volcano Like something you might see in Disney's Animal Kingdom Cool Do they have a volcano at Animal Kingdom? They have a lot of stuff You know what I mean? When you see the floating rocks in the Avatar world And you're like, oh, okay There's a volcano in the Rainforest Cafe logo I'm so happy I can visualize that pretty easily Do you mean, Abnormal Made? No Okay, okay No, I don't There's humans in this world too Oh, I know But this looks like an Abnormal Yeah, this looks like some Abnormal You can see the hands of maybe a Badger Man Jeremy Badger Jeremy the Badger Man Cool, can we just stroll right up to the Governor's Mansion? Just give him a go or not? I mean, by Governor, I mean, Kildeth? Yeah, definitely, there's an opening You see like a cave, a cavern, you know Made to look like scary fangs and teeth You know, a growling face that you can enter through That's weird In the volcano? In front of the volcano, yeah, it's the entryway Into the cavern of the volcano Is there any obvious guards? That's a great question that we should just Defecto sort of ask, I think Just assume I'm always asking that No Great Okay Can I like knock on the walls of this cave? I want to see if this is just Paper Michet If this is just sort of a facade Yeah, go for it Okay What is it, my hand feel? Yeah, without, I mean, you can just touch it It is definitely artificial Kind of covering it's not made of rock Okay Maybe some sort of like It's not a naturally occurring dungeon? This is not a naturally occurring man-made volcano Okay Yeah, no, I guess great Nature works in a serious way Right Fellows, why don't I scout out the situation a little bit? As an infiltrator Yeah, I just feel like things tend to work better When we're together, man There certainly is more destruction We're together Yeah The cavern is wide open You guys can like peek into it if you'd like Yeah, let's just take a look Yeah, we're peeking into it Like what do we see? Thank you, Justin Inside Unbelievable You see Is seeing not assumed? Do you not assume like You had an approach that you had told me you approached it I opened my eyes I did say at the end of the last episode I closed my eyes and keep them closed forever So I opened it Okay, good narrative workaround It looks amazing in here This looks sick This looks like Barbra Streis' basement Inside What I'm saying is literally This looks exactly like Barbra Streis' basement I watched a video of it yesterday Wow This is actually a real place It's one of my favorite places that exists That I've yet to get to visit But it is an underground bunker Built in the 60s or 70s in Las Vegas And it was built to be this house with like a pool And fake palm trees So where they filmed Blast from the Past During Brendan Fraser I'm gonna say Got a huge blast from the past synergy And this is all inside the cave Yeah, so inside the cavern you see This house with a manicured artificial lawn Lots of fake plants It has like a grotto kind of pool Everything is maybe a little too vibrantly colored Lit by fluorescent lights It has a very homey, kitschy vibe to it Okay You can see a large fountain A patio set You know, you see the Like a little wishing well And of course the pool house by the pool Where is it? By the pool Thanks Um, hey, before we head in here What do you all actually know about Kill Death? Aside from all the stuff from like the papers I don't know what kind of guy we're gonna be Running into in here If we need to be You guys think it's just one guy? You think that Kill Death is some sort of committee? Some friends might be kicking around the idea Maybe it's like a bunch of guys I want to stroll right in This is prison It's like no one gets a special little house inside a prison That's crazy We're allowed to go here Uh, I am going to Slip into the pool Covertly Oh, that's great You're just gonna go for a swim? No, I'm gonna covertly slip into the pool He's stronger wet I'm stronger wet I'm stronger hiding I don't know what to expect I'm a little hot Honestly, it's like kind of muggy in here We're in a volcano I don't love it, right? So I'm just gonna slip into the water Okay, when you slip into the water It's heated, it's nice But not too hot It's pleasant, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's what I assumed Are there laser sharks? Freaking, freaking bone trivia Yeah, there's laser sharks They eat liars Throw him a freaking bone, man Liars all chewed up by laser sharks Awesome Do we see any sign of killed death? You see that the lights are on inside the home You see a front door With a doorbell Yeah, let's ring that You ring the doorbell And the door opens into the kitchen That is a weird place for the front door to open up into It's all pretend, though That's true, good point This is a fake house So there's not, you know There wouldn't be a front door to anywhere And before you is a large man In flannel pajamas with bed head, fuzzy slippers Sorry, it's a man? Well, I'm freaking out Not quite Okay Travis Travis This picture you've This finally messed up too bad for me to love you Travis has just shared an image of a man And I don't know if Travis made this image Here's how I would describe this man This man looks like an eight, okay Imagine Crang Now imagine if Crang If Crang is from the Teenage Ninja Turtles This is a big man with a brain in his stomach Behind a window Imagine Crang And except he's wearing knit pajamas And he's made of clay And he looks like Santa with sunglasses And he's got, what I can only describe is JRPG hair It's bed head, it's bed head, Justin Clearly Okay And this is illegally distinct from Crang Because it's obvious to anyone looking that It is a pancreas in his tummy With a face? It's a Crang face So it's a Crang face What do you want? Was that the pancreas or the man talking? Well, it's the pancreas The man talking Okay I'm just looking up at the human face And down at the pancreas rapidly And my face is down here Okay, but I'm If you have to forgive me, I don't want to be rude or uncomfortable But I don't know which head to talk You've never seen an alien pancreas piloting a Metsuit before? I'm so glad I'm hiding Of course I haven't No, do you know anyone else like that? No So it seems, my reaction seems maybe a little, and it's cool I'm not saying it's bad Maybe you're the alien Okay So we're looking for Kildeth? He's not home No visitors What's your name? My name's Clath And do you live here? Yeah, no doi No doi? No doi? Sorry, I stride out of the water Excuse me No Excuse the heck out of me Were you swimming in our pool? I know this is your home pal, but nobody gets to talk to my best pals that way Okay Listen, we're here for information and we're not here to be talked to like dirt So why don't we start fresh? My name is Axelot Nope, it's not, that was a joke he tells sometimes We have criminal names I'm Hammoned I said Maxilio Listen, I get it, every new prisoner wants to come and wish him a defeat of Dr. Kildeth No visitors Are you like his bodyguard or what's your relationship to Dr. Kildeth? I'm his partner Would you say you're the biggest, meanest person, creation, animal in this housing community? Like you are I don't consider myself to be mean, because very rude What do you think mean means man? I'm not cruel Well fellas, if you remember we got instructions to take down the biggest meanest to establish our... Well, let's be clear, yeah that was Axelio's instructions, so we don't have a boss per se I know, but it was a good suggestion, so I say we need to take... That's really good, I remember making it now, it was good then, it's great now And then you almost got, you almost got, okay Before we do that, let's see if we can get some information from him before If we start throwing fisticuffs If we're talking through this, it might be easier for us to get information after He made me more forthcoming man I guess so I can hear you Okay, well if you're easy dropping the little... It's not standing right here I wanna ask you a serious question Sure Do you feel, and let's say everybody a lot of time Do you feel like you would be more forthcoming before or after getting beaten up? This is just for a quiz, it's like a sorting quiz A self-assessment, a self-assessment I guess I've never thought about it before Okay, well take your time man Okay, let me think And then you hear from Dibra in the house Left, honey, who is at the door? Now hold on, is that you Dr. Kildav? You? No, no, it's just some more words, you know, fans, don't worry about it darling We're not, we aren't fans, I mean clearly we're fans No, not fans Not fans, that's not why we're here Good stuff Lately We've got a special mission Who sent you? So sinister Who sent us? No one We are rebels on our own sort of thing Yeah man, we're rebels on a secret mission we won't tell you about I don't know why you're so antsy We've gone rogue We're rogue? We're trying to shake things up In a major way If you know what I'm saying I don't The status quo is no mo When we're done with it Ah, so can we tell you? You're narks No, we're not narks We're criminals We're bad butts Okay And you're here to speak with Gregory? Look, Dr. Kildette, we have some, we got some information about a particular set of large tortoises That I think you're A man in like a helmet with kind of a bionic, a jeweler's glass eye kind of thing With like a metal mask that comes in He's wearing a bathrobe but you can see large shoulder pauldrons underneath it Now we're talking Yeah, yeah, yeah, clasped Clasped Yes, honey It's so rare that we have visitors I don't want to be bothered Let them in, you old crank It's actually pronounced crank Fine, come in but take your shoes off Were you born in a barn? We're not inside the house yet Why would you say that to us? Sorry We're wearing our shoes outside of the house I'm not really a morning person I haven't had my coffee yet Also, it's pretty messed up to say that to a man cow, I think Oh my god, I feel so embarrassed Yeah, maybe you'll unpack that later Listen, we need your help, Dr. Kildette And we know that you've been doing well Oh, okay, Dr. Gregory Kildette? No, just Gregory is fine Greg? I said Gregory Is Greg too much? Can we just go with G? Let's keep it at Dr. Kildette Dr. Kildette, Gregory, listen Wait, let me take off my seat back Oh, thank god That's much better That is what that is Did you get that from West Coast Customs? I got it custom made Yeah, I'll say, I didn't even know they could tweak out those bad boys They got Nos? Oh, yes, it has Nos That's bad, I don't think you want Nos Sometimes, I like to party All right, listen Yeah, listen, we need your help, Doc I... When you decided to turn over a new leaf To what extent did that involve turning... Turning rat on your co-conspirers? Hmm, well, I wasn't prepared for an interview But I would say my new leaf turned And now I'm focused mostly on, you know Kind of corporate or like government as the bad guys That kind of thing And we love that, we love that Yeah, do you have... I'm curious, how does this HQ set up Compared to your previous digs Over in River City, first HQ? Oh, well, it used to be Dr. Kildette Incorporated, of course Right, yeah And now you're an LLC? Oh, I'm retired now Have you eaten? Would you like some breakfast? We made cinnamon rolls I appreciate that, every time we get roped into eating at someone's house It ends up like an eight-hour long affair We do not actually have that kind of time Did you say that you were sent by the Greenback Guardians? He whispers Well, listen The less we sort of say about anything, the better I'm kind of curious I mean, we were like, made conversation Let me just say, like, you're a member of the HQ Listen, um Have you noticed any changes? Like, do they switch things around a lot from your days? Or are you pretty happy with how things have turned out? Well, I'm not so sure We've been thinking about doing an HQ of our own So we've been hearing about other HQs that, like, different people have done So we just wanted to kind of ask you about your HQ's experience Yes, the Dr. Kilgething Corporated Building was perfect for my desires It had, you know, the corporation up front kind of appeal But then, ooh, all the evil secrets You know, I used to wonder about that You got maps or anything? I'd love to see those since it's just for funds at this point Just funnin' around Yeah, we're in jail, so like, what would we even do with a real map? Just look at them Admire the orchestries No, your lenses are cameras Mine aren't even cameras, my lenses Well, yes, I'm... Suppose I have some proof What? No, you can't just give them away all of our secrets, Gregory Cleft, what are you doing? Yes What? I don't understand why you're being so rude Yeah, why are you being so defensive to us? Honey, you're being quite rude to our guests Why don't you take some cinnamon rolls out to our other guest, Wink Wink Make sure he eats today Very well Who's your... Oh, right, the other guest Right Now, listen, I... Yeah, how's that been, by the way? This has got to be pretty tight quarters How's your other guest settling in? Oh, you know about him Well, you did just mention another guest, so like, it wasn't a huge job Ah, Clef, you've seen right through It's been fun, he keeps to the pool house We rarely see him, won't even join us for bridge Well, you would... I don't know how a three player bridge... Shocked a push joins us And we have to sub in Calculator, of course But he's no fun He can figure out the odds perfectly every time Yeah, he's the machine Actually, is he a machine? I've always putters about that Part machine, okay, that settles a bet for me With the brain of an alligator And the heart of a chef Look, how like plugged in are you to current events happening outside of Governors Island? Excellent question that we should have led with Well, we read a mold What's in a way to himmiss airing for the outside world? We, you know, we get newspapers delivered and the... You know, we can watch the nightly news, but so depressing, am I right? Yeah, you're not kidding Look, you left quite a power vacuum And someone has stepped into that That has the whole sort of superhero villain, good guy, bad guy apparatus under their thumb And for whatever reason, Carver has ended up... Well, I was gonna say casualty, he is still alive as far as we know But we're looking to stand up to the big guy, if you know what I mean Carver's in trouble? Yeah, Carver has been kidnapped Carver has been kidnapped, yes Well, why didn't you lead with that? What, how can I help? We're gonna lead a siege on RCF HQ and we need some advice on how to best crack crack in there Oh, okay, well let me see what I can find Hold on one moment, let me go through all my documents Could I stick my nose in the fridge? Well, you do that, so that'd be okay To find something to eat or is your nose warm? I never, I never know what's gonna come out of that by a whole year's mac, I gotta say That was the last thing I thought you wanted, to note it's around his fridge like an old dog I mean, this place is laid out like a magazine article and I thought perhaps there'd be something really interesting Yeah, there's just a big bowl of green Granny Smith apples on the table Oh, uh, they're fake Those are not real Yeah Yes, please, uh, my volcano is your volcano, make yourselves at home, let me see here Ah, this I think you'll be particularly interested in It's a map of the tunnel system underneath the headquarters Like, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yes, I thought, yes, I thought there would be of interest to you Is this up to date though? Like, do you know if they've like changed a bunch of stuff since you moved out? I, well, if I was not consulted on the renovations, but I doubt they even know these tunnels existed Great, love that Uh, what do you know about the walrus? Oh, sorry, hold on, that's Clef's cold brew? I wouldn't touch that He gets very cranky about his cold brew Which mouth drinks it? Well, it's funneled through a system, the body, so the main, his body drinks it, right? And then it's funneled into his, him, his pancreas later Yeah, that's how it works for all of us Yes Cool, so what do you know about the walrus? Oh, yes, some of the newer prisoners slash citizens of Governor's Island have mentioned it in passing, but even I Haven't been able to get too many details from them, but he seems to have his fingers in a lot of pies You, has anyone ever told you you speak in a very idiosyncratic way? Yes This yogurt's out of date Well, those dates are more of a suggestion really, how old is government scammed? Five years ago Oh no, yes, that's bad, I wouldn't, I wouldn't consume that Very well, I shan't Now I'm talking like you Alright, well I guess we'll take this and Just like you probably know the guy better than, you know, most folks at this point If we bring this up to Lamar, is he gonna be able to handle it emotionally, all the stuff about Carver being kidnapped and If I'm being honest? Yeah It might be good for him He has been drift for quite a while now Man, I just don't know if I want to rehabilitate a sad tortoise, you know Believe me, I understand Oh sure I mean, don't get me wrong I'm happy to be there for him in his type of deed, but sometimes it can be a little much to always be the support But luckily I have cleft to support me If only we all had a cleft, right? Hmm, were you to be so lucky The phone starts ringing on the wall there Oh, excuse me for just a moment Probably one of the guards telling me, I don't know, some kind of shipment of fan mail And he picks up the phone Yes, hello, Dr. Kildeth here, go for Kildeth What's that? Gashua, no there's no Gashua, oh your Gashua Yes, there's a battalion of RCFE agents headed towards the prison Oh, oh, crumbs So you fled into the prison to use the phone to call me, okay? But you hear a pounding at the door, you think you'll be captured at any moment It's like watching a Bob Blue heart bit We should go Oh, that was, oh, hello Oh, okay Yes, there was someone named Gashua Darnett calling to let you know that there is No, we got pretty much all of it thanks to the sort of commentary, the running commentary Oh, excellent Yeah, hey, we need to go And I guess, do you know how to get out of it? He was our way out, sorta, so if he's no longer How would one escape Governor's Island if they needed to quickly, really fast? Hmm, well if this is to help Carver, there is a little thing I've been working on That I could reconfigure to be an escape for you? Yes, three, man, jetpack, three, man, jetpack, four But it will take me some time to reconfigure Oh my gosh, okay I think we need to go Like four or five rounds of combat Oh, good, good, good Oh, great Hey, a couple quick announcements too before we get back to the episode We've got a bunch of cool stuff over at macroemerge.com If you haven't checked it out, you need to go through that 10% of all merch proceeds this month will be donated to Border Angels Macroemerge.com, check that out Also, Griffin's book, The Stowaway, is out now to choose your own adventure adventure Go to bit.ly slash griffinstowaway and get all the information there Or find it at a local bookstore Thank you, Travis You're welcome, Griffin And Justin's great too, he does cool things Whatever Alright, back to the show Hello, this is Alden Ford And Mujonzo Fogari Two of the creators of Mission to Zix, your favorite improvised obsessively sound designed sci-fi sitcom here on the Max Fun Network And the news is We're back! With an all new miniseries set in the Zix universe The young old-time Zix The new Zix The new Zix The new Zix The new Zix The new Zix The new Zix universe The young old-durf Chronicles Yeah Well, Durf, find his own killer before it's too late To find out how that question could possibly make sense while you just have to tune in Yeah, and as always it's ambitious and labor intensive to a frankly absurd degree Indeed So if you are looking for a little break from your own galaxy, we would love for you to check it out That's the young old-durf Chronicles Search Mission to Zix, ZYXX, and your podcast app Or on maximumfun.org Keep it fresh With the RCFE agents closing in And the blueprints in hand Waiting for Dr. Gregory Kildef to reconfigure his escape plan What do you do? Fellows, I just have this very strong feeling That, you know, our world owes so much to the Guardians No matter what the state is that they're in now I think Lamar deserves to know that his compatriots are in danger Yeah, I mean, I don't really want to go talk to a super sad tortoise man And try to like make him not as sad and useless anymore But it seems like if we're about to go to war it would be good to have a former guardian on our side Couldn't hurt to at least ask, right? Okay, I'll go ask, I'll go bat the old baby doll eyes You guys maybe get ready to be assaulted by a whole battalion Absolutely No problem at all It actually feels, now that I say that out loud, like it is not a fair distribution of duties Oh, I feel bad for them Hey listen, it's sometimes hard to get your duties split up, right? Yeah Just remember kids, when you're splitting up your duties Alright, alright, alright, I regret saying, okay, I'll go talk to them Listen, listen, listen, if I can say something seriously It's hard to split up your duties without getting your hands dirty, alright? Enough said It's a sticky situation It's a sticky situation in yours It's gonna get a little nutty sometimes Alright, we're gone Was that too corny? God, Axelio and Roger, if you make your way outside Sheesh, Manitli! A lot of RCFA agents closing in I count 48, just a quick glance Who's like closing in on us? You have some time, and because of the layout of the streets and the buildings and everything They are approaching in two at a time You have some time if you want to prepare something out here I'll leave you guys to think about that for a second What obvious traps do we see out here? Well, so think in terms of general, like if you went into a kind of gated community So there's, you know, trash cans around, light poles, picket fences, mailboxes, that kind of thing Okay And Navy, you make your way over to the pool house And you can see, like, the windows have been covered over with sheets There is still some light coming through, you know, under the doors and everything And Cleft is leaving Ah, maybe you'll have more of that talking to him Any advice? This has got to be so fast Um, you know, appeal to his leadership kind of qualities Okay Okay, yeah, no, that sounds good Okay, bye Say less, bye, Cleft Cleft, are you gonna be okay? Cause they might come in here too They seem, there's like a whole army out there Oh, I'm one strong pancreas Outside Roger and Lion, the battalion to the west is the first to reach you Look at him They Perfect sync, what's above us, Trav? I forgot to ask, is it a sky? Yeah, so above you is a, like, projection screen kind of sky Yeah That is fake, think about like the sky in the Truman Show, right? Okay You're under a dome, this is a closed thing, but to make it appear like you're outside in a beautiful, perfect weather community How far away is the sky? Um The fake sky, do you think? You had to guess I pick up, I don't guess, I pick up a rocket through the sky Okay, 20 feet 20 feet? Um, 20 feet? Okay, great I throw Hatchet Man at the sky Cool Okay, roll that for me, and then we'll see what you achieve I'm going to use a time to shine dice Oh wait, you're afraid now? You should be, I remembered them So we're all in a bit of a situation, so I'm going to call that Do you think using my axe and throwing it at the ceiling is improvising a melee weapon? No, it is a melee weapon I agree, I agree, I agree, I agree Okay, two successes So with two successes, it smashes into the sky and you see We're plunged into darkness Oh, hey As the sky Rolled to more, because with Hatchet Man you roll 48, and if you added a time to shine dice it would be 5-8 Okay, that's two more successes And actually there's a cowabunga Okay, yeah, with a cowabunga, those two sixes, Hatchet Man smashes into the area above you And with the cowabunga in the head, it kind of splits open that area and falls back to the ground So it's not just wedged into the sky No, it doesn't, it doesn't fall to the ground, Trav You catch it Yeah, exactly, I do I pull out my little sheath It just falls into it And then winks at you I'm back daddy Hey daddy, I didn't draw blood again I know son, I'm really proud of you for never hurting anybody else What is your desired outcome for this? I'm plunged, this is my logic It's daytime in the bubble Yeah That means that the sunlight is being generated from the sky, the fake sky Correct They don't have other lighting activated right now, it's all coming from the sky So if I could destroy the circuitry there, I'm trying to make it dark, because in the dark I have the advantage Perfect, yeah So you smash an above you, like basically an area, like a circle, roughly of like 20 feet of darkness Descends, 20 feet in either direction Okay Descends on the center of town So there's still some light around the edges as it bleeds through, but where you are, you've plunged it into like a moonless starless night Perfect Okay, so one of the, you've decreased the effectiveness of the attacks One of the RCFE agents is gonna take a swing at where they think you are How can you hit that which you cannot see with your fist my friend Oh, wow, that really blew his mind, you know what I mean Over here Yeah, he clips, he was aiming for like a solid strike across the chin But he just clips your shoulder doing one damage to you, Lyle And then the second one swings at you, Roger Ooh, Roger They get you, but you have two damage reduction, so even though it was three hits, Roger, you only take one damage And now it is the two of you's turn Lyle could see in the dark Heck yeah, I can Roger not so much Well, Roger had already oriented himself towards the guys in the west And one of them did just hit you Yeah, so I have So you're really oriented towards where he is right now Visa via him, I bet you know exactly where he is So he's gonna do scourge at the china shop It just plunged right at him, in close quarters whirling like a dervish, he wrecks everything You did see how many of these dudes in like 12, you know, 12 guys in a straight line I sure did Two straight lines are begging for it So with this, with the decreased visibility, that would be 4d8 attack And so roll 4d8, this is against the first two dudes And if you want to continue from there, it'll be 3d8 Okay If I use the time to shine dice, do I have to use it twice? If you wanted to use the time to shine dice, it would bump up the first one to 5d8 and the second one to 4d8 Okay, I'm using the time to shine dice So I start with 5d8 Correct Oh, that's a mixed success, I got one success With one success and you were moving against this battalion to your west of 12 I'm gonna say like the two dudes that were right in front of you go flying The ones that it just hit you And they are knocked into the bushes, they are out of commission Okay, Lyle, you are up Alright, I am going to... I'm gonna run to the northeast And I'm gonna make a lot of noise Okay Okay So there's two columns, I'm gonna try to pull those columns and adjacent me, the most dangerous person in the whole thing And they are not gonna know where it's coming from, right? So I'm trying to make some confusion in the northeast area, right? So if you can imagine that as a quadrant, I'm trying to pull some focus over there Rather than continuing to pull people towards this center here Okay, cool, so you're running up towards the volcano or... Yeah, near the volcano, I'm still in darkness there, I hope Yeah, move yourself to where you wanna go Okay, he's just... And just like up here, right? So I'm trying to make some confusion to pull some guys into the darkness, into here Not know where I am, they've lost my location, I'm trying to go full predator over here I love that With the darkness too, it's even more confusing and disorienting, so give me... Give me a 4D8 Alright, two successes Two successes, yeah, so you definitely draw focus of the ones leading each group So four from each group are going to head towards you, at least in this direction And... They are also now, as a group, gonna start flipping on their flashlights Oh, that really... It's disorienting, they don't have the same visibility But they do have something going for them Back inside, Navy, you are now at the door, it was left open for you by Clef Inside you see lots of candles lit, you can smell incense, and here like water sounds coming through a speaker Great I just marched right in Inside you see Lamar sitting on the middle of the floor with all the furniture pushed out to the sides And he is writing in a journal and you see like a stack of well worn journals that he's been writing in Seems like for a while now Cool, I'm gonna just march right over to him Lamar? Yes Okay, we have like no time at all because this whole sort of prison island is... Or do we have all the time? Oh man, uh, hey, so listen, we need to get you out of here because I think that we could use your... Or you need to get into here and it's happening Carver is in trouble, Carver's in trouble, Carver's been kidnapped like it or not I know you're on this new vibe and it seems like it's really working for you But Carver needs your help and it's time for you to jump to action, yeah? Ugh He stands up and you hear like his knees pop as he stands up and his bones, you know, he stretches his knees and says Okay, yeah, um, uh, I chilled, um, and he picks up a big singing bowl that he's been using for meditation Great And he's like, okay, sorry, what's your name? I'm Navy Seal, one of the Royal Seals Uh, former member and uh, I'm here with my own guys, we're making a break for it And we're gonna siege our CFHQ because that's where Carver's being held Okay, this is a lot, um, okay Hey, I wish I had time to ease you into this, but I do not So, can I put out these candles first? Yeah, I mean it would be irresponsible to not put the candles out Okay, can you help me? Yeah, sure Uh, I just blast just a full, I just empty half my tank, just goosh the room, super duper duper quick Aw man, Greg's gonna be so mad Uh, he won't because Greg is probably also going to be like double arrested and taken to jail jail Where they take criminals from jail, so uh, yeah Uh, he was working on a plan to get us out of here So keep your head on the swivel, we got about 46 guys out there who are trying to take us down So, yeah, straighten numbers, right? 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