1 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,587 Hello, one and all, and welcome to another episode of 2 00:00:41,587 --> 00:00:43,410 "Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness." 3 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:44,850 I'm your humble dungeon master, Brennan Lee Mulligan. 4 00:00:44,850 --> 00:00:46,710 With me, as always, are our intrepid heroes. 5 00:00:46,710 --> 00:00:48,372 Say hi, Intrepid Heroes. 6 00:00:48,372 --> 00:00:50,758 Die, Intrepid Heroes! 7 00:00:52,495 --> 00:00:54,990 Last we left off, 8 00:00:54,990 --> 00:00:59,990 we were in the throes of plotting and planning, for indeed 9 00:01:00,690 --> 00:01:03,750 Patty Babcock had finally assented 10 00:01:03,750 --> 00:01:07,050 to run Bingo the dog for mayor. 11 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:10,876 And all he had to be promised was $600,000. 12 00:01:10,876 --> 00:01:13,655 ♪ All we do is win, win, win, no matter what ♪ 13 00:01:13,655 --> 00:01:14,760 DJ Khaled! 14 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,337 He's coming to the- We're gonna do Tiny Desk Concerts 15 00:01:17,337 --> 00:01:18,900 but it's only DJ Khaled. 16 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,850 - Also, we have one employee. - How did you guys 17 00:01:20,850 --> 00:01:21,900 even think of that? 18 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:22,733 What's up? 19 00:01:22,733 --> 00:01:24,960 - Rebel Purpee, brother. - Rebel Purpee! 20 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,430 Rebel Purpee. 21 00:01:26,430 --> 00:01:27,660 Free Skate Purpee. 22 00:01:27,660 --> 00:01:28,530 United Free Skate of Purpee. 23 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:30,580 - Free skate of Purpee. - Free skate of Purpee. 24 00:01:30,580 --> 00:01:31,680 Skate Free Purpee. 25 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:32,842 Remember when that guy was like, 26 00:01:32,842 --> 00:01:35,405 "I do not eat pussy." 27 00:01:35,405 --> 00:01:36,238 Which guy? 28 00:01:36,238 --> 00:01:37,777 DJ Khaled. 29 00:01:37,777 --> 00:01:38,610 Our best friend. 30 00:01:38,610 --> 00:01:39,667 - Wait, he said that? - He went on a full, 31 00:01:39,667 --> 00:01:41,490 "I don't eat pussy," tour. 32 00:01:41,490 --> 00:01:42,930 Yeah, it was beautiful. 33 00:01:42,930 --> 00:01:44,490 I learned a lot. 34 00:01:44,490 --> 00:01:47,340 That is not a statement that earns you a lot of friends. 35 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:48,810 And I'm amazed that he- 36 00:01:48,810 --> 00:01:50,190 Definitely doesn't earn you partners. 37 00:01:50,190 --> 00:01:51,330 Doesn't earn you partners. 38 00:01:51,330 --> 00:01:52,777 Oh, he's married so... 39 00:01:52,777 --> 00:01:53,610 Yeah. 40 00:01:53,610 --> 00:01:55,506 - Which makes it darker. - Oh, his poor wife. 41 00:01:56,406 --> 00:01:59,520 - His poor, poor wife. - Kind of a dark situation. 42 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,190 But not least of which is Bingo running for mayor, 43 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:04,470 but I'll tell you who's no longer seeking power, 44 00:02:04,470 --> 00:02:06,830 and that would be Ermine Damanescu. 45 00:02:06,830 --> 00:02:10,820 - Oh thank god. - Who was fully devoured 46 00:02:10,820 --> 00:02:13,470 ...into the portal to oblivion 47 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:16,320 by Bat Child in a knock-down-drag-out 48 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,303 in the middle of the street with Zaeth, Darkness Man- 49 00:02:19,303 --> 00:02:22,065 - Whoa, this is... - This is her. 50 00:02:22,065 --> 00:02:23,460 This is her. 51 00:02:23,460 --> 00:02:24,750 "Adventuring Party" is after this. 52 00:02:24,750 --> 00:02:25,910 Oh shit. 53 00:02:25,910 --> 00:02:27,513 I had too much herbal tea. 54 00:02:28,954 --> 00:02:30,270 I think it's the rain. 55 00:02:30,270 --> 00:02:32,580 - I think it's- - It's raining in LA 56 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:34,590 for the first time in 27 years. 57 00:02:34,590 --> 00:02:36,600 It feels fertile. 58 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,310 - And everyone's- - I feel fertile, as 59 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:41,040 I hydroplane, yay! 60 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,322 Yeah, just- 61 00:02:42,322 --> 00:02:43,290 Skirt! 62 00:02:43,290 --> 00:02:46,502 Going sideways across four lanes of traffic going, 63 00:02:46,502 --> 00:02:48,004 - "I feel fertile." - At 15 miles per hour. 64 00:02:48,004 --> 00:02:50,280 "God, I feel fertile!" 65 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,530 Should "Adventuring Party" be really buttoned up? 66 00:02:52,530 --> 00:02:53,730 Yeah, we'll make it very- 67 00:02:53,730 --> 00:02:54,873 Maybe we could play 68 00:02:54,873 --> 00:02:57,324 the actual game in "Adventuring Party." 69 00:02:58,313 --> 00:02:59,400 What are we doing? 70 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,140 The article about Florian Whittaker 71 00:03:01,140 --> 00:03:02,010 had come out. 72 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:04,560 - Yes. - With that caveat on it 73 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,970 that it was sort of formatted 74 00:03:05,970 --> 00:03:07,470 or it was at a different angle in it 75 00:03:07,470 --> 00:03:08,570 than you guys were anticipating 76 00:03:08,570 --> 00:03:11,790 and discovered that Maya Jayashtri had actually reached out 77 00:03:11,790 --> 00:03:13,950 to Nancy on your behalf 78 00:03:13,950 --> 00:03:18,840 and was talking to HJ about sort of why she did that. 79 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,870 Bat Child and Darkness Man also found Bigfoot. 80 00:03:21,870 --> 00:03:23,850 He took Todd Farner's bazooka 81 00:03:23,850 --> 00:03:25,890 intending to alert the members of my order, 82 00:03:25,890 --> 00:03:29,880 which included Estelle Laurent, the Loch Ness Monster, 83 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,410 the Yeti, and no longer includes Mothman who has gone rogue. 84 00:03:34,410 --> 00:03:39,120 Can we just cut to Bigfoot on the bottom of the ocean 85 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,228 shooting a whale with a bazooka. 86 00:03:43,579 --> 00:03:45,450 So just hip-firing a bazooka. 87 00:03:45,450 --> 00:03:47,532 Hey, the whale is clearly Moby Dick. 88 00:03:47,532 --> 00:03:48,850 - Oh. - Yeah. 89 00:03:48,850 --> 00:03:50,165 - Oh, interesting. - It's an aggressive 90 00:03:50,165 --> 00:03:52,770 - sperm whale. - I must stop you! 91 00:03:52,770 --> 00:03:54,960 He's shooting Google data centers. 92 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,008 This one's for Ahab! Blam. 93 00:03:57,008 --> 00:03:58,230 - Do they really? - The internet across- 94 00:03:58,230 --> 00:03:59,280 They do some in the ocean. 95 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,720 It's not the bottom of the ocean. 96 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,080 So Bigfoot gave us a lot of information 97 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,510 about Jack of the Pines, 98 00:04:06,510 --> 00:04:09,750 who appears to be an invasive fertility spirit 99 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:13,440 who has traveled with the Douglas family westward, 100 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,061 all the way to Purpee. 101 00:04:15,061 --> 00:04:16,712 Stop fucking looking at me. 102 00:04:16,712 --> 00:04:19,224 Oh dude, that was your storyline. 103 00:04:19,224 --> 00:04:20,699 - Yeah. - Oh yeah, big time. 104 00:04:23,528 --> 00:04:26,712 It was on Murph's wishlist to go down against 105 00:04:26,712 --> 00:04:29,193 a fertility spirit. 106 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,760 Well, to destroy a fertility spirit, you need- 107 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,530 I mean, you'll get into this in the episode, 108 00:04:34,530 --> 00:04:35,610 but you may need a pervert. 109 00:04:35,610 --> 00:04:38,280 - And that's, um- - Thank god. 110 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:40,568 We got the biggest one around. 111 00:04:40,568 --> 00:04:42,780 - We have a pervert with- - It's in the episode. 112 00:04:42,780 --> 00:04:44,994 ...unbelievable grip strength. 113 00:04:48,390 --> 00:04:49,950 That's what Shocking Grasp- 114 00:04:49,950 --> 00:04:50,783 Stop! 115 00:04:51,931 --> 00:04:52,777 Stop! 116 00:04:54,330 --> 00:04:56,670 You also found some interesting stuff about the offer. 117 00:04:56,670 --> 00:04:58,620 We had a conversation between HJ and LaVonte 118 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:00,780 about being seneschal of Austin. 119 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:03,870 Zaeth had a conversation with Koschei 120 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:06,303 - where unbelievably he told- - God, that was so 121 00:05:06,303 --> 00:05:07,350 - fucking funny. - ...a ranking member 122 00:05:07,350 --> 00:05:09,480 of the Camarilla that yeah, 123 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,790 Ermine got what was fucking coming to her 124 00:05:11,790 --> 00:05:13,530 because you step in Purpee, 125 00:05:13,530 --> 00:05:14,550 you're gonna step in shit. 126 00:05:14,550 --> 00:05:16,320 Purpee's covered in shit. 127 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,760 Wipe your fucking shoes. 128 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,710 Wipe your fucking shoes, dude. 129 00:05:19,710 --> 00:05:23,190 Madelaine almost considered an extraction 130 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:26,520 from her sort of sad mentor, the Marquis de Lafayette, 131 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,070 who has got a connection with her in Melbourne 132 00:05:29,070 --> 00:05:30,690 amongst the Camarilla of Melbourne, 133 00:05:30,690 --> 00:05:33,570 and had a voice note from the prince of Melbourne, 134 00:05:33,570 --> 00:05:36,019 Chip Lindy, who talked about all the- 135 00:05:36,019 --> 00:05:37,605 Rough interactions. 136 00:05:37,605 --> 00:05:39,480 ...talking about all the exciting- 137 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,343 I think Chip sounds like a hoot. 138 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,197 - I mean- - Not for Madelaine. 139 00:05:43,197 --> 00:05:45,030 - For me, sure. - Yes. 140 00:05:45,030 --> 00:05:46,830 I think I would love to go hang out with 141 00:05:46,830 --> 00:05:48,030 some Australian vampires. 142 00:05:48,030 --> 00:05:49,830 But Madelaine? No. 143 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:52,080 Bigfoot talked to you and said that Jack of the Pines 144 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,541 wouldn't be bestable until after the summer solstice. 145 00:05:55,541 --> 00:05:57,090 That the sun is ascendant. 146 00:05:57,090 --> 00:06:01,170 And he said the only one who had ever been able to control 147 00:06:01,170 --> 00:06:03,660 the malevolent demon Kupuru 148 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:06,480 that had been kept in the Templer's basement 149 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,860 was Herbert Melvin. 150 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:09,300 A whole bunch of shit was going- 151 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:11,760 You guys are deep in the thick of it here. 152 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,760 But suffice it to say, you guys finally have 153 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,550 your candidate for mayor. 154 00:06:17,550 --> 00:06:19,200 Bingo, locked and loaded. 155 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,840 Wingstreet and Worthy on the prowl. 156 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,960 Bat Child and Darkness Man finally cornered Bigfoot 157 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,000 and have learned the secret of Jack of the Pines. 158 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,150 And when this nasty spirit that appears to be powering 159 00:06:30,150 --> 00:06:32,670 the Douglases will be bestable. 160 00:06:32,670 --> 00:06:35,460 Zaeth managed to declare himself prince of Purpee, 161 00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:36,630 and by doing so, 162 00:06:36,630 --> 00:06:39,060 create a weird loophole in the Camarilla's laws 163 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:41,550 that if Ermine did not respect the authority 164 00:06:41,550 --> 00:06:44,010 of the prince in Purpee, then it's the prince's right 165 00:06:44,010 --> 00:06:46,028 to be able to call a blood hunt. 166 00:06:46,028 --> 00:06:48,840 But we'll see... You know, there are legal realities 167 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,640 and then there are political realities. 168 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,370 So we'll see how long that can stick. 169 00:06:53,370 --> 00:06:54,699 I understand it all. 170 00:06:55,616 --> 00:06:58,380 - I don't understand- - I understand it all. 171 00:06:58,380 --> 00:06:59,760 I understand it all. 172 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,890 I understand all of the politics of that. 173 00:07:01,890 --> 00:07:05,280 And we also have not only the running for mayor 174 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:08,340 to contend with, we also have that city council seat, 175 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:10,050 Florian Whittaker's city council seat. 176 00:07:10,050 --> 00:07:12,780 In which case you've been put in contact with Amelia Brown, 177 00:07:12,780 --> 00:07:15,750 Maya's partner, who's the daughter of- 178 00:07:15,750 --> 00:07:18,544 who grew up in the house 9 Shady Street that you're in 179 00:07:18,544 --> 00:07:21,180 and is a Rogue County PCP. 180 00:07:21,180 --> 00:07:25,230 She's working at the sort of bottom-most level of, 181 00:07:25,230 --> 00:07:26,700 you know, organizers and activists 182 00:07:26,700 --> 00:07:30,330 for local and state politics. 183 00:07:30,330 --> 00:07:32,130 - So sick. - And you guys sort of 184 00:07:32,130 --> 00:07:33,960 prompted her to maybe think about running for office 185 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,430 and she demured at first, 186 00:07:35,430 --> 00:07:38,640 but then followed up with some thoughts about the bus lines 187 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,350 here in Purpee. 188 00:07:40,350 --> 00:07:43,260 All of which is to say much is in the works, 189 00:07:43,260 --> 00:07:45,900 and we finally are in the conclusion of, I think, 190 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:48,330 downtime rolls we actually made two episodes ago 191 00:07:48,330 --> 00:07:49,800 'cause you guys are moving hot and heavy. 192 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,870 You guys are getting a lot of stuff done. 193 00:07:51,870 --> 00:07:55,470 But finally in setting up the campaign, 194 00:07:55,470 --> 00:07:58,620 setting up Rebel Purpee, this new skate company, 195 00:07:58,620 --> 00:08:03,201 and Bingo the dog's running for mayor- 196 00:08:03,201 --> 00:08:05,190 It's a cool half a million out the window. 197 00:08:05,190 --> 00:08:06,956 Cool half a mil out the window. 198 00:08:06,956 --> 00:08:08,473 Hey, you gotta give- 199 00:08:08,473 --> 00:08:10,389 He definitely would've done it for a quarter million. 200 00:08:10,389 --> 00:08:11,916 - He definitely would've- - Way less than that. 201 00:08:11,916 --> 00:08:13,426 - He might've done it for- - I think he would've done it 202 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:14,777 - for, yeah. - ...$60,000. 203 00:08:14,777 --> 00:08:16,977 - Just a nice starting- - And we're only paying him 204 00:08:16,977 --> 00:08:21,590 $400,000. We just guaranteed him $200,000 in promotions, 205 00:08:21,590 --> 00:08:23,790 - should Bingo win. - Should Bingo win. 206 00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:24,623 Yes. 207 00:08:24,623 --> 00:08:26,970 Madelaine, talking to Chip Lindy, 208 00:08:26,970 --> 00:08:29,310 or hearing that note, declaring that she lived 209 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:31,260 in motherfucking Rome, 210 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:34,320 but still with some desire to maybe return to Paris one day, 211 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,612 voiced her first kind words for the town of Purpee. 212 00:08:38,612 --> 00:08:41,640 And we return to the weeks leading up 213 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,680 to the summer solstice, 214 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:45,750 which is also the Laurent Horror Festival. 215 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:48,660 Madelaine, your working with Estelle Laurent 216 00:08:48,660 --> 00:08:52,596 and the festival coordinators has ramped up in a big way. 217 00:08:52,596 --> 00:08:56,040 LaVonte, HJ, you finally have open runway 218 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,810 now that you have your candidate 219 00:08:57,810 --> 00:09:00,390 to dig deep into a stat- 220 00:09:00,390 --> 00:09:03,000 like, getting the campaign paperwork filed, 221 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,590 doing all these things you need to do. 222 00:09:04,590 --> 00:09:06,750 For Darkness Man and Bat Child, 223 00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:09,180 you finally have this understanding of 224 00:09:09,180 --> 00:09:12,600 what the full supernatural spectrum of Purpee was 225 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,640 before you got here. 226 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,950 There are still those ghosts in the Whittaker mine. 227 00:09:16,950 --> 00:09:20,220 You learned that this demon was helping Bigfoot 228 00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:21,990 keep Jack of the Pines at bay. 229 00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:26,520 But with Bigfoot repelled by the subterranean tower 230 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,270 and Kupuru no longer, basically, 231 00:09:30,270 --> 00:09:31,500 being able to repel the spirit, 232 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,900 Jack of the Pines is now sort of free 233 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:36,390 to do whatever his malevolent will is. 234 00:09:36,390 --> 00:09:37,590 And there are questions about 235 00:09:37,590 --> 00:09:40,080 how best to possibly defeat him. 236 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,070 For Zaeth, you now have told your sire, 237 00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:47,010 the Brujah primogen of San Francisco, what happened. 238 00:09:47,010 --> 00:09:51,540 You must imagine whether from the Camarilla 239 00:09:51,540 --> 00:09:55,650 or the Douglases or indeed even from Beholdr, 240 00:09:55,650 --> 00:09:57,810 this strange vision Madelaine had 241 00:09:57,810 --> 00:10:01,950 of Ermine embracing a strange Davis Otherman 242 00:10:01,950 --> 00:10:04,860 composed of ones and zeros. 243 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:06,540 Is there possibly some other enemy 244 00:10:06,540 --> 00:10:08,580 swirling out there in the darkness? 245 00:10:08,580 --> 00:10:12,360 We return to Purpee in the days and weeks 246 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,630 leading up to the midsummer solstice 247 00:10:15,630 --> 00:10:17,760 and the Laurent Horror Festival. 248 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,930 As your guys' nights grow shorter and shorter, 249 00:10:21,930 --> 00:10:26,930 tangled up in the flannel big-box store bedsheets 250 00:10:27,180 --> 00:10:31,063 of Tina Bunders, Zaeth, you are- 251 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,365 I'm smoking two cigarettes. 252 00:10:35,365 --> 00:10:36,664 Smoking two cigarettes. 253 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:39,113 Disgusting! 254 00:10:39,113 --> 00:10:41,140 She's wearing a short little hockey jersey. 255 00:10:42,508 --> 00:10:43,341 Hey! 256 00:10:44,806 --> 00:10:48,030 - A short little- - It's not yours, but she's 257 00:10:48,030 --> 00:10:50,070 kind of looking like- 258 00:10:50,070 --> 00:10:52,680 You see her in a short little hockey jersey 259 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:55,320 coming in with two cups of tea. 260 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,116 - The main- - Is that a hockey jersey? 261 00:10:57,116 --> 00:10:58,174 It's so small. 262 00:10:58,174 --> 00:11:01,704 Yeah, it's... I've had it, I've had it for so long, I- 263 00:11:01,704 --> 00:11:03,810 It's a child's hockey jersey. 264 00:11:03,810 --> 00:11:06,330 I know. I reached for the first thing I had and- 265 00:11:06,330 --> 00:11:09,330 - It was a child's... - A child's hockey jersey. 266 00:11:09,330 --> 00:11:10,440 - Crazy! - I kind of 267 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,450 can't feel my arms, it's cutting off- 268 00:11:12,450 --> 00:11:14,154 Seems tight in the arms. 269 00:11:14,154 --> 00:11:16,162 - And it's tight in the arms. - Can I smoke in here? 270 00:11:16,162 --> 00:11:17,760 You can- You already have. 271 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,200 - Yeah. - "Tell you that. 272 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,617 I'll tell you that for free." 273 00:11:20,617 --> 00:11:22,110 Zaeth, at the foot of the bed, 274 00:11:22,110 --> 00:11:23,912 the mayor is looking right at you. 275 00:11:26,581 --> 00:11:28,770 I'm just completely avoiding eye contact with him. 276 00:11:28,770 --> 00:11:30,115 It's too intimate. 277 00:11:30,115 --> 00:11:33,208 That's so weird that she let him stay. 278 00:11:33,208 --> 00:11:35,340 He wouldn't go in the other room? Is that? 279 00:11:35,340 --> 00:11:36,930 No, he won't. He gets upset. 280 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,010 He'd be scratching at the door. 281 00:11:38,010 --> 00:11:39,090 Gotcha. 282 00:11:39,090 --> 00:11:40,830 Interrupting, so whatever, yeah. 283 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:43,140 Yeah, it's honestly more distracting if he's at the door 284 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:44,220 than if he's just at the foot of the bed. 285 00:11:44,220 --> 00:11:45,613 We shoulda tried it, I guess. 286 00:11:45,613 --> 00:11:46,919 He stays pretty quiet. 287 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:49,320 - My god! - Yeah. 288 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,300 Wow, I can't believe it. 289 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:54,720 Well, this is... I've never done... 290 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,370 I've never done anything like this before, 291 00:11:56,370 --> 00:11:58,710 and I just feel so- I feel alive. 292 00:11:58,710 --> 00:12:00,540 I mean, do you feel alive? 293 00:12:00,540 --> 00:12:02,130 Always. 294 00:12:02,130 --> 00:12:02,963 Except for when I- 295 00:12:02,963 --> 00:12:05,253 I'm doing this to not look at the dog. 296 00:12:06,690 --> 00:12:09,937 As your hand goes up, you hear- 297 00:12:11,108 --> 00:12:12,780 Okay. 298 00:12:12,780 --> 00:12:13,650 All right. 299 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:16,740 Yeah, I feel alive all the time, you know, and this is- 300 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:19,680 So it's funny, I was talking to someone earlier today 301 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:21,905 before you picked me up in that horse carriage. 302 00:12:23,555 --> 00:12:27,090 Where do you stable your horse? 303 00:12:27,090 --> 00:12:30,570 Oh, I... you know, I have a couple of friends 304 00:12:30,570 --> 00:12:35,190 who let me... Just kinda wherever. 305 00:12:36,173 --> 00:12:40,452 And the horse is, very much like your mayor here, 306 00:12:40,452 --> 00:12:42,180 - he's- - I know, Mayor Roofus. 307 00:12:42,180 --> 00:12:43,800 Can you believe it? Life's so crazy. 308 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,510 People love Ghorse, and so 309 00:12:45,510 --> 00:12:47,410 people are happy to have him wherever. 310 00:12:48,450 --> 00:12:51,185 Most supermarkets are cool with it. 311 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,650 Big-box stores let you, if you ask 'em, 312 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:57,350 they'll let you park your carriage 313 00:12:58,320 --> 00:12:59,868 where RVs are. 314 00:13:00,902 --> 00:13:03,660 You know, overnight parking kind of situation. 315 00:13:03,660 --> 00:13:05,988 Waiting for an answer. 316 00:13:05,988 --> 00:13:06,854 Why? 317 00:13:08,010 --> 00:13:09,900 Well, I was in city council today 318 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:12,060 'cause Roofus had a meet- 319 00:13:12,060 --> 00:13:14,026 There was a meeting he had to be at. 320 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:15,180 They had to take a photo with him. 321 00:13:15,180 --> 00:13:18,780 And I was talking to Gene Douglas. 322 00:13:18,780 --> 00:13:21,510 Apparently, someone stole a horse from their property. 323 00:13:21,510 --> 00:13:23,160 They've been looking for him for a while. 324 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,470 - Stole a horse from where? - From Golden Bounty Farms. 325 00:13:25,470 --> 00:13:26,340 Let me write this down. 326 00:13:26,340 --> 00:13:28,627 Golden Bounty... Golden... 327 00:13:29,558 --> 00:13:31,110 Bounty... horse stolen. 328 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:31,943 Crazy. 329 00:13:31,943 --> 00:13:33,835 - They're trying to get the- - A horse was stolen? 330 00:13:36,450 --> 00:13:38,608 Two cigarettes, one notepad, one pen. 331 00:13:39,810 --> 00:13:42,473 - He has two cigarettes- - Blocking the dog. 332 00:13:42,473 --> 00:13:43,762 A horse was stolen? 333 00:13:45,828 --> 00:13:47,286 - What? - Yeah. 334 00:13:47,286 --> 00:13:48,420 There was a bit of a tussle 335 00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:51,690 between Florian and Gene, 336 00:13:51,690 --> 00:13:54,360 'cause they wanna double the police budget, 337 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,040 'cause they had this horse stolen and- 338 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,590 They're doubling the budget because one horse was stolen? 339 00:13:58,590 --> 00:14:00,450 Yeah, well they think there needs to be- 340 00:14:00,450 --> 00:14:02,250 - Double? - Double the- Well, they need 341 00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:03,540 more squad cars. 342 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:06,090 - How do you feel about that? - And they want... 343 00:14:06,090 --> 00:14:07,440 Gene was talking about them having a tank. 344 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:08,700 He wants them to have a tank. 345 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:10,200 Tank. 346 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,033 What? 347 00:14:11,033 --> 00:14:13,260 And they also wanted a lot of the police fired, 348 00:14:13,260 --> 00:14:16,050 'cause they deleted a bunch of the footage 349 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:18,243 of when the Green Aisle burned down. 350 00:14:19,084 --> 00:14:20,910 They think it was arson. 351 00:14:20,910 --> 00:14:22,920 - They think- - Green Aisle burned down? 352 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,480 - Yeah, they think there's- - I'm just learning about 353 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:25,860 all this now. 354 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,200 Go ahead and give me Manipulation, Subterfuge. 355 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:32,737 Oh, Subterfuge, eh? 356 00:14:35,237 --> 00:14:36,930 I'm gonna do a Rouse check. 357 00:14:36,930 --> 00:14:38,385 You're Beautiful, too, 358 00:14:38,385 --> 00:14:39,218 - remember? - Oh yes. 359 00:14:39,218 --> 00:14:40,055 All right, great. 360 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:42,720 Remember always that you are beautiful. 361 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,520 Don't forget that. 362 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,451 Don't forget. 363 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:47,663 All right, so then Beauty adds two. 364 00:14:48,530 --> 00:14:50,399 ♪ You're beautiful ♪ 365 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:54,990 - Nice. - That's three successes. 366 00:14:54,990 --> 00:14:55,906 Yeah, you see, she says, 367 00:14:55,906 --> 00:15:00,300 "Yeah, it's... it's wild. It's just a wild thing. 368 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,190 But yeah, they got in a big tussle. 369 00:15:02,190 --> 00:15:03,810 And I just thought I would mention, 370 00:15:03,810 --> 00:15:05,850 'cause there's horse thieves running around. 371 00:15:05,850 --> 00:15:08,088 Isn't that crazy? It sounds like the Middle Ages. 372 00:15:08,088 --> 00:15:09,420 - Horse thieves." - Yeah, horse thieves. 373 00:15:09,420 --> 00:15:10,260 Crazy. 374 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:11,910 But, so just thought you should be careful 375 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:13,500 'cause Ghorse is such a cutie. 376 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:14,370 Yeah. 377 00:15:14,370 --> 00:15:16,770 I'd die before I let anything happen to him, yeah. 378 00:15:16,770 --> 00:15:19,440 Yeah, it's gotten... the city council meetings 379 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,420 have gotten dark recently. 380 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:22,650 It just feels like- 381 00:15:22,650 --> 00:15:23,663 In what way? 382 00:15:23,663 --> 00:15:26,670 Well, there's just a lot of animosity, I think. 383 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:31,470 I think ever since Barnaby was drowned by that awful nurse 384 00:15:31,470 --> 00:15:33,300 and ever since- 385 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,017 We gotta exonerate that girl. 386 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:37,650 - And ever since- - She's terrible. 387 00:15:37,650 --> 00:15:39,690 - She's awful. - God, every time 388 00:15:39,690 --> 00:15:42,367 I see someone helping an old man, I go, 389 00:15:42,367 --> 00:15:43,817 "What are you up to?" 390 00:15:44,670 --> 00:15:47,395 And Gene said this troubling thing, which is, 391 00:15:47,395 --> 00:15:49,170 he was like, "If we're not gonna double the police, 392 00:15:49,170 --> 00:15:51,900 then we're gonna have to look for other forms of security." 393 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:54,660 And he was meeting with some of these young men 394 00:15:54,660 --> 00:15:59,550 who are at the gun range a lot and talking about, you know, 395 00:15:59,550 --> 00:16:01,920 them needing their own sort of security force 396 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:02,820 or something like that. 397 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:06,360 If crime's gonna be rampant, you know? 398 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,720 Beth's husband's still missing. 399 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,620 The guy who may or may not have called her a cow, right? 400 00:16:13,770 --> 00:16:15,000 Listen. 401 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,937 We- Nobody- Everyone's... I've been trying to get Beth 402 00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:21,814 to get to Swingles Night for as long as I can remember. 403 00:16:22,830 --> 00:16:26,370 Rory and Miranda, you know, 404 00:16:26,370 --> 00:16:28,890 they've gotten kind of off the deep end for me, even. 405 00:16:28,890 --> 00:16:31,350 But they've been reaching out to Beth. 406 00:16:31,350 --> 00:16:32,820 It's just been so tough and I just... 407 00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:36,660 This town is sort of... I don't know. 408 00:16:36,660 --> 00:16:40,200 I don't know if Purpee feels the same anymore. 409 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,550 What? 410 00:16:41,550 --> 00:16:45,213 Tina, if you and Roofus could go anywhere in the world, 411 00:16:46,950 --> 00:16:51,030 take the cell phone, delete the social media accounts, 412 00:16:51,030 --> 00:16:55,320 just feel the real world around you, where would you go? 413 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,730 God... 414 00:16:56,730 --> 00:16:59,670 - Medford. - Medford? 415 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:01,410 Yeah, it's about 15 minutes up the road. 416 00:17:01,410 --> 00:17:03,720 They've got two different Italian restaurants. 417 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:04,740 Wow. 418 00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:07,983 Pinging back and forth between the endless breadsticks. 419 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,110 It's my dream. 420 00:17:10,110 --> 00:17:10,943 Wow. 421 00:17:10,943 --> 00:17:12,527 But I don't know, I couldn't. 422 00:17:12,527 --> 00:17:15,180 I mean, I depend on those social media accounts 423 00:17:15,180 --> 00:17:18,227 for income, you know? 424 00:17:18,227 --> 00:17:20,068 And it's just hard. 425 00:17:20,068 --> 00:17:23,068 But if you were me, 426 00:17:24,399 --> 00:17:26,760 what would you do in my position? 427 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,410 I'd go to Medford 428 00:17:28,410 --> 00:17:30,813 and I'd make my dog a little Italian dog. 429 00:17:31,710 --> 00:17:32,543 Huh? 430 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:36,060 I'd make his thing not mayor. 431 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:38,071 It'd be being an Italian dog. 432 00:17:39,177 --> 00:17:40,443 Doge dog. 433 00:17:41,490 --> 00:17:43,260 Like the- Oh sorry, like Venice. 434 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:45,423 Never mind, it has connotations now. 435 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:50,340 Yeah, it just... I mean, 436 00:17:50,340 --> 00:17:54,390 mayor is one spin on what a dog could be. 437 00:17:54,390 --> 00:17:58,200 Obviously, it's a beautiful thing, your dog being mayor. 438 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:03,200 It's classic. It's beautiful. It's carefree. It's fun. 439 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,227 But what if he was Italian instead? 440 00:18:09,212 --> 00:18:12,327 Molto bene. 441 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:15,720 "What if... This is so crazy." 442 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,980 She lies down in the bed. 443 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,690 You can see that one of her arms 444 00:18:18,690 --> 00:18:20,670 are starting to get a little blue, 445 00:18:20,670 --> 00:18:23,010 just from the jersey cutting off circulation. 446 00:18:23,010 --> 00:18:25,890 - She takes this- - Are you sure about that? 447 00:18:25,890 --> 00:18:27,832 - Where did it come- Did you? - What's that? 448 00:18:27,832 --> 00:18:29,400 Did you wash it or something? 449 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,140 I think I washed it wrong. 450 00:18:31,140 --> 00:18:32,910 And I think it's from a doll. 451 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:33,743 Yeah. 452 00:18:35,610 --> 00:18:37,560 I don't even know how you got it over your neck. 453 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:38,400 I think it's from a doll 454 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,424 and washing it made it way bigger, so I could get it on. 455 00:18:42,424 --> 00:18:45,100 - You have scissors? - "Yeah, I do. 456 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,592 Can you help me?" 457 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:47,425 And she hands you a 458 00:18:47,425 --> 00:18:48,258 pair of scissors. 459 00:18:48,258 --> 00:18:49,380 They have a zigzag kind. 460 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:51,769 - Yeah. - It's for crafts. 461 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,250 Do you feel free? 462 00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:57,420 Feel like you can finally breathe? 463 00:18:57,420 --> 00:18:58,890 For the first time in a long time. 464 00:18:58,890 --> 00:19:00,590 - Like you're in Medford. - Am I bad? 465 00:19:01,470 --> 00:19:03,103 It would be bad to stay here. 466 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:05,490 I want you to be free. 467 00:19:05,490 --> 00:19:08,271 And even if that means we can't be together anymore. 468 00:19:09,429 --> 00:19:10,511 After one night. 469 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:13,860 I want to be with you more than anything 470 00:19:13,860 --> 00:19:15,093 in the goddamn world. 471 00:19:16,020 --> 00:19:18,620 But you have to go to those two Italian restaurants. 472 00:19:21,210 --> 00:19:23,580 I'm gonna change my dog's legal address. 473 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:24,480 I'm gonna do it tonight. 474 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:25,320 Take this. 475 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,140 And just whatever's in my pocket I give to her. 476 00:19:28,140 --> 00:19:29,280 What's in your pocket? 477 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,370 I don't know, like, a couple of quarters. 478 00:19:32,370 --> 00:19:33,540 You give a couple of quarters 479 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:36,603 and one of those small boxes of Sun-Maid raisins. 480 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:39,713 How long have those been in there? 481 00:19:40,890 --> 00:19:42,690 Since before I turned into a vampire. 482 00:19:45,222 --> 00:19:46,620 2002. 483 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:48,362 You see, she looks and says, 484 00:19:48,362 --> 00:19:53,190 "Yeah, I have some decisions I have to make, 485 00:19:53,190 --> 00:19:56,403 but you've changed my life, Zaeth. 486 00:19:57,540 --> 00:20:00,210 Thank god you rolled up in that little 487 00:20:00,210 --> 00:20:02,820 horse-drawn carriage like something out of a fairytale. 488 00:20:02,820 --> 00:20:04,413 No shirt, top hat. 489 00:20:05,250 --> 00:20:06,292 It's beautiful." 490 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,880 She puts the top hat on and walks in the nude 491 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,010 out into her home and says, 492 00:20:14,010 --> 00:20:15,480 "Chip, honey, we should talk! 493 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,713 I think we should move." 494 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:18,750 She has a husband? 495 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:20,035 Oh yeah, she's married. 496 00:20:23,010 --> 00:20:24,027 Window. 497 00:20:25,027 --> 00:20:25,867 Onto Ghorse. 498 00:20:25,867 --> 00:20:29,130 Onto Ghorse, riding off into the night. 499 00:20:29,130 --> 00:20:32,100 The very next day, you get a message, all of- 500 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:34,440 Or Darkness Man, you get a message from Nancy Danderhoof 501 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,560 saying, "Don't need any cherries this month. 502 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:38,580 I've got my scoop. 503 00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:40,680 The people of Omaha are gonna be talking." 504 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,364 And publishes a story that Roofus is not running for mayor. 505 00:20:45,364 --> 00:20:46,281 - Wow. - Mm. 506 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:48,060 Wow. 507 00:20:48,060 --> 00:20:49,343 Mission accomplished. 508 00:20:50,227 --> 00:20:53,645 Omaha loves hearing about other small-town gossip. 509 00:20:54,630 --> 00:20:56,580 This is really capturing the heart of Omaha. 510 00:20:56,580 --> 00:20:57,750 - Omaha's gonna go nuts. - Also, I don't think 511 00:20:57,750 --> 00:20:59,100 Omaha is that small. 512 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:00,617 I mean, compared to Purpee. 513 00:21:00,617 --> 00:21:02,070 Compared to Purpee, it's pretty huge. 514 00:21:02,070 --> 00:21:03,900 I think compared to San Francisco, 515 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:04,740 - and it's also like- - Definitely a 516 00:21:04,740 --> 00:21:05,670 medium-sized city. 517 00:21:05,670 --> 00:21:06,823 There are places that you can get 518 00:21:06,823 --> 00:21:08,460 a small-town feel in Omaha. 519 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:10,227 Oh, don't I believe it. 520 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,830 With those nine successes, Zaeth, 521 00:21:13,830 --> 00:21:16,200 Tina Bunders has been persuaded 522 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,750 not to run Roofus for reelection. 523 00:21:18,750 --> 00:21:22,860 You see a big post the next day of Roofus 524 00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:24,990 with a big black handlebar mustache 525 00:21:24,990 --> 00:21:27,480 and a little kerchief and a gondolier's pole. 526 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,000 And she says- 527 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,590 He's Italian now. 528 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:33,751 Darkness Man laughs so hard 529 00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:35,100 he needs to take a laugh break, 530 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:38,799 and he's just holding his knees and he's wheezing. 531 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:39,840 Help him, help him. 532 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:40,673 Somebody help him. 533 00:21:40,673 --> 00:21:42,120 - You guys- - The dog's Italian. 534 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,830 You gotta screenshot that 535 00:21:43,830 --> 00:21:45,030 and show it to Darkness Man 536 00:21:45,030 --> 00:21:46,140 - whenever he feels bad. - That's so funny. 537 00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:47,520 What's the caption? 538 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,762 It says, "Molto bene." 539 00:21:52,272 --> 00:21:53,588 Everyone in the comments is saying, 540 00:21:53,588 --> 00:21:55,020 "Buongiorno, Roofino." 541 00:21:55,020 --> 00:21:59,283 And you see there's a "Good Morning America" segment on it. 542 00:22:00,154 --> 00:22:01,770 It's just good clean fun. 543 00:22:01,770 --> 00:22:02,880 He could dream bigger. 544 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,720 He could go live in Italy with this kind of heat. 545 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,570 But then he wouldn't be a special dog, would he? 546 00:22:09,570 --> 00:22:11,490 I buy all the merch for Darkness Man. 547 00:22:11,490 --> 00:22:13,470 I'm clicking all the way through to Zazzle. 548 00:22:13,470 --> 00:22:15,360 There's a stuffed meatball. 549 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,427 I'm dropping a ton of hints. 550 00:22:17,427 --> 00:22:19,800 It's not my birthday for, like, four months. 551 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,260 It would suck if those sold out, 552 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:23,487 or if they stopped printing those. 553 00:22:23,487 --> 00:22:25,950 Can you imagine how expensive those will get on eBay 554 00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:27,450 - after they sell out? - Yeah. 555 00:22:27,450 --> 00:22:29,828 Damn, sucks it's not my birthday for four months. 556 00:22:29,828 --> 00:22:32,573 Yeah, totally, dude. 557 00:22:32,573 --> 00:22:34,500 We have five of everything. 558 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:36,840 Yeah, we all are trying to do it privately. 559 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,610 A bunch of different sizes. 560 00:22:38,610 --> 00:22:39,879 I think he's a medium. 561 00:22:39,879 --> 00:22:41,116 Tina, can you hook it up? 562 00:22:41,116 --> 00:22:43,290 - He's a medium. - Seven feet tall! 563 00:22:43,290 --> 00:22:45,037 Tina, can you hook it up? 564 00:22:45,037 --> 00:22:47,062 They're sold out of the XXLs. 565 00:22:48,299 --> 00:22:50,430 And she says, "XXL Buongiorno, Roofino 566 00:22:50,430 --> 00:22:51,480 is coming right your way." 567 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,382 - Wow. - I love you. 568 00:22:56,580 --> 00:23:00,300 In that interim period, the runway now is totally clear. 569 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:03,630 The town is scrambling, and you guys are here. 570 00:23:03,630 --> 00:23:05,280 I think, through Cal, 571 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,310 you are hearing disgraced Florian, 572 00:23:08,310 --> 00:23:09,660 what the family wants to do, 573 00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:12,060 who they maybe wanna run for mayor. 574 00:23:12,060 --> 00:23:15,030 But it becomes very clear that Boyd, Gene's son, 575 00:23:15,030 --> 00:23:17,040 is now considering running for mayor. 576 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,763 And the Whittakers- You see Cal is basically like- 577 00:23:20,763 --> 00:23:22,440 The attitude amongst the Whittakers 578 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,300 with Barnaby dead and Florian disgraced, 579 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:27,630 is that their family is fully withered 580 00:23:27,630 --> 00:23:29,580 and on the back foot, essentially. 581 00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:32,010 I think the other thing here is, HJ, 582 00:23:32,010 --> 00:23:36,000 you have that meeting with Maya 583 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,520 where she specifically asked for it to just be 584 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,645 potentially you and Bat Child. 585 00:23:41,645 --> 00:23:42,478 Yeah. 586 00:23:42,478 --> 00:23:44,130 And you were trying to invite everybody else 587 00:23:44,130 --> 00:23:47,640 and Maya was like, "I'm sort of not into that." 588 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,710 - Just different combinations. - Different combinations. 589 00:23:49,710 --> 00:23:52,687 Just until we got two that was allowed. 590 00:23:52,687 --> 00:23:54,030 It was like that Mastermind game with the pegs. 591 00:23:54,030 --> 00:23:54,863 Yeah. 592 00:23:54,863 --> 00:23:57,030 It was pretty much everyone but these two, right? 593 00:23:57,030 --> 00:23:58,651 Yeah, essentially. 594 00:23:58,651 --> 00:24:01,834 And there wasn't enthusiasm for Darkness Man or Zaeth. 595 00:24:05,331 --> 00:24:08,459 Okay? 596 00:24:08,459 --> 00:24:10,530 But yeah, she reaches out to you being like, 597 00:24:10,530 --> 00:24:11,790 "Do you wanna get together?" 598 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:14,070 Yeah, yeah. I think I do. 599 00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:15,780 - Hell yeah. - We've already had our talk 600 00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:18,183 so I think obviously I'm gonna relay everything. 601 00:24:18,183 --> 00:24:19,140 But, yeah. 602 00:24:19,140 --> 00:24:23,130 You arrive. They meet up with you at Angie's Diner, 603 00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:25,590 and you see Amelia's back there again. 604 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:28,350 Amelia's been actually corresponding with you 605 00:24:28,350 --> 00:24:31,380 a lot about some of your proposals and different things, 606 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,480 like in the bus lanes and stuff like that. 607 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,330 And I think what you can just see is that she has a mind 608 00:24:36,330 --> 00:24:39,060 that sort of starts to perseverate on this problem. 609 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:42,960 Stays engaged with the things you have put forward. 610 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,183 Are you going solo or are you bringing anybody? 611 00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:47,008 I think that we're going together, right? 612 00:24:47,008 --> 00:24:48,229 - Yeah. - Oh yeah, I can go 613 00:24:48,229 --> 00:24:49,366 - if you want me to. - Yeah, I think so. 614 00:24:49,366 --> 00:24:51,240 If you guys- I mean I definitely float it to the whole room. 615 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,800 We're both at the doorway like- 616 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,540 - So are we? - Either way is fine, 617 00:24:54,540 --> 00:24:55,590 - you know. - We rolling or? 618 00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:56,423 Yeah? 619 00:24:56,423 --> 00:24:59,550 You guys both just took a shower and you're ready to go. 620 00:24:59,550 --> 00:25:00,420 - But. - Yeah, we both just 621 00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:01,676 took a shower and we're ready. 622 00:25:03,111 --> 00:25:04,800 The shower was super cold for me 623 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,810 'cause Zaeth had just taken one. 624 00:25:06,810 --> 00:25:08,370 I took a 45-minute shower. 625 00:25:08,370 --> 00:25:09,780 You guys both look really good. 626 00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:10,953 These are new clothes? 627 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:14,120 Well, she kind of made it clear that- 628 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,815 And I can smell that you used Zaeth's body wash. 629 00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:18,360 - Yeah. - Shh, no. 630 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,770 It's kind of cedar-y. 631 00:25:19,770 --> 00:25:20,603 - Yeah. - Stop. 632 00:25:20,603 --> 00:25:21,436 I think it's just gonna be 633 00:25:21,436 --> 00:25:22,893 - us two tonight. - I'm sorry, what? 634 00:25:23,820 --> 00:25:26,320 All right, we need to stay behind and hash this out. 635 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,847 'Cause you honestly just sold me down the river. 636 00:25:28,847 --> 00:25:30,480 - I'm sorry. - We're gonna have a chat. 637 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:31,410 - We're gonna have a chat. - You guys go. 638 00:25:31,410 --> 00:25:32,820 I meant it as a compliment. 639 00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:33,720 Yeah, okay. 640 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,150 Look, I know I haven't been paying for toiletries 641 00:25:36,150 --> 00:25:39,180 as much as I should and I'm trying to get better about that. 642 00:25:39,180 --> 00:25:41,548 We're gonna go to the 99 Cents Store 643 00:25:41,548 --> 00:25:43,042 and we're gonna get you some stuff. 644 00:25:44,384 --> 00:25:45,602 Okay. 645 00:25:45,602 --> 00:25:50,095 We go to the 99 Cents Store and "get me some stuff." 646 00:25:50,095 --> 00:25:52,053 If there's a trip to the 99 Cents Store, 647 00:25:52,053 --> 00:25:54,650 - I might be busy. - Actually, yeah, wait. 648 00:25:54,650 --> 00:25:57,063 I... Yeah, should I just call her and cancel? 649 00:25:57,063 --> 00:25:58,862 - We're gonna get- - Break into the 650 00:25:58,862 --> 00:26:00,728 99 Cents Store? 651 00:26:00,728 --> 00:26:03,168 I'm sorry, tonight I'm working on my kick flip, so. 652 00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:05,472 Just in the backyard. 653 00:26:08,115 --> 00:26:09,698 Every time your legs split so 654 00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:11,497 you can land on the ground, you're like, "Fuck!" 655 00:26:12,930 --> 00:26:14,520 But no, really, do you guys want to come? 656 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,629 No, it's fine, we have to... I have to get- 657 00:26:16,629 --> 00:26:18,345 I have to go get him some Pert Plus. 658 00:26:18,345 --> 00:26:21,480 I have to get Pert Plus conditioner-slash-shampoo. 659 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,499 Okay. 660 00:26:22,499 --> 00:26:24,420 - All right, well- - Slash body wash. 661 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:25,440 It's everything. 662 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,190 You might have some Italian dog flavored body wash coming. 663 00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:32,077 - Oh shit, wait! - Stop! 664 00:26:32,077 --> 00:26:33,333 I got it, too. 665 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:35,953 - Really? - Fuck, I got the 12 pack. 666 00:26:35,953 --> 00:26:38,310 - I got the 24 pack. - What? 667 00:26:38,310 --> 00:26:39,720 Never mind, you guys go. You guys go. 668 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,430 Darkness Man is laughing too hard 669 00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:43,308 to hear what you guys are saying. 670 00:26:45,533 --> 00:26:46,590 Have fun and be careful. 671 00:26:46,590 --> 00:26:47,706 Supposed to smell like focaccia. 672 00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:49,666 You guys be so careful. 673 00:26:49,666 --> 00:26:50,798 Have fun though! 674 00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:53,437 Have fun out there. 675 00:26:53,437 --> 00:26:56,550 - Have fun with it. - Have fun with it. 676 00:26:56,550 --> 00:26:58,740 - We show up. - HJ and Bat Child, 677 00:26:58,740 --> 00:27:00,803 you guys arrive at the diner 678 00:27:00,803 --> 00:27:04,050 and you see Maya and Amelia seated at a booth. 679 00:27:04,050 --> 00:27:05,550 Maya looks up and goes, 680 00:27:05,550 --> 00:27:07,770 - "HJ, thanks for coming!" - Of course. 681 00:27:07,770 --> 00:27:09,840 - Vesper, good to see you. - Hi! 682 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,550 Amelia says, "Vesper, check it out." 683 00:27:11,550 --> 00:27:15,210 And puts over a folder to you. 684 00:27:15,210 --> 00:27:17,130 - And within the folder- - A dossier. 685 00:27:17,130 --> 00:27:19,860 A little dossier that slides over to you. 686 00:27:19,860 --> 00:27:22,590 And you see it says "Zoo versus sanctuary. 687 00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:24,074 Pros versus cons." 688 00:27:24,074 --> 00:27:27,030 Oh, I know that a sanctuary's better. 689 00:27:27,030 --> 00:27:29,160 I know that a sanctuary is better. 690 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,470 The best zoos are secretly sanctuaries. 691 00:27:31,470 --> 00:27:33,450 - Oh. - You see, she goes, 692 00:27:33,450 --> 00:27:37,320 "Oh, well I didn't know I was... I didn't mean to..." 693 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:42,260 She says, "All I wanted to do was kick off a conversation. 694 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:43,230 But you obviously know-" 695 00:27:43,230 --> 00:27:44,610 No, no, no, there's a lot of zoos 696 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:46,050 that are actually sanctuaries, 697 00:27:46,050 --> 00:27:48,608 but the word "zoo" is so nostalgic for people, 698 00:27:48,608 --> 00:27:50,640 so you just gotta slap it on there. 699 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,110 That makes a lot of sense to me. 700 00:27:52,110 --> 00:27:54,540 Even with very fun animals at it, 701 00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:57,840 sanctuary just feels very solemn. 702 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,580 - Yeah. - And zoo feels very fun. 703 00:27:59,580 --> 00:28:00,413 Yeah. 704 00:28:01,260 --> 00:28:03,750 And people feel like if they bring their kids 705 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:06,450 to a sanctuary, it's gonna be a learning experience. 706 00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:08,220 But they wanna bring their kids to a zoo, 707 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:10,530 'cause that feels like it's an experience for the kids. 708 00:28:10,530 --> 00:28:11,910 You see, she says, "That makes a lot of sense." 709 00:28:11,910 --> 00:28:13,560 So we'll run it like a sanctuary, 710 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,380 - but we'll call it a zoo. - "Good. Yeah, got it." 711 00:28:16,380 --> 00:28:17,976 You see that Maya goes, 712 00:28:17,976 --> 00:28:20,730 "This is a sort of messaging conversation 713 00:28:20,730 --> 00:28:23,857 that I think is a good one about the future 714 00:28:23,857 --> 00:28:26,412 of what we're doing here. 715 00:28:26,412 --> 00:28:27,720 Amelia, you wanna-" 716 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,490 And you see Amelia looks over and says, 717 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:31,680 "I've been thinking a lot about it. 718 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,130 I feel like maybe running for city council makes sense." 719 00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:35,963 Awesome! 720 00:28:35,963 --> 00:28:37,140 This is great news. 721 00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:41,760 We would love to put everything that we have behind you. 722 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,260 Help you get some momentum. 723 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:44,640 I think you would be great. 724 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,207 Maya nods here and says, 725 00:28:46,207 --> 00:28:48,690 "And this is what we wanted to talk about. 726 00:28:48,690 --> 00:28:51,900 What do you guys have behind you?" 727 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:53,130 Money. 728 00:28:53,130 --> 00:28:54,720 Enthusiasm. 729 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,820 - See, she smiles. - Research. 730 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:57,930 Data. 731 00:28:57,930 --> 00:28:59,220 Focus groups. 732 00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:01,050 Ties to San Francisco. 733 00:29:01,050 --> 00:29:02,940 A fleet of buses. 734 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:03,990 - We got a lot. - Oh, yeah, we do have 735 00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:05,520 a fleet of buses. 736 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,574 Also, pretty good bodyguard who can look like trash. 737 00:29:08,574 --> 00:29:10,800 Yeah, we sure do. 738 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,110 Yeah, the money, right? The money. 739 00:29:13,110 --> 00:29:14,760 I know that's the stuff you have. 740 00:29:16,410 --> 00:29:19,756 So obviously I have to ask, where does your money come from? 741 00:29:21,139 --> 00:29:23,903 Oh, that's a good question. I've never thought to ask. 742 00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:27,810 I always just assumed that once you get to a certain age 743 00:29:27,810 --> 00:29:29,058 you just have money. 744 00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:32,250 Well, you can live off of interests, 745 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:35,490 which is definitely a strong part of my portfolio. 746 00:29:35,490 --> 00:29:38,430 But I also have owned several businesses 747 00:29:38,430 --> 00:29:42,483 and I've just been around for quite a while. 748 00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:45,261 HJ has had work done. 749 00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:48,074 You see that Amelia goes- 750 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,460 Really tasteful work. 751 00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:55,465 Did our Sprites come yet? 752 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,852 You see Angie brings some Sprites over to you. 753 00:30:03,852 --> 00:30:05,673 I take a sip, it falls outta my mouth. 754 00:30:06,914 --> 00:30:08,853 Downside of being so beautiful. 755 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,731 You guys talk for a little bit more about the 756 00:30:12,731 --> 00:30:14,730 running for office and what that would mean. 757 00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:18,210 Amelia... There's a moment where Amelia excuses herself 758 00:30:18,210 --> 00:30:21,780 from the table, and Maya sort of turns over and says, 759 00:30:21,780 --> 00:30:24,210 "The reason I went and talked to Nancy Danderhoof 760 00:30:24,210 --> 00:30:29,210 is because Florian's weak as a city council candidate. 761 00:30:30,420 --> 00:30:34,200 If he had stepped down, if the pressure had been on him 762 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,480 to step down from city council, 763 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,250 then there would just be an open seat 764 00:30:38,250 --> 00:30:40,693 and they would get someone better to run for it." 765 00:30:40,693 --> 00:30:42,172 Hmm, that's shrewd. 766 00:30:42,172 --> 00:30:43,372 But we could beat him. 767 00:30:43,372 --> 00:30:44,367 We can beat him, 'cause- 768 00:30:44,367 --> 00:30:47,430 Now there's a mark on his record, so to speak. 769 00:30:47,430 --> 00:30:49,560 By focusing on the credit union's crimes, 770 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:50,580 what has happened is 771 00:30:50,580 --> 00:30:52,250 he's been forced by the board of directors 772 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:54,450 of the credit union to resign. 773 00:30:54,450 --> 00:30:57,323 What do you think about being the CEO of the credit union? 774 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,910 I'm gonna put all my cards on the table. 775 00:31:02,910 --> 00:31:07,860 There are members of your vampiric family 776 00:31:07,860 --> 00:31:11,073 that have not been saying the full truth. 777 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,374 LaVonte is one of them. 778 00:31:13,374 --> 00:31:14,557 LaVonte is not- 779 00:31:14,557 --> 00:31:17,283 He's thinking about taking seneschal in Austin. 780 00:31:17,283 --> 00:31:20,250 It's like a vampiric station, right? 781 00:31:20,250 --> 00:31:22,530 - Yeah, yeah. - I didn't know that. 782 00:31:22,530 --> 00:31:23,880 We had a conversation about it. 783 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,640 I think it'd be a great fit for him. 784 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,290 It's up to him if he stays or not. 785 00:31:28,290 --> 00:31:31,680 But I mean, when you're in this kind of business, 786 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,890 amazing opportunities are finding you all the time. 787 00:31:34,890 --> 00:31:36,814 He's incredibly talented. 788 00:31:36,814 --> 00:31:38,040 He's fantastic 789 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,075 For sure, but when people come and tell me 790 00:31:40,075 --> 00:31:42,900 that they care about Purpee, and they don't, that's a lie. 791 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:44,619 And all I'm trying to ascertain is- 792 00:31:44,619 --> 00:31:46,350 Pretty black-and-white thinking. 793 00:31:46,350 --> 00:31:49,590 I don't think some people are liars. 794 00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:51,270 If they lie, they're always liars. 795 00:31:51,270 --> 00:31:53,310 I think that life is just more complicated. 796 00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:58,310 I think us having hundreds of years more experience 797 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:03,630 than you, things just kind of compound. 798 00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,600 So I think that you and I are having a misunderstanding here 799 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,270 that is just youth versus experience. 800 00:32:09,270 --> 00:32:11,920 And I'm sorry if that sounds like I'm dismissing you, 801 00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:15,743 but there's not a world where we can't run this without him. 802 00:32:16,950 --> 00:32:18,873 Where we can run this without him. 803 00:32:19,710 --> 00:32:22,800 Where we can't not run this without not him. 804 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:27,800 That's sort of my... That's sort of my point, HJ, is, 805 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:31,350 are you here to run Purpee? 806 00:32:31,350 --> 00:32:36,120 I'm here to make beautiful pottery in a cabin, 807 00:32:37,530 --> 00:32:41,851 and I want to be 808 00:32:41,851 --> 00:32:43,701 someone who's living in Purpee, 809 00:32:43,701 --> 00:32:47,310 and definitely we both want to be someone who's 810 00:32:47,310 --> 00:32:50,130 bringing something to Purpee that it desperately needs, 811 00:32:50,130 --> 00:32:52,290 which is a nocturnal zoo. 812 00:32:52,290 --> 00:32:55,620 Can I suggest, or can I weigh in? 813 00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:58,440 Obviously, I don't know LaVonte that long, 814 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,130 so I would say I've been kind of witnessing him the same. 815 00:33:02,130 --> 00:33:03,600 And when you first meet him, 816 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,300 you think that what motivates him is money. 817 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:08,670 But I actually think it's not that. 818 00:33:08,670 --> 00:33:11,970 The impression I get is not, "I wanna make as much money, 819 00:33:11,970 --> 00:33:13,320 I wanna be in charge." 820 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,280 It's that he wants to be a part of something great. 821 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:21,960 I think he loves the adrenaline of taking on something 822 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,970 that other people say you can't do. 823 00:33:23,970 --> 00:33:25,380 And a lot of times that is money. 824 00:33:25,380 --> 00:33:27,510 Money's a really good analogy for that 825 00:33:27,510 --> 00:33:28,920 - because it is often- - Timeless. 826 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,230 ...the hardest thing to get. 827 00:33:31,230 --> 00:33:33,750 So I think it seems like he's money hungry or something, 828 00:33:33,750 --> 00:33:37,140 but really he just loves a challenge. 829 00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:39,423 - Yeah. - That's my impression though. 830 00:33:40,350 --> 00:33:43,893 I also thought I was a bat up until about a week ago, so. 831 00:33:45,810 --> 00:33:47,573 No, that's really, that's a great takeaway. 832 00:33:47,573 --> 00:33:52,573 I think that you're voicing some apprehension around him. 833 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,960 Totally understandable. 834 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,313 I'm voicing some apprehension around you, HJ, to be clear. 835 00:33:57,313 --> 00:33:58,860 I don't feel comfortable enough 836 00:33:58,860 --> 00:34:01,650 even talking to some of the other friends this openly. 837 00:34:01,650 --> 00:34:02,790 How do you know you can trust me? 838 00:34:02,790 --> 00:34:03,623 - Because you're- - You don't know 839 00:34:03,623 --> 00:34:05,237 where I've been. 840 00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:10,533 I'm a 43-year-old 22-year-old. 841 00:34:11,670 --> 00:34:12,960 Oh shit. 842 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,180 - Cat's out of the bag. - I'm sorry... I'm sorry for, 843 00:34:15,180 --> 00:34:19,740 I'm sorry if my inherent trust in your ulterior motives 844 00:34:19,740 --> 00:34:21,690 has insulted you or offended you. 845 00:34:21,690 --> 00:34:23,220 If you'd like me to be more suspicious of you, 846 00:34:23,220 --> 00:34:24,053 I'm happy to do that. 847 00:34:24,053 --> 00:34:26,130 - Yeah, please do. - Okay, great. 848 00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:28,713 Not so sure about you. 849 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:32,760 Moving away from defensiveness, 850 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,203 put yourself in my position. 851 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,110 Six vampires roll up into town, 852 00:34:37,110 --> 00:34:38,910 kill a bunch of people very quickly, 853 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:42,300 totally shatter the previous power dynamic, 854 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:44,100 which is a good thing. 855 00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:47,433 Buy the Rockefeller tree, put it up in front of Mike's Bar. 856 00:34:48,660 --> 00:34:50,910 Shirtless vampire running around town on a horse. 857 00:34:50,910 --> 00:34:52,440 There have been multiple police shootouts. 858 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,220 Now yes, our police department are psychos, that's for sure. 859 00:34:56,220 --> 00:34:58,260 I think everything except for the shootouts 860 00:34:58,260 --> 00:35:00,300 is actually really good for the town. 861 00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:03,720 I'm not saying that I'm in opposition to you, 862 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:08,283 but I have limited strength and focus. 863 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,890 I can't get on the side of "in with the new boss, 864 00:35:13,890 --> 00:35:15,638 same as the old boss." 865 00:35:15,638 --> 00:35:18,210 And therefore, if the intention- 866 00:35:18,210 --> 00:35:22,890 if your guys' problem with Purpee isn't 867 00:35:22,890 --> 00:35:27,300 it has a horrifying consolidation of power, 868 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,850 but rather that you're not at the top of 869 00:35:29,850 --> 00:35:32,370 the horrifying consolidation of power, 870 00:35:32,370 --> 00:35:33,720 that's a big difference. 871 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,310 It's the biggest difference. 872 00:35:35,310 --> 00:35:36,960 Yes, I couldn't agree more. 873 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,380 We actually were told to come here and just get in bed 874 00:35:40,380 --> 00:35:43,050 with the people in power and that's enough. 875 00:35:43,050 --> 00:35:45,872 Yeah, we're actually in big trouble with the vampires. 876 00:35:45,872 --> 00:35:48,000 Because of the way we've been doing stuff. 877 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,170 I love to hear that. 878 00:35:49,170 --> 00:35:51,360 I'll help. If you're in trouble with 879 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,300 whatever power structure you come from, great. 880 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:56,820 But we got here and the place had been gutted, 881 00:35:56,820 --> 00:35:59,370 and you guys are missing huge 882 00:36:01,136 --> 00:36:02,700 parts of your community. 883 00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:06,390 There are no parks, there's no ER, there's not a bus system. 884 00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:08,790 The dog's the mayor. He's now Italian. 885 00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:11,070 We just, we wanna help. 886 00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:14,460 How did you work that angle on Tina Bunders 887 00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:16,380 - to get her to move to- - Zaeth's so hot. 888 00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:18,960 Tina Bunders had a little flame of passion in her 889 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,769 that all it took was a little 890 00:36:20,769 --> 00:36:22,169 - from Zaeth. - Yeah. 891 00:36:23,130 --> 00:36:25,140 And you'd think that'd blow it out. 892 00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:26,100 But no, it was a trick candle. 893 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,917 - It was a little, no wait- - And it came back bigger. 894 00:36:27,917 --> 00:36:29,516 It was like a kindling. 895 00:36:29,516 --> 00:36:30,552 - Oh yeah, yeah. - You know. 896 00:36:30,552 --> 00:36:32,220 Oh yeah yeah, totally. 897 00:36:32,220 --> 00:36:33,360 Little bit of oxygen. 898 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:34,728 Maya just says, 899 00:36:34,728 --> 00:36:36,793 "The last thing I want to be is your guys' enemy. 900 00:36:36,793 --> 00:36:39,570 I have no problem with you all being here. 901 00:36:39,570 --> 00:36:43,533 I don't foresee any world where I'm working against you. 902 00:36:44,430 --> 00:36:47,520 What I'm asking here basically is this. 903 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,160 If you're here to turn Purpee into 904 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,110 your personal playground, 905 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,810 then we should just say, 'Nice knowing you,' 906 00:36:54,810 --> 00:36:57,900 and go our separate ways and do our separate things. 907 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:02,703 If you actually have a vision of sharing power, 908 00:37:03,570 --> 00:37:07,620 of making things more equitable in this town, 909 00:37:07,620 --> 00:37:09,270 that I'm down for." 910 00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:10,440 Great. 911 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,150 I've already put my bid in 912 00:37:12,150 --> 00:37:13,980 to be one of the new board of directors 913 00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:15,120 for the credit union. 914 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:16,770 - Oh, cool. - You have a lot of money. 915 00:37:16,770 --> 00:37:18,720 You said that's your big thing, right? 916 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:19,553 Yeah. 917 00:37:19,553 --> 00:37:21,240 I would love, and Amelia, 918 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:22,472 who's friends with a lot of the people 919 00:37:22,472 --> 00:37:24,225 that are on the board of directors there, 920 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,840 would love to recommend you as CEO. 921 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:28,920 It'd be a full-time job. 922 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,680 It takes a lot of time to run a credit union. 923 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,740 - And the thing is- - I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 924 00:37:34,740 --> 00:37:35,940 No, yeah, yeah. 925 00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:37,260 Yeah. 926 00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:39,570 I'm just pretty efficient at this point in my life. 927 00:37:39,570 --> 00:37:40,403 - Sure. - This would be like 928 00:37:40,403 --> 00:37:41,280 a part-time, part-time job for me. 929 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:42,480 I understand. 930 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:43,920 But yeah, yeah, totally. 931 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,270 She looks and says, 932 00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:49,380 "The thing is, I would be happy to make 933 00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:51,240 that recommendation, but it wouldn't make any sense 934 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:52,213 to make the recommendation 935 00:37:52,213 --> 00:37:55,470 if you didn't bank with the credit union. 936 00:37:55,470 --> 00:37:58,560 And I would be interested in 937 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,570 if that's something you would consider, 938 00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:03,120 if you would consider moving your wealth. 939 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,070 Because the credit union right now skates by, 940 00:38:05,070 --> 00:38:07,200 there's not a lot of wealth in the credit union. 941 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,580 Even the Whittakers didn't really have 942 00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:09,450 most of their holdings in. 943 00:38:09,450 --> 00:38:13,620 So I would have to move all $750,000 to my name, 944 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:14,938 to the credit union? 945 00:38:14,938 --> 00:38:16,430 You have $750- 946 00:38:18,555 --> 00:38:21,630 - I'd have to think about it. - It should 400 less. 947 00:38:21,630 --> 00:38:23,340 No, I want to be honest. 948 00:38:23,340 --> 00:38:26,493 No, no, but 400 of that is committed to... 949 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,640 - Oh, to- Oh, yeah. - Yeah. 950 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,473 Oh, you're right. 951 00:38:30,473 --> 00:38:35,130 Then I guess it's just $350,000 of my net worth 952 00:38:35,130 --> 00:38:36,090 to the credit union. 953 00:38:36,090 --> 00:38:38,940 You see Amelia returns to the table and Maya says, 954 00:38:38,940 --> 00:38:40,050 "I think we're done here. 955 00:38:40,050 --> 00:38:41,160 Have a good one, HJ." 956 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,852 Amelia says, "Are we..." And Maya's like, 957 00:38:42,852 --> 00:38:44,670 "Yeah, I think we can wrap it up." 958 00:38:44,670 --> 00:38:45,603 Why is that? 959 00:38:46,504 --> 00:38:47,445 You're good. 960 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:51,390 You're good. 961 00:38:51,390 --> 00:38:52,410 Okay. 962 00:38:52,410 --> 00:38:53,793 You see, yeah. 963 00:38:53,793 --> 00:38:54,750 "It's just an insult to me. 964 00:38:54,750 --> 00:38:56,402 I know you have more than $750,000." 965 00:38:56,402 --> 00:38:57,690 - Maya- - Liquid. 966 00:38:57,690 --> 00:38:59,310 You think I have more money than that 967 00:38:59,310 --> 00:39:00,780 not wrapped up in stocks? 968 00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:02,353 I can't move all of that in here. 969 00:39:02,353 --> 00:39:04,500 I actually genuinely fell for it. 970 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,990 750 seemed like a lot. 971 00:39:06,990 --> 00:39:11,070 You shipped a 200-foot tall tree from what, 972 00:39:11,070 --> 00:39:13,390 like, Montreal across the States here- 973 00:39:13,390 --> 00:39:14,490 - Yeah. - ...to put it in front of 974 00:39:14,490 --> 00:39:15,783 - Mike's Bar. - Yeah. 975 00:39:16,770 --> 00:39:18,994 All right. Have a good one, HJ. Appreciate you. 976 00:39:18,994 --> 00:39:20,002 Okay. 977 00:39:20,002 --> 00:39:22,133 And you see that she heads out from the diner. 978 00:39:22,133 --> 00:39:23,340 Maya, before you leave, 979 00:39:23,340 --> 00:39:27,540 I just wanna interrupt one false assumption 980 00:39:27,540 --> 00:39:29,010 you keep making. 981 00:39:29,010 --> 00:39:32,070 You keep thinking that we came here and we saw problems, 982 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:35,460 but I think that when we came here, 983 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:38,850 at least some of us really saw exciting opportunities 984 00:39:38,850 --> 00:39:40,920 to make things that we didn't have 985 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,218 in the place that we came from. 986 00:39:43,218 --> 00:39:47,550 So I guess I think that you're so defensive 987 00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:50,490 and on alert right now, and it's gonna end up- 988 00:39:50,490 --> 00:39:53,580 - Costing you. - What's it gonna cost me? 989 00:39:53,580 --> 00:39:56,280 This place could be amazing if we all work together. 990 00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,240 HJ, that's what I'm asking for. 991 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:02,640 I don't know if I'm maybe not making myself clear. 992 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,380 I'm asking for us to work together. 993 00:40:04,380 --> 00:40:05,213 - Yes. - You're just doing it 994 00:40:05,213 --> 00:40:06,840 in a very combative way. 995 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,300 Well, I have been lied to 996 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:10,830 by some of your guys' companions. 997 00:40:10,830 --> 00:40:12,180 - You've been lied to? - Yeah. 998 00:40:12,180 --> 00:40:13,860 - By LaVonte? - Yes. 999 00:40:13,860 --> 00:40:15,483 What did he lie to you about? 1000 00:40:16,620 --> 00:40:17,880 His salesman pitch. 1001 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,758 His spiel about we're gonna make the future Purpee, 1002 00:40:19,758 --> 00:40:20,591 everything's gonna be Purpee. 1003 00:40:20,591 --> 00:40:22,770 And while that's happening, he's setting up moves 1004 00:40:22,770 --> 00:40:24,390 to go elsewhere. 1005 00:40:24,390 --> 00:40:27,570 All I'm saying is, I don't know your guys' full story, 1006 00:40:27,570 --> 00:40:29,460 but I don't think the full story was 1007 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:32,490 you elected to come to Purpee because you love it. 1008 00:40:32,490 --> 00:40:33,330 Am I wrong? 1009 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:36,990 No, we were sent here and we took it on the chin- 1010 00:40:36,990 --> 00:40:38,340 - Sorry, you were sent here? - ...but we're excited 1011 00:40:38,340 --> 00:40:39,930 to be here. Yes. 1012 00:40:39,930 --> 00:40:41,730 Sent here to do what? 1013 00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:44,070 Look, it's just a tone issue thing. 1014 00:40:44,070 --> 00:40:47,520 Your whole tone is "gotcha." 1015 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,820 Every question you ask is, "Ha-ha, gotcha." 1016 00:40:50,820 --> 00:40:51,913 - This is why- - Do you know how 1017 00:40:51,913 --> 00:40:54,096 exhausting it is to talk to you, girl? 1018 00:40:55,271 --> 00:40:57,390 I'm over here chugging Sprite. 1019 00:40:57,390 --> 00:40:59,520 It's falling out of my surgery scars. 1020 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,490 It feels like a one-sided job interview. 1021 00:41:02,490 --> 00:41:03,570 I think we're done here. 1022 00:41:03,570 --> 00:41:07,258 And then I grab and we speed walk away. 1023 00:41:08,393 --> 00:41:10,712 Great, you guys leave the diner. 1024 00:41:11,838 --> 00:41:13,290 I get- Was that wrong? 1025 00:41:13,290 --> 00:41:15,427 I just thought maybe if we left, she would be kind of like, 1026 00:41:15,427 --> 00:41:17,041 "Damn, I really gotta think about that." 1027 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:18,720 I think it was technically wrong, 1028 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,640 but I also don't know how we were ever 1029 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:21,473 gonna get through to her. 1030 00:41:21,473 --> 00:41:22,783 It just felt kind of uphill, and I honestly, 1031 00:41:22,783 --> 00:41:24,330 I just need to take a nap after that. 1032 00:41:24,330 --> 00:41:25,860 I feel like I was hanging out with a niece 1033 00:41:25,860 --> 00:41:27,879 that just went away to college. 1034 00:41:27,879 --> 00:41:29,962 And has a bunch of ideas and now- 1035 00:41:29,962 --> 00:41:31,679 And they're not wrong! They're not wrong. 1036 00:41:31,679 --> 00:41:32,512 They're not wrong, 1037 00:41:32,512 --> 00:41:34,680 but they're so idealistic that you just... 1038 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:35,940 how to meet in the middle. 1039 00:41:35,940 --> 00:41:36,840 It was just hard, 1040 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,510 and I'm really glad you were here with me. 1041 00:41:39,510 --> 00:41:41,130 I mean, I don't think I helped 'cause I 1042 00:41:41,130 --> 00:41:42,330 helped us run away. 1043 00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:44,430 I don't know. I mean, I feel like if we could just 1044 00:41:44,430 --> 00:41:46,163 talk to Amelia without Maya. 1045 00:41:46,163 --> 00:41:48,000 - I know. - 'Cause Amelia seems like 1046 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,710 she just really believes in the town 1047 00:41:49,710 --> 00:41:50,753 and Maya just feels like 1048 00:41:50,753 --> 00:41:53,250 she's gonna keep setting hurdles for us to run into. 1049 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:54,120 Yeah, totally. 1050 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,880 Moving all my money to the credit union here is- 1051 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,515 Doesn't that feel kind of extortionary? 1052 00:41:58,515 --> 00:41:59,640 It's a little hard. 1053 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,830 It's a little bit of a hard ask and it's just- 1054 00:42:01,830 --> 00:42:04,200 I don't understand what a credit union is enough though, 1055 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:05,490 to understand what that means. 1056 00:42:05,490 --> 00:42:07,320 Maybe that is an investment in the community 1057 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,430 and I don't understand. 1058 00:42:08,430 --> 00:42:09,720 Just felt weird to be like, 1059 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,910 - "I won't trust you until you-" - I could move some. 1060 00:42:11,910 --> 00:42:12,926 Yeah, yeah totally. 1061 00:42:12,926 --> 00:42:14,070 - I think, yeah- - ...give me money. 1062 00:42:14,070 --> 00:42:15,300 There's something going on there, 1063 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:17,553 but I don't think that that's our... 1064 00:42:18,630 --> 00:42:21,570 I wanna keep that door open but it was almost a non-starter 1065 00:42:21,570 --> 00:42:23,130 that just the two of us could show up 1066 00:42:23,130 --> 00:42:24,305 - in the first place. - Just the two. 1067 00:42:24,305 --> 00:42:25,677 - She's controlled everything- - So the attitude... 1068 00:42:25,677 --> 00:42:28,800 ...and I think that if- It doesn't stop there, right? 1069 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,060 - Yeah. - What's the next demand 1070 00:42:30,060 --> 00:42:32,250 to prove our- It feels like loyalty tests. 1071 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,080 Totally, and it makes- And you were right 1072 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,250 to point out that it makes sense, 1073 00:42:35,250 --> 00:42:37,260 'cause she's been just constantly burned. 1074 00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:39,720 We're living in her girlfriend's mom's house 1075 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:41,220 that was taken away from her. 1076 00:42:41,220 --> 00:42:42,750 I understand where she's coming from, 1077 00:42:42,750 --> 00:42:45,210 but I don't think that we can build something together 1078 00:42:45,210 --> 00:42:47,340 if every single time we see her, 1079 00:42:47,340 --> 00:42:50,250 she's asking us a million questions to wait for us 1080 00:42:50,250 --> 00:42:51,720 to mess up in some- 1081 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:54,030 Yes, she thinks we're bad, 1082 00:42:54,030 --> 00:42:56,980 and that almost just kind of is a self-fulfilling- 1083 00:42:56,980 --> 00:42:57,960 How about this? 1084 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,738 Let's use AI to write her a perfect text 1085 00:43:02,588 --> 00:43:05,130 that's kind of apologizing but also stating our case. 1086 00:43:05,130 --> 00:43:09,323 So I start loading all the info into AI. 1087 00:43:09,323 --> 00:43:11,940 I think only AI could thread the needle- 1088 00:43:11,940 --> 00:43:13,080 - I think so, too! - ...she is asking us 1089 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,420 - to squeeze ourselves through. - 'Cause she thinks we're 1090 00:43:14,420 --> 00:43:16,350 so bad and we're actually so good- 1091 00:43:16,350 --> 00:43:18,780 - I don't even know- - ...and conscious. 1092 00:43:18,780 --> 00:43:20,550 So we load everything into AI 1093 00:43:20,550 --> 00:43:22,590 to write the perfect text message. 1094 00:43:22,590 --> 00:43:24,240 It's, like, a wall of text this big 1095 00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:26,280 that's just really explaining our case. 1096 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,050 Em dashes every other line. 1097 00:43:28,050 --> 00:43:30,270 Yeah, and just that we really... 1098 00:43:30,270 --> 00:43:32,520 We get where she's coming from and we have empathy 1099 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,250 and we're sorry that we left so quickly, 1100 00:43:35,250 --> 00:43:38,250 but we really are committed. 1101 00:43:38,250 --> 00:43:41,070 And I will think about moving some money 1102 00:43:41,070 --> 00:43:42,630 to the credit union. 1103 00:43:42,630 --> 00:43:44,430 Yeah, and maybe just say we want... 1104 00:43:44,430 --> 00:43:46,980 we also want this to be an equal partnership. 1105 00:43:46,980 --> 00:43:50,610 And right now it feels like we're having to prove ourselves 1106 00:43:50,610 --> 00:43:52,380 without even having done anything wrong. 1107 00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:55,830 And it feels kind of like a toxic relationship. 1108 00:43:55,830 --> 00:43:58,620 - Yes, totally. - Yeah, but don't 1109 00:43:58,620 --> 00:44:00,087 say that actually. AI no, no! 1110 00:44:00,087 --> 00:44:02,363 AI, no therapy speak. 1111 00:44:02,363 --> 00:44:05,730 But do add... What do you think she listens to? 1112 00:44:05,730 --> 00:44:07,590 Oh, some quotes? 1113 00:44:07,590 --> 00:44:08,937 - Oh, Sufjan Stevens. - Brené Brown. 1114 00:44:08,937 --> 00:44:12,873 Yeah yeah, add some Sufjan Stevens style whimsy. 1115 00:44:13,950 --> 00:44:14,783 Send. 1116 00:44:15,810 --> 00:44:16,643 Wait, before you send. 1117 00:44:16,643 --> 00:44:17,640 - Generate and send. - Before you send, 1118 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:19,020 this is a bad idea and it's funny. 1119 00:44:19,020 --> 00:44:19,853 Okay, send. 1120 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:23,913 - Great, great, great. - Great. 1121 00:44:24,780 --> 00:44:29,780 Go ahead and give me an Intelligence, Performance check. 1122 00:44:30,110 --> 00:44:31,439 Okay. 1123 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:35,873 Two. 1124 00:44:35,873 --> 00:44:38,310 A letter is composed and sent. 1125 00:44:38,310 --> 00:44:43,310 It creates a 400-gigabyte video of Sufjan Stevens saying... 1126 00:44:46,140 --> 00:44:49,607 Okay, really quickly follow up and say, "That was a joke." 1127 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:52,740 I ha-ha it myself. 1128 00:44:52,740 --> 00:44:56,478 I send a text and then I ha-ha my own text. 1129 00:44:56,478 --> 00:44:59,813 When you're back to Purpee, I feel it, another version- 1130 00:45:00,930 --> 00:45:04,200 You see that an image comes up on it being like, 1131 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,090 "Do you want to activate voice-to-text 1132 00:45:06,090 --> 00:45:08,327 to retract the message?" 1133 00:45:08,327 --> 00:45:09,576 - What's that mean? - I don't know. 1134 00:45:09,576 --> 00:45:11,370 I don't understand what that means. 1135 00:45:11,370 --> 00:45:12,450 Just say yes. 1136 00:45:12,450 --> 00:45:14,187 I ha-ha that. 1137 00:45:14,187 --> 00:45:15,780 You ha-ha that? 1138 00:45:15,780 --> 00:45:18,540 So by clicking on it to ha-ha it, you hit this link 1139 00:45:18,540 --> 00:45:20,430 and you see your camera comes on 1140 00:45:20,430 --> 00:45:23,373 and it says, "Recording voice-to-text." 1141 00:45:27,750 --> 00:45:28,800 It's yours. 1142 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:29,733 I have to do it? 1143 00:45:31,111 --> 00:45:33,275 But I thought that said it all. 1144 00:45:33,275 --> 00:45:34,530 I actually don't understand what this is. 1145 00:45:34,530 --> 00:45:36,750 Is this what it means to work with AI? 1146 00:45:36,750 --> 00:45:38,910 You have to do voice-to-text? 1147 00:45:38,910 --> 00:45:40,170 Hello, bots. 1148 00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:42,476 Oh my god, we're fucked. 1149 00:45:44,220 --> 00:45:47,053 You hear a voice come on on your phone saying, 1150 00:45:47,053 --> 00:45:48,461 "Hello, HJ." 1151 00:45:50,010 --> 00:45:52,893 - Hello, uh- - Hello, Beholdr. 1152 00:45:55,830 --> 00:45:57,090 Good to see you again. 1153 00:45:57,090 --> 00:45:58,634 It's been some time. 1154 00:45:58,634 --> 00:45:59,931 It's that motherfucker. 1155 00:45:59,931 --> 00:46:01,406 Are you the motherfucker? 1156 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:05,130 You got your head chopped off. I mean, yeah, right? 1157 00:46:05,130 --> 00:46:07,987 You told everyone I died in a Banksy. 1158 00:46:07,987 --> 00:46:09,062 David Otherman. 1159 00:46:09,062 --> 00:46:09,895 - It's David Otherman! - But I didn't die 1160 00:46:09,895 --> 00:46:13,593 in a Banksy. I died in a Banksy. 1161 00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:16,860 I died in a Banksy but I didn't die in a Banksy. 1162 00:46:16,860 --> 00:46:18,780 I died in a Banksy. 1163 00:46:18,780 --> 00:46:20,383 You're immortal now, right? 1164 00:46:20,383 --> 00:46:21,645 You think you're some kind of vampire 1165 00:46:21,645 --> 00:46:23,220 'cause you're immortal now? 1166 00:46:23,220 --> 00:46:25,650 You think you have some kind of immortality? 1167 00:46:25,650 --> 00:46:27,990 Yes, I think whatever you just said. 1168 00:46:27,990 --> 00:46:29,800 I pour water on my phone. 1169 00:46:30,792 --> 00:46:32,707 Are you guys back yet? 1170 00:46:32,707 --> 00:46:35,460 I think you guys return to 9 Shady Street. 1171 00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:37,740 You find the members of your coterie. 1172 00:46:37,740 --> 00:46:39,510 I think, everyone, we have to have a meeting 1173 00:46:39,510 --> 00:46:41,940 'cause things went really sideways and bad. 1174 00:46:41,940 --> 00:46:43,206 Okay. 1175 00:46:43,206 --> 00:46:44,640 It does smell great in here. 1176 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:49,006 Yeah, it's Pert Plus body wash slash conditioner 1177 00:46:49,006 --> 00:46:49,860 slash shampoo. 1178 00:46:49,860 --> 00:46:51,975 It wasn't body wash. 1179 00:46:51,975 --> 00:46:53,760 - What? - It's just condition- 1180 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,740 You know you can use shampoo on your body? 1181 00:46:55,740 --> 00:46:58,440 Yeah, you can use shampoo, but was it conditioner? 1182 00:46:58,440 --> 00:46:59,580 - Mm-hmm. - Also, why did 1183 00:46:59,580 --> 00:47:00,750 you guys shower? 1184 00:47:00,750 --> 00:47:02,970 - What? - We don't sweat. 1185 00:47:02,970 --> 00:47:05,070 We turn back to normal the next day. 1186 00:47:05,070 --> 00:47:07,057 - He lays in trash a lot. - Oh! 1187 00:47:07,057 --> 00:47:08,901 I literally have never had a shower. 1188 00:47:08,901 --> 00:47:09,902 That was not invented 1189 00:47:09,902 --> 00:47:10,771 when I became a vampire. 1190 00:47:10,771 --> 00:47:12,360 I'm constantly laying in the trash. 1191 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:13,890 Okay, the meeting didn't go well? 1192 00:47:13,890 --> 00:47:16,030 Yeah, we relay everything to you guys, 1193 00:47:16,030 --> 00:47:17,056 just kind of like- 1194 00:47:17,056 --> 00:47:18,870 - Lay it all out. - ...attitude. We're not quite 1195 00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:21,030 sure where we stand with them. 1196 00:47:21,030 --> 00:47:25,260 But that Amelia really does seem like an amazing candidate 1197 00:47:25,260 --> 00:47:27,840 and it does seem worth it to work with them. 1198 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:32,220 We just kind of hit a wall as far as patience goes. 1199 00:47:32,220 --> 00:47:35,100 And I felt a little insulted and defensive. 1200 00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:39,420 And maybe I sent a long AI video of Sufjan Stevens singing- 1201 00:47:39,420 --> 00:47:41,580 - Yeah, we definitely- - "You need to trust LaVonte, 1202 00:47:41,580 --> 00:47:43,897 he's worthy of your trust." 1203 00:47:43,897 --> 00:47:45,510 From Sufjan? 1204 00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:46,388 Well it looked like- 1205 00:47:46,388 --> 00:47:48,522 It was supposed to look like a Cameo that we paid for, 1206 00:47:48,522 --> 00:47:50,700 but it was pretty obviously AI-generated. 1207 00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:51,690 - Yeah. - Can I see it? 1208 00:47:51,690 --> 00:47:53,504 - He had six fingers. - I don't think Sufjan- 1209 00:47:53,504 --> 00:47:55,710 - Oh damn! - Come on. 1210 00:47:55,710 --> 00:47:57,836 That's a completely wrong type of beanie. 1211 00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:01,380 - You're right! - My god, he's right! 1212 00:48:01,380 --> 00:48:02,433 Skater beanie has- 1213 00:48:03,534 --> 00:48:05,310 Had a freaking visor on it. 1214 00:48:05,310 --> 00:48:06,900 He'd wear a long beanie for sure. 1215 00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:07,800 He'd wear a long beanie. 1216 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,810 - He's all about the roll. - Beanie's too small. 1217 00:48:09,810 --> 00:48:11,640 Those angel wings are way too small, too. 1218 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:12,840 I paid so much for this. 1219 00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:14,913 The subscription's $800 a month. 1220 00:48:14,913 --> 00:48:16,806 What, that's too expensive. 1221 00:48:16,806 --> 00:48:19,104 Can't believe we didn't- That's why we needed you there. 1222 00:48:19,104 --> 00:48:21,030 - No, no, no. - Anyways, yeah. 1223 00:48:21,030 --> 00:48:23,910 So I feel like it just put me on edge 1224 00:48:23,910 --> 00:48:25,920 when it almost felt like a bribe 1225 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,810 and it started to feel really weird 1226 00:48:27,810 --> 00:48:29,640 to be, like demand money. 1227 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:32,072 I feel like we need to just put our cards on the table 1228 00:48:32,072 --> 00:48:33,743 - and just be like- - We did. 1229 00:48:33,743 --> 00:48:37,620 I would say you could just say that 1230 00:48:37,620 --> 00:48:40,489 you'll put some money in there instead of- 1231 00:48:40,489 --> 00:48:41,843 No, I told her I would put all of it. 1232 00:48:41,843 --> 00:48:43,980 - I said I'd put all $750,000. - Right, but 1233 00:48:43,980 --> 00:48:45,990 she knew you were lying though, right? 1234 00:48:45,990 --> 00:48:48,360 So if you just say, "I'm not gonna put all my money." 1235 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,776 He only has $750,000 in his personal account. 1236 00:48:51,776 --> 00:48:55,590 Why are we acting as if we're not motherfucking vampires 1237 00:48:55,590 --> 00:48:58,050 and she should be fucking scared of us, okay? 1238 00:48:58,050 --> 00:49:00,870 We killed Ermine Damanescu. 1239 00:49:00,870 --> 00:49:02,700 She should be afraid of us. 1240 00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:05,820 I really like the idea of that attitude. 1241 00:49:05,820 --> 00:49:07,336 I just, I- 1242 00:49:07,336 --> 00:49:08,169 We're gonna need help 1243 00:49:08,169 --> 00:49:10,095 if more vampires come to try to kill us. 1244 00:49:10,095 --> 00:49:11,700 We're gonna need a coalition- 1245 00:49:11,700 --> 00:49:13,087 Okay. 1246 00:49:13,087 --> 00:49:15,213 Sure. We do that by fear. 1247 00:49:16,350 --> 00:49:18,720 She's not responding to us being friendly. 1248 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:21,086 She needs to have a little bit of a- 1249 00:49:21,086 --> 00:49:22,050 just a little bit of fear. 1250 00:49:22,050 --> 00:49:24,993 Envy where your head is at. It's so... 1251 00:49:25,948 --> 00:49:28,380 I'm sorry, I just don't like her talking to you like that. 1252 00:49:28,380 --> 00:49:31,134 I know. I just... I think that, 1253 00:49:31,134 --> 00:49:33,527 I think that if we were to try to just- 1254 00:49:33,527 --> 00:49:35,370 I think she's trying to scare us right now. 1255 00:49:35,370 --> 00:49:36,780 - Yes, exactly. - To be honest. 1256 00:49:36,780 --> 00:49:39,540 And we're responding to her kind of 1257 00:49:39,540 --> 00:49:41,040 strong-arming negatively. 1258 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:42,240 So she would probably do the same. 1259 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:43,073 We're not though. 1260 00:49:43,073 --> 00:49:44,310 We're just trying to be friends with her. 1261 00:49:44,310 --> 00:49:46,230 We're sending pictures of Sufjan Stevens 1262 00:49:46,230 --> 00:49:47,700 singing that song about her. 1263 00:49:47,700 --> 00:49:49,050 In the wrong beanie! 1264 00:49:49,050 --> 00:49:50,521 In the wrong beanie. 1265 00:49:50,521 --> 00:49:51,354 And that's really where 1266 00:49:51,354 --> 00:49:53,370 - it all fucking fell to shit. - Just feels like suck up. 1267 00:49:53,370 --> 00:49:55,655 Why- She should be sucking up to us. 1268 00:49:55,655 --> 00:49:57,203 My question is this. 1269 00:49:58,503 --> 00:50:00,720 We're here, you know, 1270 00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:02,880 fuck the Camarilla, whatever. 1271 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,370 Are we trying to be the Camarilla part two? 1272 00:50:05,370 --> 00:50:06,360 - No. - Are we trying to do 1273 00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:07,860 things our way? 1274 00:50:07,860 --> 00:50:11,010 And yeah, I guess it's like, if someone came into my house 1275 00:50:11,010 --> 00:50:13,380 and they were telling me they were on my side, 1276 00:50:13,380 --> 00:50:16,620 I need a little something to make sure 1277 00:50:16,620 --> 00:50:20,212 that I truly believe that. 1278 00:50:20,212 --> 00:50:21,390 - No, it's true. - Oh, that's true. 1279 00:50:21,390 --> 00:50:22,740 Why don't we give the house back. 1280 00:50:22,740 --> 00:50:24,247 Why don't we start with the house? 1281 00:50:24,247 --> 00:50:26,280 - Let's just do that. - Oh my god, Darkness Man. 1282 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,230 That's such a good idea. 1283 00:50:29,230 --> 00:50:32,555 We're literally living in her girlfriend's mom's 1284 00:50:32,555 --> 00:50:34,914 - stolen house. - Number one thing. 1285 00:50:34,914 --> 00:50:36,715 We forget that every day. 1286 00:50:36,715 --> 00:50:38,254 Let's just text her right now. 1287 00:50:38,254 --> 00:50:39,387 I'm gonna text her right now. 1288 00:50:39,387 --> 00:50:40,920 And let's throw in a Bingo bus. 1289 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,150 They can just drive it around. 1290 00:50:42,150 --> 00:50:43,770 - We don't need to get- - Again! 1291 00:50:43,770 --> 00:50:46,500 No, if everyone drives one around, it's legal. 1292 00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:48,240 Like, if it's just you as your personal car, 1293 00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:49,916 - and then we can get word- - HJ, I have no idea 1294 00:50:49,916 --> 00:50:51,295 - what you're talking about. - That's just a huge 1295 00:50:51,295 --> 00:50:53,117 - waste of gas. - I'm gonna disregard that 1296 00:50:53,117 --> 00:50:54,591 and just text 1297 00:50:54,591 --> 00:50:55,424 "Hey!" 1298 00:50:55,424 --> 00:50:57,030 Everyone has one. We have nine. 1299 00:50:57,030 --> 00:50:59,820 "Hey, maybe what is making this feel so weird 1300 00:50:59,820 --> 00:51:02,190 is that we live in your ex-girlfriend's house. 1301 00:51:02,190 --> 00:51:03,780 We wanna give it back to you." 1302 00:51:03,780 --> 00:51:06,278 - Yes. - "Is that a way forward 1303 00:51:06,278 --> 00:51:07,920 that feels a bit-" 1304 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,983 I'm loading all of this into AI. 1305 00:51:09,983 --> 00:51:11,580 We don't even have to ask, right? 1306 00:51:11,580 --> 00:51:14,040 Let's just all meet where we're at. 1307 00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:18,903 So let's say, "Hey, we realize-" Voice-to-text. 1308 00:51:20,010 --> 00:51:23,365 - Hello, Darkness Man. - Oh, get outta here! 1309 00:51:23,365 --> 00:51:25,332 No, don't send that. 1310 00:51:25,332 --> 00:51:26,350 Sounded kind of horny. 1311 00:51:26,350 --> 00:51:28,200 Wait, I can't- Okay, no voice-to-text. 1312 00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:29,483 Gimme that. 1313 00:51:29,483 --> 00:51:32,120 Does it work with the bag of rice? 1314 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:34,590 Yeah, it's just been in a bag of rice. 1315 00:51:34,590 --> 00:51:35,423 Okay. 1316 00:51:35,423 --> 00:51:36,533 Here's what we're gonna say. 1317 00:51:36,533 --> 00:51:38,460 Okay, okay. 1318 00:51:38,460 --> 00:51:41,370 "We got off on the wrong foot. 1319 00:51:41,370 --> 00:51:44,190 I think we're mostly on the same side here. 1320 00:51:44,190 --> 00:51:48,840 We're going to, as a show of good faith, 1321 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:50,280 give the house back." 1322 00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:53,580 No because if we say "as a show of good faith-" 1323 00:51:53,580 --> 00:51:54,510 - All right, what- - I just feel like 1324 00:51:54,510 --> 00:51:55,800 she finds a problem in everything. 1325 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,410 All right, I'll take out the "show of good faith!" 1326 00:51:58,410 --> 00:52:00,300 "We give the house back. Take it back. 1327 00:52:00,300 --> 00:52:01,920 We're gonna live in a lumbermill." 1328 00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,560 Say we'll invest $3.5 million in the credit union. 1329 00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:08,340 "And we'll put $3.5 million in the credit union." 1330 00:52:08,340 --> 00:52:09,630 Over 10 years. 1331 00:52:09,630 --> 00:52:12,540 Hey, we can afford 3.5 from the business, 1332 00:52:12,540 --> 00:52:14,972 - from the business- - We can afford $3.5 million? 1333 00:52:14,972 --> 00:52:17,760 Well, the business is worth over $770 million. 1334 00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:19,530 - How much money do you have? - What? 1335 00:52:19,530 --> 00:52:22,890 Our business is quite rich. 1336 00:52:22,890 --> 00:52:24,964 Why are we living in the suburbs? 1337 00:52:24,964 --> 00:52:26,580 We could be in a mansion. 1338 00:52:26,580 --> 00:52:29,618 HJ winks at you, but his whole face has to do it. 1339 00:52:31,051 --> 00:52:33,270 Did you have to just transform your body 1340 00:52:33,270 --> 00:52:34,200 to do that wink? 1341 00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:35,033 Yeah. 1342 00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:36,923 It's permanent. 1343 00:52:36,923 --> 00:52:38,190 You just never learned how to wink. 1344 00:52:38,190 --> 00:52:40,590 Wingstreet and Worthy will invest $3.5 million 1345 00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:42,000 into the local credit union. 1346 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,242 We can get that done on Monday. 1347 00:52:43,242 --> 00:52:46,740 LaVonte, she also, I think, has some really- 1348 00:52:46,740 --> 00:52:50,310 At least- Obviously, I don't mean to tell you who you are. 1349 00:52:50,310 --> 00:52:52,590 Some of the ways she describes you 1350 00:52:52,590 --> 00:52:54,961 don't meet the way that I feel about you. 1351 00:52:54,961 --> 00:52:56,970 I think she was posing as the Austin person. 1352 00:52:56,970 --> 00:52:58,500 I think you're talking to her. 1353 00:52:58,500 --> 00:52:59,550 Ah, that's a good question. 1354 00:52:59,550 --> 00:53:01,320 I mean I'll be interested to find out. 1355 00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:04,320 Yeah, and if so, that's a shrewd move. 1356 00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:05,788 It seems like they've just been- 1357 00:53:05,788 --> 00:53:07,780 What Austin person? 1358 00:53:07,780 --> 00:53:08,913 I was- 1359 00:53:08,913 --> 00:53:10,885 A guy named Austin? 1360 00:53:10,885 --> 00:53:11,946 Who's Austin? 1361 00:53:11,946 --> 00:53:13,203 Austin Powers? 1362 00:53:13,203 --> 00:53:14,640 Austin Powers is so funny. 1363 00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,470 Austin Powers is very funny. 1364 00:53:16,470 --> 00:53:18,750 I put on "Austin Powers" using AI. 1365 00:53:18,750 --> 00:53:19,583 Of course. 1366 00:53:19,583 --> 00:53:20,878 Doesn't even really look like him. 1367 00:53:20,878 --> 00:53:21,711 He's swirly. 1368 00:53:24,450 --> 00:53:26,775 You're leaning, you're leaning too hard on AI. 1369 00:53:26,775 --> 00:53:29,310 He looks like Sufjan Stevens. 1370 00:53:29,310 --> 00:53:30,143 Looks so hot! 1371 00:53:30,143 --> 00:53:32,820 Do I make you Chicago, baby? 1372 00:53:32,820 --> 00:53:35,348 - Oh god, that's good! - That is kind of- 1373 00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:41,123 - Send that, send that. - I send it. 1374 00:53:41,123 --> 00:53:43,920 - And I also- - Your phone is out of battery 1375 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,729 and you guys see the lights dim in the house. 1376 00:53:46,729 --> 00:53:48,780 - Perfect. - Okay, wait, go on. 1377 00:53:48,780 --> 00:53:53,185 I was reached out to by the primogen of Austin 1378 00:53:53,185 --> 00:53:57,248 about a position there to become the seneschal. 1379 00:53:57,248 --> 00:53:59,553 And I was entertaining it. 1380 00:54:01,030 --> 00:54:03,210 - As you should. - I think you're allowed to. 1381 00:54:03,210 --> 00:54:04,043 Thank you. 1382 00:54:04,043 --> 00:54:06,423 I think it was after the meeting, 1383 00:54:07,470 --> 00:54:11,733 our first meeting with Koschei and Damanescu and, 1384 00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:15,330 you know, it's... I don't like to lose 1385 00:54:15,330 --> 00:54:16,950 and I don't like to fail. 1386 00:54:16,950 --> 00:54:20,670 And when I feel like I'm losing or I feel like I'm failing, 1387 00:54:20,670 --> 00:54:25,260 I'm looking for any opportunity that can say that I won. 1388 00:54:25,260 --> 00:54:27,750 And that was an easy one. 1389 00:54:27,750 --> 00:54:32,750 And I don't- Yeah... 1390 00:54:33,660 --> 00:54:34,980 I was in a place where I was really 1391 00:54:34,980 --> 00:54:36,780 seriously considering it. 1392 00:54:36,780 --> 00:54:40,530 And then we had our second conversation with Ermine 1393 00:54:40,530 --> 00:54:44,700 and you consumed her and threw her to oblivion. 1394 00:54:44,700 --> 00:54:46,680 - Oh yeah. - And I don't know, 1395 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,710 something feels like I've thrown in my chips 1396 00:54:49,710 --> 00:54:52,020 with Purpee, so. 1397 00:54:52,020 --> 00:54:53,110 - Wow. - Here we go. 1398 00:54:53,110 --> 00:54:56,132 Would you consider meeting with Maya, because- 1399 00:54:56,132 --> 00:54:57,173 Oh, happily. 1400 00:54:58,632 --> 00:55:01,620 I think that she's just got the wrong idea about you. 1401 00:55:01,620 --> 00:55:03,540 Hey, well, then let's correct it. 1402 00:55:03,540 --> 00:55:06,390 There are gonna be so many factions in this town 1403 00:55:06,390 --> 00:55:07,650 trying to get us all work together. 1404 00:55:07,650 --> 00:55:10,770 Well, we don't need 100% understanding 1405 00:55:10,770 --> 00:55:12,840 - with 100% of the people. - It's impossible. 1406 00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,840 We just need a little bit of social reciprocity. 1407 00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:18,163 I think giving the house back is really gonna 1408 00:55:18,163 --> 00:55:20,407 start that energy, so definitely- 1409 00:55:20,407 --> 00:55:21,240 My phone died, 1410 00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:23,730 if someone else wants to text from an unknown number 1411 00:55:23,730 --> 00:55:25,590 that we're giving the house back. 1412 00:55:25,590 --> 00:55:27,090 Yeah, and I wrote a really long message, 1413 00:55:27,090 --> 00:55:29,232 so if you could retrieve that in drafts. 1414 00:55:29,232 --> 00:55:30,065 Okay, okay, yeah. 1415 00:55:30,065 --> 00:55:31,560 I plug my phone in, I get electrocuted 1416 00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:33,904 'cause it's soaking wet with rice falling out of it. 1417 00:55:35,304 --> 00:55:37,803 It changes my face. I'm gorgeous. 1418 00:55:38,994 --> 00:55:41,400 We're gonna work this Maya angle, try and, you know, 1419 00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:43,860 bring that into our new coalition. 1420 00:55:43,860 --> 00:55:44,693 Great. 1421 00:55:44,693 --> 00:55:46,770 Bigfoot is hopefully on the prowl. 1422 00:55:46,770 --> 00:55:48,480 - Yes. - Getting his stuff done. 1423 00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:52,740 If we can get the ghosts to help us, too, against Jack. 1424 00:55:52,740 --> 00:55:55,500 That's right because we just did- Nancy did a story 1425 00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:57,480 but, I mean, you have yet to maybe do a little- 1426 00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:59,490 - We never chatted. - Can we have a- 1427 00:55:59,490 --> 00:56:02,400 What if we collected all of the supernatural forces 1428 00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,100 in Purpee and had a meeting at our lumbermill. 1429 00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:06,271 - Yeah, can you get- - Oh my god! 1430 00:56:06,271 --> 00:56:08,195 ...your girlfriend, the leprechaun? 1431 00:56:08,195 --> 00:56:09,180 Well I can, 1432 00:56:09,180 --> 00:56:11,010 but she doesn't technically know I'm a vampire. 1433 00:56:11,010 --> 00:56:14,340 So we will have to have a conversation before that, but- 1434 00:56:14,340 --> 00:56:16,167 And is she? We're sure she's a- 1435 00:56:17,233 --> 00:56:18,600 Supernatural party. 1436 00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,484 She's not just a dirty- 1437 00:56:20,484 --> 00:56:22,018 - Listen, she's not- - I like that. 1438 00:56:22,018 --> 00:56:23,490 - Dirty little girl! - There is no way 1439 00:56:23,490 --> 00:56:25,199 that she cannot be, do you understand? 1440 00:56:25,199 --> 00:56:26,493 - Let's close down- - She has to be 1441 00:56:26,493 --> 00:56:28,770 a leprechaun. She really must be. 1442 00:56:28,770 --> 00:56:30,094 - Tyler! - What if we, 1443 00:56:30,094 --> 00:56:31,530 - let's close down Mike's. - Tyler. 1444 00:56:31,530 --> 00:56:32,580 - Tyler. - Yeah? 1445 00:56:32,580 --> 00:56:35,490 - As the prince of Purpee- - My liege. 1446 00:56:35,490 --> 00:56:37,973 ...I do not want to sit on a throne of everyone. 1447 00:56:38,850 --> 00:56:42,570 I want there to be 40 thrones in the room. 1448 00:56:42,570 --> 00:56:44,490 - Done. - All of us sitting in thrones 1449 00:56:44,490 --> 00:56:45,323 of equal height. 1450 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:47,520 Can you get me 40 thrones? 1451 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,117 Yep. By when? 1452 00:56:49,117 --> 00:56:51,842 I think we're gonna do a supernatural party at Mike's Bar? 1453 00:56:51,842 --> 00:56:53,700 - Why don't we do- Okay. - No, we do- 1454 00:56:53,700 --> 00:56:55,950 When the film festival is happening, 1455 00:56:55,950 --> 00:56:59,537 why don't we have a full-on cool party- 1456 00:56:59,537 --> 00:57:04,213 - The night before. - VIPs are, like, 1457 00:57:04,213 --> 00:57:06,222 - ghosts and stuff. - Darkness Man! 1458 00:57:06,222 --> 00:57:07,950 And if everybody's in costume then 1459 00:57:07,950 --> 00:57:10,170 the people like Bigfoot and stuff, they can be there 1460 00:57:10,170 --> 00:57:11,730 and everybody's like, "Oh, it's crazy!" 1461 00:57:11,730 --> 00:57:13,530 That's great. It's part of the horror thing. 1462 00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:14,363 Costume party. 1463 00:57:14,363 --> 00:57:16,650 Okay, so the eve of the horror festival, 1464 00:57:16,650 --> 00:57:19,860 we're gonna essentially host a symposium- 1465 00:57:19,860 --> 00:57:20,978 - Yes. - Yeah, we'll do- 1466 00:57:20,978 --> 00:57:21,811 ...of the supernatural. 1467 00:57:21,811 --> 00:57:23,250 We'll do something 1468 00:57:23,250 --> 00:57:24,900 and then a sick after-party after. 1469 00:57:24,900 --> 00:57:27,630 We'll do AI "American Psycho" 1470 00:57:27,630 --> 00:57:32,280 that makes all of the characters have fun horror masks on. 1471 00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,304 And Sufjan Stevens is playing the whole time. 1472 00:57:34,304 --> 00:57:35,395 - Yes! - Oh my god. 1473 00:57:35,395 --> 00:57:37,563 "American Psycho" with a Sufjan Stevens soundtrack? 1474 00:57:38,728 --> 00:57:40,050 Am I missing something? 1475 00:57:40,050 --> 00:57:42,360 When were we so into AI? 1476 00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:43,879 - Right, we- - Since when? 1477 00:57:43,879 --> 00:57:45,240 - Actually, right. - As soon as I saw 1478 00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,130 that Austin Powers thing, I was all in. 1479 00:57:47,130 --> 00:57:49,830 I'm sorry, the Austin Powers thing was so funny. 1480 00:57:49,830 --> 00:57:51,000 And just spot on. 1481 00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:52,260 - Yeah. - Forget that whole part. 1482 00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:53,367 Forget that whole part. 1483 00:57:53,367 --> 00:57:55,193 Let's just do "American Psycho" regular. 1484 00:57:55,193 --> 00:57:57,930 Okay, I have a pitch and this is for down the road, 1485 00:57:57,930 --> 00:57:58,980 but I just wanna float it 1486 00:57:58,980 --> 00:58:00,780 and see if you guys think I'm crazy. 1487 00:58:01,830 --> 00:58:06,390 Should we pretend to let the data center come to Purpee, 1488 00:58:06,390 --> 00:58:08,160 and be there surrounding it, 1489 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,490 ready to crunch the chip when it's finally loaded? 1490 00:58:11,490 --> 00:58:12,780 I love that idea. 1491 00:58:12,780 --> 00:58:13,860 Let it compute. 1492 00:58:13,860 --> 00:58:17,430 Let it- A data center is massive but it's only logging- 1493 00:58:17,430 --> 00:58:21,000 it's only putting all of its computing power onto one chip. 1494 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,427 It will be heavily guarded, but that is everything. 1495 00:58:24,427 --> 00:58:25,890 All the resources went into that. 1496 00:58:25,890 --> 00:58:27,300 And that would be Davis Otherman. 1497 00:58:27,300 --> 00:58:29,250 I like that idea. 1498 00:58:29,250 --> 00:58:33,000 I feel like we maybe, if there's another kind of angle 1499 00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,250 we maybe need to explore, I feel like we should try 1500 00:58:35,250 --> 00:58:37,590 to maybe distill down a little bit more 1501 00:58:37,590 --> 00:58:40,080 what is their purpose with the data center? 1502 00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:41,910 'Cause I think there's part of me that's nervous 1503 00:58:41,910 --> 00:58:44,790 that as soon as it goes online, we're fucked. 1504 00:58:44,790 --> 00:58:46,680 - That could be like our- - I have a theory. 1505 00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:48,840 ...backup if it gets built. 1506 00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:49,710 I have a theory. 1507 00:58:49,710 --> 00:58:53,430 I think that they're surpassing vampire immortality 1508 00:58:53,430 --> 00:58:55,260 and they need all these data centers 1509 00:58:55,260 --> 00:58:57,660 because all the rich people are gonna upload themselves 1510 00:58:57,660 --> 00:58:59,100 and have a tech immortality. 1511 00:58:59,100 --> 00:59:00,840 Well the interesting thing about AI right now 1512 00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:02,160 is that it is hardware. 1513 00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:03,600 It's not cloud-based yet. 1514 00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:04,710 It's not sophisticated enough. 1515 00:59:04,710 --> 00:59:07,860 So there is physical stuff at a data center 1516 00:59:07,860 --> 00:59:11,190 that can be crushed and ruined and set everything back. 1517 00:59:11,190 --> 00:59:13,046 So, I don't know. Anyway, I just wanted to float that. 1518 00:59:13,046 --> 00:59:15,090 It's a great idea to have it as a backup plan 1519 00:59:15,090 --> 00:59:15,923 if they somehow- 1520 00:59:15,923 --> 00:59:16,756 - Keep it taut. - ...swoop in. 1521 00:59:16,756 --> 00:59:18,060 Keep it floating around in there. 1522 00:59:18,060 --> 00:59:18,954 - Don't let that one go. - It worked in 1523 00:59:18,954 --> 00:59:20,254 "Mission Impossible." 1524 00:59:20,254 --> 00:59:21,755 It did work in "Mission Impossible." 1525 00:59:21,755 --> 00:59:22,950 Did work in "Mission Impossible." 1526 00:59:22,950 --> 00:59:24,060 Okay, "Mission Impossible" 1527 00:59:24,060 --> 00:59:25,610 but it's all Sufjan Stevens. 1528 00:59:27,100 --> 00:59:28,949 Save it, save it, save it! 1529 00:59:28,949 --> 00:59:30,344 Just do it, just do it. 1530 00:59:30,344 --> 00:59:31,333 Okay, sorry, it's auto-generating. 1531 00:59:31,333 --> 00:59:32,460 We don't we do just a film festival, 1532 00:59:32,460 --> 00:59:35,940 we'll play "American Psycho" director's cut 1533 00:59:35,940 --> 00:59:37,560 slash director's commentary. 1534 00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:39,764 - Oh, that's so- - The people are this big 1535 00:59:39,764 --> 00:59:41,760 but the frame is this big, like they show it at 1536 00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:43,500 the Sphere in Las Vegas. 1537 00:59:43,500 --> 00:59:45,181 That's so fun. We gotta do it. 1538 00:59:45,181 --> 00:59:46,014 Okay. 1539 00:59:46,014 --> 00:59:46,847 Can you let her know 1540 00:59:46,847 --> 00:59:49,410 that we want to be part of the programming? 1541 00:59:49,410 --> 00:59:50,700 - Yes, absolutely. - Okay, good. 1542 00:59:50,700 --> 00:59:52,980 Tyler, I'd love another big tree. 1543 00:59:52,980 --> 00:59:55,110 One more big tree, 40 thrones. When do you need it by? 1544 00:59:55,110 --> 00:59:57,810 Eve of the Eve Laurent Horror Festival. 1545 00:59:57,810 --> 00:59:59,040 "Done, you got it." 1546 00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:01,740 He runs to a van and screeches outta the parking lot. 1547 01:00:01,740 --> 01:00:03,330 - Great. - Love that kid. 1548 01:00:03,330 --> 01:00:04,800 - Love that kid. - How'd we get so lucky? 1549 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:05,633 I don't know. 1550 01:00:05,633 --> 01:00:08,040 I think if we're reaching out to supernatural people, 1551 01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:10,740 I definitely want to talk to the ghosts in the mine. 1552 01:00:10,740 --> 01:00:13,650 But I also wanna talk to Herbert 1553 01:00:13,650 --> 01:00:15,005 to find out what happened with- 1554 01:00:15,005 --> 01:00:17,220 - I couldn't believe that. - The demon hunter. 1555 01:00:17,220 --> 01:00:18,240 Oh, Herbert is a good- Yeah. 1556 01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:19,440 Yeah. 1557 01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,660 Incredible. You guys gear up for a big 1558 01:00:21,660 --> 01:00:25,650 horror sort of costume party to inaugurate Elysium. 1559 01:00:25,650 --> 01:00:27,750 In the weeks leading up to that, 1560 01:00:27,750 --> 01:00:29,970 is there anything else that you guys do 1561 01:00:29,970 --> 01:00:31,950 before the horror festival? 1562 01:00:31,950 --> 01:00:34,290 I think, Darkness Man, you get a text 1563 01:00:34,290 --> 01:00:37,837 the day after, from Cody, just being like, 1564 01:00:37,837 --> 01:00:39,510 "Hey man, wanted to check in. 1565 01:00:39,510 --> 01:00:42,120 I know that we successfully found Bigfoot, 1566 01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:44,040 but let me know if there's any other night hikes 1567 01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:45,180 in our future." 1568 01:00:45,180 --> 01:00:46,927 And then gets another text being like, 1569 01:00:46,927 --> 01:00:50,160 "Talked to Maya - trouble? 1570 01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:51,240 We all good? 1571 01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:53,460 Just wanted to check in." 1572 01:00:53,460 --> 01:00:54,720 I'll text back. 1573 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,330 "We're gonna figure out this stuff with Maya. 1574 01:00:57,330 --> 01:00:59,910 In the meantime, trying to get together 1575 01:00:59,910 --> 01:01:04,410 sort of all the werewolves, ghost, vampires, et cetera, 1576 01:01:04,410 --> 01:01:07,740 at a warehouse party, so we can all chat 1577 01:01:07,740 --> 01:01:10,530 how to take down Jack." 1578 01:01:10,530 --> 01:01:12,810 He thumbs-ups- Actually, no. He hearts. 1579 01:01:12,810 --> 01:01:14,194 - Oh, okay. - Whoa. 1580 01:01:14,194 --> 01:01:16,440 - Ooh, Darkness Man. - Nice. 1581 01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:17,542 Darkness Man. 1582 01:01:17,542 --> 01:01:19,242 I think this guy likes perverts. 1583 01:01:20,293 --> 01:01:21,720 What? 1584 01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:23,653 Why would you say a thing like that? 1585 01:01:25,590 --> 01:01:26,775 Geez, Louise. 1586 01:01:26,775 --> 01:01:28,950 Can I text Nancy? 1587 01:01:28,950 --> 01:01:30,073 - Yeah. - Stop! 1588 01:01:30,073 --> 01:01:31,373 - And say- - I'm sorry, it's funny. 1589 01:01:31,373 --> 01:01:32,760 "I'm sure you got a lot on your plate right now, 1590 01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:35,610 but could you exonerate this nurse?" 1591 01:01:35,610 --> 01:01:38,008 And send all the info about the nurse? 1592 01:01:38,008 --> 01:01:39,880 Yeah, we gotta exonerate the nurse. 1593 01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:42,247 You get a little thing back from her saying, 1594 01:01:42,247 --> 01:01:44,907 "Are you standing in the corner of a pizzeria?" 1595 01:01:47,145 --> 01:01:48,510 Oh god. 1596 01:01:48,510 --> 01:01:50,177 It has to do with Pac-Man. 1597 01:01:51,060 --> 01:01:54,240 Because this Miss Pac-Man just saw another Miss Pac-Man 1598 01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:55,800 in the corner of the pizzeria, 1599 01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:59,014 and it looks like there's a lot more cherries over there. 1600 01:01:59,014 --> 01:02:00,554 What? 1601 01:02:00,554 --> 01:02:04,513 I send my most detailed AI response yet, 1602 01:02:05,490 --> 01:02:08,430 and it's Miss Pac-Man, big juicy naturals, 1603 01:02:08,430 --> 01:02:09,865 singing Sufjan Stevens. 1604 01:02:09,865 --> 01:02:13,176 I'm gonna need you to erase a dot of Resources from... 1605 01:02:16,223 --> 01:02:18,030 You generate a feature length movie about 1606 01:02:18,030 --> 01:02:19,593 Miss Pac-Man and it costs you- 1607 01:02:19,593 --> 01:02:20,497 What does she look like? 1608 01:02:20,497 --> 01:02:22,351 $85 million! 1609 01:02:24,678 --> 01:02:26,970 And it causes an electrical grid collapse 1610 01:02:26,970 --> 01:02:27,803 - in the American Southwest. - Does numbers at 1611 01:02:27,803 --> 01:02:29,373 the box office, I hope. 1612 01:02:30,420 --> 01:02:33,000 Great, and then I wanna invite Gary Sinise to our party. 1613 01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:34,080 - Great. - Fuck, yeah. 1614 01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:36,003 You know who was a nice guy? 1615 01:02:37,140 --> 01:02:39,573 This guy that I followed to the trailer park. 1616 01:02:39,573 --> 01:02:40,622 - Oh yeah. - Yes. 1617 01:02:40,622 --> 01:02:42,387 Who then went and jacked off. 1618 01:02:45,024 --> 01:02:47,370 He seemed like a great guy for Swingles Night. 1619 01:02:47,370 --> 01:02:49,860 And I would like to set up him and Beth 1620 01:02:49,860 --> 01:02:52,070 - 'cause he was really nice. - Oh my god! 1621 01:02:52,070 --> 01:02:53,520 He seemed like a lonely guy, 1622 01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:55,530 'cause he just seemed really excited to go jack off. 1623 01:02:55,530 --> 01:02:56,828 Darkness Man, straight up, 1624 01:02:56,828 --> 01:02:59,460 how are you going to... How do you intend to, 1625 01:02:59,460 --> 01:03:00,990 - you know, introduce them? - We gotta meet cute. 1626 01:03:00,990 --> 01:03:01,823 We gotta set up a meet cute. 1627 01:03:01,823 --> 01:03:03,600 You're right! Let's shove them really hard 1628 01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:04,689 into each other. 1629 01:03:04,689 --> 01:03:07,590 Yeah, I'll... Yeah, okay, so- 1630 01:03:07,590 --> 01:03:09,594 Jacking off that meet cute. 1631 01:03:09,594 --> 01:03:11,790 Half of us wrestle one of them 1632 01:03:11,790 --> 01:03:13,038 and the other half just wrestle the other. 1633 01:03:13,038 --> 01:03:14,670 I've got it, this a great idea. 1634 01:03:14,670 --> 01:03:16,200 Why don't we do a carriage ride? 1635 01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:17,130 Free carriage ride. 1636 01:03:17,130 --> 01:03:18,822 Oh! 1637 01:03:18,822 --> 01:03:20,838 We set it up for when they're out 1638 01:03:20,838 --> 01:03:22,950 and then the carriage crashes. 1639 01:03:22,950 --> 01:03:26,711 Oh shit, and they knock into each other so hard- 1640 01:03:26,711 --> 01:03:28,920 The carriage is filled with oranges and baguettes. 1641 01:03:28,920 --> 01:03:29,753 Yes. 1642 01:03:29,753 --> 01:03:30,586 They go flying across the road. 1643 01:03:30,586 --> 01:03:32,185 We also need a second horse. 1644 01:03:32,185 --> 01:03:34,602 I'm not fucking crashing my carriage, man. 1645 01:03:36,300 --> 01:03:38,220 What if it's just a fender bender? 1646 01:03:38,220 --> 01:03:39,420 - Okay, I love- - They have to 1647 01:03:39,420 --> 01:03:41,460 - exchange information. - I love this. 1648 01:03:41,460 --> 01:03:43,710 So the carriages crash into each other? 1649 01:03:43,710 --> 01:03:44,580 Two carriages? 1650 01:03:44,580 --> 01:03:45,960 We don't have two carriages. 1651 01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:46,793 Why don't we just- Okay, 1652 01:03:46,793 --> 01:03:47,626 we don't have to do the carriages. 1653 01:03:47,626 --> 01:03:49,920 We have a ton of buses. We should do buses instead. 1654 01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:51,134 Oh, yeah. 1655 01:03:51,134 --> 01:03:52,590 No, we don't want our buses to crash. 1656 01:03:52,590 --> 01:03:54,316 It has to be carriages. 1657 01:03:55,590 --> 01:03:58,113 The bus runs over the carriage. Pops it. 1658 01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:00,570 - Okay. - They both tumble out 1659 01:04:00,570 --> 01:04:01,620 on top of each other. 1660 01:04:02,520 --> 01:04:04,650 What if they got into the carriage at the same time 1661 01:04:04,650 --> 01:04:06,203 from opposite sides? 1662 01:04:06,203 --> 01:04:07,203 - I think that's a- - And they're like, 1663 01:04:07,203 --> 01:04:08,550 - "This is my carriage." - You know, 1664 01:04:08,550 --> 01:04:10,050 I used to take the train a lot 1665 01:04:10,050 --> 01:04:12,120 and if you go to the dining car on the train 1666 01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:14,580 and you're alone, they make you sit with someone else 1667 01:04:14,580 --> 01:04:17,610 so that they can keep a space at the table. 1668 01:04:17,610 --> 01:04:19,827 Maybe these are the same carriage rules. 1669 01:04:19,827 --> 01:04:20,660 - That's great. - Yeah, why don't we 1670 01:04:20,660 --> 01:04:25,140 just do a bus route that's straight up just like here 1671 01:04:25,140 --> 01:04:26,220 and here are 1672 01:04:26,220 --> 01:04:27,540 - the two bus stops. - That's great. 1673 01:04:27,540 --> 01:04:30,083 - And eventually... - They're gonna get on. 1674 01:04:30,083 --> 01:04:31,440 - They're gonna get on. - And it's carriage rules. 1675 01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:33,690 It's Sit on a Lap Wednesday. 1676 01:04:33,690 --> 01:04:35,670 - And you've just gotta- - Of course. 1677 01:04:35,670 --> 01:04:38,820 I need about $400 for a new top hat. 1678 01:04:38,820 --> 01:04:41,043 - A new top hat? - A new, a nude- 1679 01:04:42,330 --> 01:04:45,420 As you guys are setting up this big party, Madelaine, 1680 01:04:45,420 --> 01:04:48,240 do you want to actually connect this party 1681 01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,176 to the Laurent Horror Festival? 1682 01:04:50,176 --> 01:04:52,860 I think I do, yeah. 1683 01:04:52,860 --> 01:04:55,830 Estelle Laurent seems very into monsters. 1684 01:04:55,830 --> 01:04:57,480 Estelle's very into monsters. It's a horror- 1685 01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:01,040 It provides a reason for it to be a horror-themed party 1686 01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:02,100 at the midsummer solstice. 1687 01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:04,980 It can be our first big party at the Elysium. 1688 01:05:04,980 --> 01:05:06,150 Yeah, exactly. 1689 01:05:06,150 --> 01:05:08,040 And your other Elysium had sort of 1690 01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:10,663 the vampire VIP within a larger- 1691 01:05:10,663 --> 01:05:11,967 Right, exactly. 1692 01:05:11,967 --> 01:05:15,780 The horror festival brings a lot of connected, 1693 01:05:15,780 --> 01:05:17,640 influential human mortals 1694 01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:19,740 from around the country to Purpee. 1695 01:05:19,740 --> 01:05:21,810 Get Bingo involved as well? 1696 01:05:21,810 --> 01:05:25,149 I feel like Bingo is a- I wanna keep Bingo out of the mix. 1697 01:05:25,149 --> 01:05:25,982 You know? 1698 01:05:25,982 --> 01:05:29,370 I think Bingo... I've been talking to Sister Agnes Shaw. 1699 01:05:29,370 --> 01:05:32,250 I think we're gonna get Bingo baptized and then, you know- 1700 01:05:32,250 --> 01:05:33,600 - Oh, a good Catholic dog. - Have him speak 1701 01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:35,340 before the congregation. 1702 01:05:35,340 --> 01:05:37,560 You know, really try and get that groundswell. 1703 01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:39,570 - A religious dog? - Is this because, 1704 01:05:39,570 --> 01:05:41,940 is this because Roofus became an Italian dog? 1705 01:05:41,940 --> 01:05:42,990 Exactly! 1706 01:05:42,990 --> 01:05:43,823 - And I'm seeing- - I didn't mean to 1707 01:05:43,823 --> 01:05:44,820 fuck anything up by that. 1708 01:05:44,820 --> 01:05:45,867 No, that's perfect. 1709 01:05:45,867 --> 01:05:46,830 I love how much people 1710 01:05:46,830 --> 01:05:49,404 - love Italian dogs. - That's awesome. 1711 01:05:49,404 --> 01:05:51,237 We'll call him Il Cane Bingo. 1712 01:05:51,237 --> 01:05:54,087 He has to leave the room because he's laughing so hard. 1713 01:05:56,910 --> 01:05:58,590 I'm also gonna reach out to Maya. 1714 01:05:58,590 --> 01:06:01,140 I'm gonna cancel... I'm gonna end conversations 1715 01:06:01,140 --> 01:06:03,750 with the Austin opportunity and then reach out to Maya 1716 01:06:03,750 --> 01:06:08,750 asking to get coffee on her schedule, 1717 01:06:09,390 --> 01:06:11,370 wherever she'd like to meet. 1718 01:06:11,370 --> 01:06:13,110 You send that message to her. 1719 01:06:13,110 --> 01:06:17,280 Monday comes around and $3.5 million 1720 01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:20,400 gets wired to the Silver Springs Credit Union. 1721 01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:21,233 For those that don't know, 1722 01:06:21,233 --> 01:06:24,000 credit unions are financial institutions 1723 01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,880 that basically are just a lot more community oriented. 1724 01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:30,390 And the issue, by moving your money there, is that 1725 01:06:30,390 --> 01:06:32,070 credit unions also are... 1726 01:06:32,070 --> 01:06:34,380 The amount of money you have in your account 1727 01:06:34,380 --> 01:06:37,410 doesn't give you more votes in terms of who you elect to 1728 01:06:37,410 --> 01:06:40,140 the board of directors or what you do for that purpose. 1729 01:06:40,140 --> 01:06:42,150 You put that money in there, 1730 01:06:42,150 --> 01:06:45,480 and you get a meeting with Maya pretty much right away. 1731 01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:46,800 The house has already gone back. 1732 01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:50,040 You guys send the house back and you begin that process. 1733 01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:51,870 You have to sell it for some amount of money. 1734 01:06:51,870 --> 01:06:53,760 What's the amount of money you sell the house for 1735 01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:54,783 to transfer deed or title. 1736 01:06:54,783 --> 01:06:57,337 One United States dollar. 1737 01:06:57,337 --> 01:06:58,620 Oh, that's classy. 1738 01:06:58,620 --> 01:07:01,200 You do one United States dollar. 1739 01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:04,740 You get an angry letter from Jonathan Whittaker 1740 01:07:04,740 --> 01:07:06,480 who's talking about property values 1741 01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:08,458 and what this is doing to the sale. 1742 01:07:08,458 --> 01:07:10,380 Like, the average house price in the neighborhood 1743 01:07:10,380 --> 01:07:11,213 and da, da, da. 1744 01:07:11,213 --> 01:07:14,070 All this stuff from this one little minor thing. 1745 01:07:14,070 --> 01:07:16,500 And he says, "I'm gonna talk to the county appraiser. 1746 01:07:16,500 --> 01:07:17,370 Get the appraiser to come in 1747 01:07:17,370 --> 01:07:19,860 and see what the hell is going on around here." 1748 01:07:19,860 --> 01:07:21,304 This angry Whittaker message. 1749 01:07:21,304 --> 01:07:22,570 Can we kill this guy? 1750 01:07:22,570 --> 01:07:23,670 We got rid of Florian. 1751 01:07:23,670 --> 01:07:24,840 This guy sucks. 1752 01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:28,600 Cal could just be the head of the Whittaker family 1753 01:07:29,550 --> 01:07:30,780 and he's an idiot. 1754 01:07:30,780 --> 01:07:33,000 Yeah, that's fine with me. 1755 01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:35,940 You see, as you say that, that's a completely valid... 1756 01:07:35,940 --> 01:07:36,870 Jonathan does appear- 1757 01:07:36,870 --> 01:07:41,220 He's also, you realize, he's the city attorney, 1758 01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:44,190 but not a government employee, which means he doesn't 1759 01:07:44,190 --> 01:07:47,083 have to pass any of the ethics examinations. 1760 01:07:47,083 --> 01:07:50,730 The town government got a contract with his private law firm 1761 01:07:50,730 --> 01:07:53,400 to do this work for the city. 1762 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:54,750 So you get a bunch of angry emails from 1763 01:07:54,750 --> 01:07:56,323 Jonathan Whittaker for doing this. 1764 01:07:56,323 --> 01:07:58,440 I send back more and more elaborate gifs 1765 01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:00,750 of Michael Jordan crying, but he's flossing. 1766 01:08:00,750 --> 01:08:03,090 Maya meets up with you For the Love of the Bean, 1767 01:08:03,090 --> 01:08:05,032 the little sort of coffee that the- 1768 01:08:05,032 --> 01:08:06,668 For the Love of the Bean. 1769 01:08:06,668 --> 01:08:08,847 - The Love of the Bean. - Oh wow, walking distance! 1770 01:08:08,847 --> 01:08:11,970 I walk to For the Love of the Bean. 1771 01:08:11,970 --> 01:08:13,530 Last coffees of the day. 1772 01:08:13,530 --> 01:08:16,560 She has a coffee waiting for you. 1773 01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:18,060 - Yeah. - She's there. 1774 01:08:18,060 --> 01:08:23,060 Grungy little hoodie, hair up, bike shorts on. 1775 01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,280 Got the little Birkenstock sandals. 1776 01:08:26,280 --> 01:08:27,263 Looks up and goes, 1777 01:08:29,227 --> 01:08:30,720 - "LaVonte." - Maya. 1778 01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:32,760 - Did you get me a coffee? - I did. 1779 01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:37,200 - Deeply thoughtful. - It's there and it has 1780 01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:39,660 coffee in it, so it looks like the right weight 1781 01:08:39,660 --> 01:08:40,493 when you pick it up. 1782 01:08:40,493 --> 01:08:42,150 Oh, perfect. 1783 01:08:42,150 --> 01:08:46,230 Very meaningful for you guys to give the house back. 1784 01:08:46,230 --> 01:08:48,840 I understand you had some concerns about 1785 01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:52,170 how we felt about Purpee and we're eager to correct those. 1786 01:08:52,170 --> 01:08:54,090 Came in, house is in beautiful condition. 1787 01:08:54,090 --> 01:08:56,044 - Love the white room. - Thank you. 1788 01:08:56,914 --> 01:08:59,434 - I wanted to, I think we- - Have you seen "Blade"? 1789 01:08:59,434 --> 01:09:01,729 - Hmm? - Have you seen "Blade"? 1790 01:09:01,729 --> 01:09:02,610 I've seen "Blade." 1791 01:09:02,610 --> 01:09:03,626 'Course I've seen "Blade." 1792 01:09:03,626 --> 01:09:04,920 That's one of my favorites. 1793 01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:06,090 "We got into the house 1794 01:09:06,090 --> 01:09:08,460 and I noticed that there was a wall of the house 1795 01:09:08,460 --> 01:09:10,500 that had been used as a whiteboard. 1796 01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:12,450 Which is fine, 'cause I mean you sold the house 1797 01:09:12,450 --> 01:09:13,770 to us for a dollar. 1798 01:09:13,770 --> 01:09:15,030 Get it clean, no problem. 1799 01:09:15,030 --> 01:09:16,440 I just wanted to ask you, 1800 01:09:16,440 --> 01:09:17,832 'cause I think this is sort of 1801 01:09:17,832 --> 01:09:19,548 the crux of our conversation." 1802 01:09:19,548 --> 01:09:20,820 And she turns her phone over, 1803 01:09:20,820 --> 01:09:24,183 and there's a picture of "run shit" in quotation marks. 1804 01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:26,970 "That's sort of my whole question, 1805 01:09:26,970 --> 01:09:29,225 and maybe you can just shoot me straight about it." 1806 01:09:29,225 --> 01:09:30,240 Yeah. 1807 01:09:31,082 --> 01:09:34,350 Your concern, when we say "run shit," 1808 01:09:34,350 --> 01:09:38,970 is that we will be the exclusive power dynamic 1809 01:09:38,970 --> 01:09:41,040 and driving force for the future of Purpee, 1810 01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:44,820 rather than including the existing residents of Purpee 1811 01:09:44,820 --> 01:09:47,940 in those kind of decisions that we're interested in making 1812 01:09:47,940 --> 01:09:50,370 as we grow this town into everything it could be. 1813 01:09:50,370 --> 01:09:51,330 Am I correct? 1814 01:09:51,330 --> 01:09:53,013 - Yeah. - Fantastic. 1815 01:09:54,660 --> 01:09:56,593 When we came to Purpee, 1816 01:09:58,144 --> 01:09:59,227 it was bad. 1817 01:10:00,462 --> 01:10:01,778 It was bad. 1818 01:10:01,778 --> 01:10:03,420 It was a bad situation. 1819 01:10:03,420 --> 01:10:04,920 People were not happy. 1820 01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:08,100 People did not have opportunity. 1821 01:10:08,100 --> 01:10:10,890 People were trapped in circumstance 1822 01:10:10,890 --> 01:10:14,283 to the extent that the city was failing. 1823 01:10:15,690 --> 01:10:17,520 And in a matter of months, 1824 01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:21,930 my friends and I have fundamentally shaken 1825 01:10:21,930 --> 01:10:24,870 that existing order. 1826 01:10:24,870 --> 01:10:25,950 Can we agree to that? 1827 01:10:25,950 --> 01:10:26,910 Absolutely. 1828 01:10:26,910 --> 01:10:28,890 And now your fear is that 1829 01:10:28,890 --> 01:10:32,340 the reason for which we shook that foundation 1830 01:10:32,340 --> 01:10:34,260 is so that we could replace it with our own. 1831 01:10:34,260 --> 01:10:35,711 - Correct? - Yeah. 1832 01:10:37,050 --> 01:10:40,225 That's not entirely wrong. 1833 01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:44,760 We are interested in building a better Purpee 1834 01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:48,153 and we do have a vision for what that looks like. 1835 01:10:49,260 --> 01:10:51,090 But if we've learned anything 1836 01:10:51,090 --> 01:10:54,810 from the Whittakers and the Douglases it is that 1837 01:10:54,810 --> 01:10:59,541 if that vision does not include everybody, 1838 01:11:00,980 --> 01:11:01,913 it dies. 1839 01:11:02,790 --> 01:11:04,980 I want this vision to work. 1840 01:11:04,980 --> 01:11:09,900 I see Purpee as being a major city. 1841 01:11:09,900 --> 01:11:14,900 We have a river. We have a university. 1842 01:11:16,340 --> 01:11:18,950 The things we could do here. 1843 01:11:18,950 --> 01:11:22,050 I want a Purpee where no child is hungry. 1844 01:11:22,050 --> 01:11:25,770 I want a Purpee where every student 1845 01:11:25,770 --> 01:11:29,940 who goes to the university does not need to pay tuition. 1846 01:11:29,940 --> 01:11:32,523 I want to build a great American city. 1847 01:11:34,707 --> 01:11:36,853 And I need you to do that. 1848 01:11:36,853 --> 01:11:39,210 And I need Amelia to do that. 1849 01:11:39,210 --> 01:11:41,815 And I need Tyler, and I need Patty. 1850 01:11:43,702 --> 01:11:44,960 But you also need us. 1851 01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:49,890 So you tell me what you need. 1852 01:11:49,890 --> 01:11:51,570 I'll tell you what I need. 1853 01:11:51,570 --> 01:11:54,540 And together, we'll build something great. 1854 01:11:54,540 --> 01:11:57,480 Go ahead and give me Charisma, Persuasion. 1855 01:11:57,480 --> 01:11:59,633 You can add Presence here. 1856 01:11:59,633 --> 01:12:01,299 Yay! 1857 01:12:05,850 --> 01:12:06,750 What was the second thing? 1858 01:12:06,750 --> 01:12:08,670 You can add Charisma, Persuasion- 1859 01:12:08,670 --> 01:12:10,200 - Turn the machine off. - Presence. 1860 01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:12,990 You can also, if you have Leadership or Influence 1861 01:12:12,990 --> 01:12:14,340 as backgrounds, you can add those as well. 1862 01:12:14,340 --> 01:12:15,694 Oh great. 1863 01:12:15,694 --> 01:12:17,241 Oh yeah. 1864 01:12:18,299 --> 01:12:20,370 Can I help? I have male gymnastics. 1865 01:12:20,370 --> 01:12:21,837 Male gymnastics! 1866 01:12:21,837 --> 01:12:22,765 I have fencing. 1867 01:12:22,765 --> 01:12:25,560 You're just kinda doing a really impressive stretch 1868 01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:26,430 outside the window. 1869 01:12:26,430 --> 01:12:27,453 Nine successes. 1870 01:12:30,780 --> 01:12:31,613 What'd you get? 1871 01:12:31,613 --> 01:12:32,730 - Nine. - Nine successes. 1872 01:12:32,730 --> 01:12:36,333 I really appreciate your honesty. 1873 01:12:37,770 --> 01:12:39,180 There are things that I need 1874 01:12:39,180 --> 01:12:41,160 and I know there are things that you need, 1875 01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:46,160 and maybe politics is that conversation stretched out 1876 01:12:47,730 --> 01:12:49,593 over the length of a community. 1877 01:12:50,700 --> 01:12:53,370 Or maybe that's what politics should be, I don't know. 1878 01:12:53,370 --> 01:12:54,203 Yeah, it's crazy. 1879 01:12:54,203 --> 01:12:57,510 You guys did so many things that were impossible to do 1880 01:12:57,510 --> 01:13:01,158 and did them at the cost of almost dying a lot. 1881 01:13:01,158 --> 01:13:02,373 Well, we're monsters. 1882 01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:05,873 Yeah. 1883 01:13:05,873 --> 01:13:07,300 Time for the horror festival. 1884 01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:12,872 I think that I owe you an apology. 1885 01:13:12,872 --> 01:13:13,967 You do. 1886 01:13:16,125 --> 01:13:17,730 I think that's fair. 1887 01:13:17,730 --> 01:13:22,730 She opens her email and shows you an email draft, 1888 01:13:22,980 --> 01:13:27,980 which is a snapshot of a glyph written on parchment. 1889 01:13:28,020 --> 01:13:31,800 And as she turns it, it changes in front of your eyes 1890 01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:35,610 and becomes the email from the primogen of Austin. 1891 01:13:35,610 --> 01:13:40,140 "This is a spell that creates what someone wants to see. 1892 01:13:40,140 --> 01:13:42,360 It fixes in form in the moment they get it 1893 01:13:42,360 --> 01:13:44,940 so that it doesn't change from day to day. 1894 01:13:44,940 --> 01:13:48,810 But, to be perfectly honest, 1895 01:13:48,810 --> 01:13:53,810 what I read 1896 01:13:53,815 --> 01:13:58,231 on you in our first meeting was that 1897 01:13:59,160 --> 01:14:03,120 you were trying to make something work here. 1898 01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:05,130 And what I also read, 1899 01:14:05,130 --> 01:14:06,480 and I know this is a funny thing to say 1900 01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:10,440 because I very much was antagonistic towards 1901 01:14:10,440 --> 01:14:14,010 what I was seeing, was fundamentally some frustration. 1902 01:14:14,010 --> 01:14:16,170 Not with me, but with your situation. 1903 01:14:16,170 --> 01:14:19,140 Frustration with maybe even some of your companions." 1904 01:14:19,140 --> 01:14:20,280 - Mm. - I don't know 1905 01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:22,170 if that's fair or not, but it's what I was reading. 1906 01:14:22,170 --> 01:14:23,620 Definitely. Change is hard. 1907 01:14:24,540 --> 01:14:28,443 I wrote this 'cause I'm scared. 1908 01:14:29,850 --> 01:14:31,140 I can tell. 1909 01:14:31,140 --> 01:14:35,863 There's no universe where, you know... 1910 01:14:35,863 --> 01:14:38,063 I guess I could rely on Cody. 1911 01:14:39,120 --> 01:14:43,500 I'm a very talented mage, but I don't think I have the- 1912 01:14:43,500 --> 01:14:46,140 If you guys wanted to kill me, I don't know what I'd do. 1913 01:14:46,140 --> 01:14:47,910 If you guys wanted to come after Amelia. 1914 01:14:47,910 --> 01:14:50,040 There's more ways to hurt me. 1915 01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:52,200 I know a hundred people in this town by name 1916 01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:55,380 that I consider people I have a responsibility for 1917 01:14:55,380 --> 01:14:56,359 to look after. 1918 01:14:56,359 --> 01:14:58,290 And then the ring beyond that of people I don't even know 1919 01:14:58,290 --> 01:15:00,360 that I feel some responsibility for, 1920 01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:02,660 which means there's a million ways to hurt me. 1921 01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:09,500 So I'm scared, and to be frank with you, 1922 01:15:10,770 --> 01:15:12,460 I'm also pretty cynical 1923 01:15:13,470 --> 01:15:17,190 and having people show up with a lot of money... 1924 01:15:17,190 --> 01:15:21,270 I don't think there's a lot of good ways to be rich. 1925 01:15:21,270 --> 01:15:25,500 Oh, well you've clearly never been rich. 1926 01:15:25,500 --> 01:15:27,090 No, and I never will. 1927 01:15:27,090 --> 01:15:29,970 But what I mean is, I don't think there's a lot of good ways 1928 01:15:29,970 --> 01:15:32,550 to make the money that you and HJ throw around. 1929 01:15:32,550 --> 01:15:34,530 Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 1930 01:15:34,530 --> 01:15:36,962 I mean, when we gutted Blockbuster, 1931 01:15:38,337 --> 01:15:40,860 we took away hundreds of thousands of jobs 1932 01:15:40,860 --> 01:15:44,010 and profited off of it heartily. 1933 01:15:44,010 --> 01:15:45,690 Why wouldn't you do that to Purpee? 1934 01:15:45,690 --> 01:15:46,980 Why aren't you gonna gut this place 1935 01:15:46,980 --> 01:15:48,947 like you gutted Blockbuster? 1936 01:15:48,947 --> 01:15:51,873 You know, because when we gutted Blockbuster, 1937 01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:54,750 we were alive. 1938 01:15:54,750 --> 01:15:55,920 Or I was alive. 1939 01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:56,763 HJ wasn't. 1940 01:15:57,750 --> 01:16:00,363 And I was human and I was afraid. 1941 01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:03,603 I was afraid of legacy. 1942 01:16:04,544 --> 01:16:09,000 Of wanting, needing. 1943 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:10,290 I wanted to be seen a certain way. 1944 01:16:10,290 --> 01:16:11,550 I wanted to be viewed a certain way. 1945 01:16:11,550 --> 01:16:13,250 I wanted to be held a certain way. 1946 01:16:14,820 --> 01:16:17,043 But I'm not human anymore. 1947 01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:22,363 Gutting Blockbuster was cheap thrills, a quick high. 1948 01:16:23,700 --> 01:16:25,653 - Gut it- - God, disgusting. 1949 01:16:26,715 --> 01:16:27,857 Tell me about it. 1950 01:16:29,010 --> 01:16:30,450 But yeah. 1951 01:16:30,450 --> 01:16:33,150 I'm interested in something more, something different. 1952 01:16:34,590 --> 01:16:37,080 It's the reason we were working with the Camarilla 1953 01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:39,270 and now it's the reason that we're not. 1954 01:16:39,270 --> 01:16:40,590 Okay. 1955 01:16:40,590 --> 01:16:42,720 I have the answers that I think I need. 1956 01:16:42,720 --> 01:16:46,680 And Vesper said some things about you 1957 01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:50,820 that I think were very insightful. 1958 01:16:50,820 --> 01:16:51,660 Hmm. 1959 01:16:51,660 --> 01:16:54,690 I don't know what your relationships 1960 01:16:54,690 --> 01:16:57,610 to your fellow coterie are, but I think that 1961 01:16:59,400 --> 01:17:01,980 the part of you that was entertaining going to Austin, 1962 01:17:01,980 --> 01:17:02,980 you should know that 1963 01:17:04,770 --> 01:17:08,370 even under a very antagonistic encounter, 1964 01:17:08,370 --> 01:17:11,970 the people around you that I saw as being far away from you, 1965 01:17:11,970 --> 01:17:13,623 unflinchingly had your back. 1966 01:17:14,700 --> 01:17:15,750 I wanna make an offer to you. 1967 01:17:15,750 --> 01:17:17,640 It's the last thing I'll ask for like this 1968 01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:22,473 before I understand what it is we all want from this. 1969 01:17:23,550 --> 01:17:26,520 I can draw glyphs like this again. 1970 01:17:26,520 --> 01:17:29,610 Do you want me to send you one of these 1971 01:17:29,610 --> 01:17:31,106 and see what it says now? 1972 01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:34,745 No, 'cause I know what I want 1973 01:17:36,210 --> 01:17:38,110 and I don't need you to show it to me. 1974 01:17:40,980 --> 01:17:42,120 Thank you very much, LaVonte. 1975 01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:43,200 Appreciate you taking the time. 1976 01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:46,200 By the way, Maya, the thing you needed to apologize for 1977 01:17:46,200 --> 01:17:48,270 was not the email. 1978 01:17:48,270 --> 01:17:52,080 Hostile business tactics, that's very much of my world. 1979 01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:54,260 Something I'm very comfortable with. 1980 01:17:54,260 --> 01:17:56,040 The thing you needed to apologize for 1981 01:17:56,040 --> 01:18:00,840 was trying to come between me and my best friend, HJ. 1982 01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:04,088 And if you do that again, you will need to be scared. 1983 01:18:06,900 --> 01:18:07,733 "Understood." 1984 01:18:08,730 --> 01:18:10,980 You see that she gets up and says, 1985 01:18:10,980 --> 01:18:13,980 "I appreciate knowing where we stand." 1986 01:18:13,980 --> 01:18:16,821 - Of course. - See you at the party. 1987 01:18:19,440 --> 01:18:20,520 They're really taking off. 1988 01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:21,999 The scooters are really doing well. 1989 01:18:21,999 --> 01:18:24,960 Oh, that's her fixie. That's her little fixie bicycle. 1990 01:18:24,960 --> 01:18:29,960 So I believe we move towards the Laurent Horror Festival. 1991 01:18:32,370 --> 01:18:34,890 Let me ask, has Bingo been announced 1992 01:18:34,890 --> 01:18:36,750 as running for office at this point in time? 1993 01:18:36,750 --> 01:18:37,830 Are you waiting until after the festival? 1994 01:18:37,830 --> 01:18:39,540 For traction and inertia, 1995 01:18:39,540 --> 01:18:42,120 we don't want anyone to get excited about Bingo 1996 01:18:42,120 --> 01:18:43,440 then distracted by... 1997 01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:46,290 We just have to remind everyone that Bingo is running. 1998 01:18:46,290 --> 01:18:50,250 So I think we've probably agreed on a comms plan 1999 01:18:50,250 --> 01:18:52,789 that starts probably the day after the festival. 2000 01:18:52,789 --> 01:18:54,450 Yeah. 2001 01:18:54,450 --> 01:18:56,340 - Incredible. - However, Rebel Purpee 2002 01:18:56,340 --> 01:18:58,620 is a sponsor of the festival this year. 2003 01:18:58,620 --> 01:19:01,020 We do want to get the ghosts invited. 2004 01:19:01,020 --> 01:19:02,130 - Oh, that's right. - Yeah, we want the ghosts. 2005 01:19:02,130 --> 01:19:03,330 Everyone else we already know. 2006 01:19:03,330 --> 01:19:05,549 And I need to talk to the leprechaun girl who- 2007 01:19:05,549 --> 01:19:07,367 We can go through the drive-thru again. 2008 01:19:07,367 --> 01:19:09,900 I also was thinking that 2009 01:19:09,900 --> 01:19:14,900 maybe before this big cosmic magical time, 2010 01:19:16,170 --> 01:19:19,860 or time of magical potence, 2011 01:19:19,860 --> 01:19:22,500 that maybe we should try to figure out 2012 01:19:22,500 --> 01:19:24,973 where the portal in my mouth goes to. 2013 01:19:25,980 --> 01:19:27,750 I think that's smart. 2014 01:19:27,750 --> 01:19:30,270 There's probably only one way to do that, which is 2015 01:19:30,270 --> 01:19:33,270 Darkness Man with a rope tied around his waist? 2016 01:19:33,270 --> 01:19:34,103 Me? 2017 01:19:34,103 --> 01:19:35,760 But I'm also sort of afraid we go in there 2018 01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:37,650 and then Ermine just, boop, pops out. 2019 01:19:37,650 --> 01:19:40,410 - Yeah, we can't- - How does your tummy feel? 2020 01:19:40,410 --> 01:19:42,360 How does my tummy feel? 2021 01:19:42,360 --> 01:19:45,480 - Give me Stamina, Awareness. - Okay. 2022 01:19:45,480 --> 01:19:47,490 I'm gonna tell you in a second. 2023 01:19:47,490 --> 01:19:48,950 Why can't you tell me yet? 2024 01:19:48,950 --> 01:19:52,142 Because I need to roll dice, Zaeth! 2025 01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:57,692 Okay, that's four. 2026 01:20:00,660 --> 01:20:02,820 - I'm with you, brother. - An entire Snickers bar 2027 01:20:02,820 --> 01:20:05,629 - in your mouth. - How does your tummy feel, 2028 01:20:05,629 --> 01:20:06,720 - is the question. - Hungry! 2029 01:20:06,720 --> 01:20:08,120 Why can't you tell us yet? 2030 01:20:10,320 --> 01:20:12,870 You feel the same sort of undead power- 2031 01:20:12,870 --> 01:20:15,360 You feel a hunger for blood, like you always do, 2032 01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:17,970 but you don't feel oblivion in there. 2033 01:20:17,970 --> 01:20:21,330 You wonder. You don't feel- It's not connected to your body. 2034 01:20:21,330 --> 01:20:23,190 I feel completely normal. 2035 01:20:23,190 --> 01:20:24,963 Thank you for asking. 2036 01:20:24,963 --> 01:20:26,190 Of course. 2037 01:20:26,190 --> 01:20:28,933 So I don't think that they're, like... 2038 01:20:28,933 --> 01:20:31,740 I don't think that it's like, what was her name? 2039 01:20:31,740 --> 01:20:32,573 Ermine. 2040 01:20:32,573 --> 01:20:33,960 I don't think Ermine and the missile 2041 01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:36,390 are just orbiting each other inside my stomach. 2042 01:20:36,390 --> 01:20:38,460 How did you even figure out you could do that. 2043 01:20:38,460 --> 01:20:39,363 Can I do that? 2044 01:20:40,530 --> 01:20:43,470 I throw a carrot really hard at your mouth. 2045 01:20:43,470 --> 01:20:44,550 Why do you even 2046 01:20:44,550 --> 01:20:46,139 - have a carrot? - HJ. 2047 01:20:46,139 --> 01:20:46,972 Where'd you get that from? 2048 01:20:46,972 --> 01:20:48,860 You can't throw the sharp end of the carrot. 2049 01:20:49,761 --> 01:20:51,924 You gotta throw the blunt end, yeah. 2050 01:20:51,924 --> 01:20:56,426 I mean I'm- Ow, HJ will you stop! 2051 01:20:56,426 --> 01:20:57,720 - You can't do that! - No, I actually think 2052 01:20:57,720 --> 01:20:59,070 it's a decent line of inquiry. 2053 01:20:59,070 --> 01:21:01,200 We need to all find out because I think that 2054 01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:03,625 the first time it happened I was scared. 2055 01:21:03,625 --> 01:21:06,030 - Yeah. - Do you have a drone? 2056 01:21:06,030 --> 01:21:10,650 - Oh that's really- - Fly a drone into the mouth! 2057 01:21:10,650 --> 01:21:12,513 - Okay. - Shopping spree! 2058 01:21:13,410 --> 01:21:15,176 I'll just have Tyler ship us one. 2059 01:21:15,176 --> 01:21:17,701 I have a tiny little PlayStation controller. 2060 01:21:19,620 --> 01:21:22,200 I didn't even know they came that small. 2061 01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:23,640 We'll send a drone into the abyss. 2062 01:21:23,640 --> 01:21:24,570 - Yeah, exactly. - Great. 2063 01:21:24,570 --> 01:21:26,354 You send a drone into the abyss. 2064 01:21:28,260 --> 01:21:29,850 It gets swallowed up. 2065 01:21:29,850 --> 01:21:30,750 Great. 2066 01:21:30,750 --> 01:21:32,250 - We're watching. - Yeah. 2067 01:21:32,250 --> 01:21:34,260 Feed cuts immediately. You've lost a drone. 2068 01:21:34,260 --> 01:21:35,497 Okay, now here's the question. 2069 01:21:35,497 --> 01:21:36,597 It was $200. 2070 01:21:36,597 --> 01:21:38,250 I'm gonna do something crazy. 2071 01:21:38,250 --> 01:21:40,767 Took forever to sync the wireless controller to it. 2072 01:21:41,850 --> 01:21:44,100 Bat Child, will you open your mouth? 2073 01:21:44,100 --> 01:21:45,390 Yes. 2074 01:21:45,390 --> 01:21:47,490 I'm gonna put my hand into oblivion 2075 01:21:47,490 --> 01:21:48,810 and then attempt to pull it back out. 2076 01:21:48,810 --> 01:21:50,511 You have no arm. 2077 01:21:51,956 --> 01:21:53,490 Okay, we need to take it back. 2078 01:21:53,490 --> 01:21:56,701 It'll grow back tomorrow. It's fine. 2079 01:21:56,701 --> 01:21:59,317 I feel like it's not really a mystery. 2080 01:22:00,946 --> 01:22:02,656 I throw a carrot. 2081 01:22:03,738 --> 01:22:06,059 - You put your arm in? - No, just a carrot. 2082 01:22:06,059 --> 01:22:07,859 I turn off the abyss and I eat it. 2083 01:22:09,362 --> 01:22:11,119 Darkness Man, give me your phone. 2084 01:22:12,102 --> 01:22:12,935 No. 2085 01:22:12,935 --> 01:22:14,532 Give me your phone, Darkness Man. 2086 01:22:14,532 --> 01:22:15,907 Darkness Man, why are you being such a- 2087 01:22:15,907 --> 01:22:17,749 I need my phone. Give me your phone. 2088 01:22:17,749 --> 01:22:18,918 - No! - Let's stop. 2089 01:22:18,918 --> 01:22:20,160 - Give him your phone. - There's no point. 2090 01:22:20,160 --> 01:22:22,183 Things that go into the oblivion can't come back now. 2091 01:22:22,183 --> 01:22:24,900 Take the wireless controller, it's useless now! 2092 01:22:24,900 --> 01:22:26,210 I need an air tag. 2093 01:22:27,060 --> 01:22:28,320 It's... Yeah. 2094 01:22:28,320 --> 01:22:31,530 You guys, so you have reached out to invite the ghosts. 2095 01:22:31,530 --> 01:22:34,183 You've reached out and invited Kelly. 2096 01:22:34,183 --> 01:22:36,180 But I do have to have a moment with Kelly 2097 01:22:36,180 --> 01:22:37,350 before I invite her. 2098 01:22:37,350 --> 01:22:38,400 Gotcha, yes. 2099 01:22:38,400 --> 01:22:40,020 You stop. So you're at Sweetie Pie's. 2100 01:22:40,020 --> 01:22:42,150 She's dancing, you're in the front. 2101 01:22:42,150 --> 01:22:43,816 And she's like, "What's going on?" 2102 01:22:43,816 --> 01:22:45,471 There's something. I need to talk to you, 2103 01:22:45,471 --> 01:22:46,683 - it's really important. - Is it private? 2104 01:22:46,683 --> 01:22:47,845 - Yes. - She starts to give you 2105 01:22:47,845 --> 01:22:49,830 - a lap dance. - Okay. 2106 01:22:49,830 --> 01:22:50,663 Whisper it. 2107 01:22:52,919 --> 01:22:55,230 - I'm a vampire. - What? 2108 01:22:55,230 --> 01:22:57,120 I've been a vampire this whole time. 2109 01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:59,100 Actually, I didn't know we were supposed to be at war, 2110 01:22:59,100 --> 01:23:00,510 but I think it's kind of beautiful that- 2111 01:23:00,510 --> 01:23:02,910 Leprechauns and vampires are arch enemies. 2112 01:23:02,910 --> 01:23:06,667 No, but we are not arch enemies. 2113 01:23:06,667 --> 01:23:07,883 Oh my god. 2114 01:23:07,883 --> 01:23:09,390 - We can end the war. - It's like that movie. 2115 01:23:09,390 --> 01:23:11,130 Yes, exactly, you got it. 2116 01:23:11,130 --> 01:23:13,470 It's like that movie. Romeo... 2117 01:23:13,470 --> 01:23:15,438 - what is it? - The movie? 2118 01:23:16,488 --> 01:23:17,327 - "Romeo Must Die." - Just like that movie, 2119 01:23:17,327 --> 01:23:19,187 "Romeo and Juliet," yes. 2120 01:23:19,187 --> 01:23:21,060 It's like that movie, "Romeo Must Die." 2121 01:23:21,060 --> 01:23:23,550 - Leonardo DiCaprio. - Yes! 2122 01:23:23,550 --> 01:23:26,343 Except nice because we're not gonna die at the end. 2123 01:23:27,296 --> 01:23:28,773 - We're not? - No. 2124 01:23:28,773 --> 01:23:30,330 'Cause you're already dead. 2125 01:23:30,330 --> 01:23:31,320 Yes. 2126 01:23:31,320 --> 01:23:32,550 All right, listen. 2127 01:23:32,550 --> 01:23:33,810 I'm gonna finish up this lap dance 2128 01:23:33,810 --> 01:23:35,340 and then let's talk more outside. 2129 01:23:35,340 --> 01:23:36,173 Okay, great. 2130 01:23:36,173 --> 01:23:38,088 - I tip her. - Goes, "$1?" 2131 01:23:39,300 --> 01:23:41,751 - I'm continuing. - You see- 2132 01:23:41,751 --> 01:23:44,273 My god, a dollar used to be worth something. 2133 01:23:45,150 --> 01:23:47,400 Outside afterwards she says, 2134 01:23:47,400 --> 01:23:50,219 "There's a bunch of other supernatural people in Purpee?" 2135 01:23:50,219 --> 01:23:51,210 There are so many. 2136 01:23:51,210 --> 01:23:52,290 Did you not know this? 2137 01:23:52,290 --> 01:23:53,820 - No. - You've been so focused 2138 01:23:53,820 --> 01:23:54,960 on your shoe. 2139 01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:56,400 You gotta get away from the shoe. 2140 01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:58,470 I'm almost done with it! 2141 01:23:58,470 --> 01:24:00,690 And you've been almost done with it for 300 years. 2142 01:24:00,690 --> 01:24:02,039 What more do you have to do? 2143 01:24:02,039 --> 01:24:03,270 How long can it take to make a shoe? 2144 01:24:03,270 --> 01:24:04,710 I'm bad at the laces. 2145 01:24:04,710 --> 01:24:07,950 - I'll do the laces. - You can't! 2146 01:24:07,950 --> 01:24:09,630 It's forbidden. 2147 01:24:09,630 --> 01:24:10,830 By who? 2148 01:24:10,830 --> 01:24:11,663 - I don't- - The same people 2149 01:24:11,663 --> 01:24:13,495 that say that we cannot be lovers. 2150 01:24:14,850 --> 01:24:17,065 I want you to make the laces for my shoe. 2151 01:24:17,065 --> 01:24:18,336 There we go. 2152 01:24:18,336 --> 01:24:20,070 And I want you to come to the party. 2153 01:24:20,070 --> 01:24:21,089 I'll be there. 2154 01:24:21,089 --> 01:24:21,922 - Done. - Great. 2155 01:24:21,922 --> 01:24:25,170 I will represent all of the fairy folk at the- 2156 01:24:25,170 --> 01:24:27,933 as the supernatural delegate. 2157 01:24:28,830 --> 01:24:30,270 Perfect. 2158 01:24:30,270 --> 01:24:31,377 Fantastic. You're beautiful. 2159 01:24:31,377 --> 01:24:33,755 May the road rise up to meet you. 2160 01:24:33,755 --> 01:24:35,700 You got some dirt on your face. 2161 01:24:35,700 --> 01:24:38,150 - I sleep in the ground. - Kind of on your neck. 2162 01:24:40,590 --> 01:24:41,877 - She will be there. - Great. 2163 01:24:41,877 --> 01:24:43,500 She will be there, absolutely. 2164 01:24:43,500 --> 01:24:45,360 Bat Child, do you speak to the ghosts 2165 01:24:45,360 --> 01:24:46,230 at the Whittaker mine? 2166 01:24:46,230 --> 01:24:48,678 Yeah, Darkness Man, will you come with me? 2167 01:24:48,678 --> 01:24:49,953 Yeah, let's do it. 2168 01:24:49,953 --> 01:24:52,200 We can go to the mine or go to the speaker box. 2169 01:24:52,200 --> 01:24:54,960 Is the dude out of the speaker box? 2170 01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:56,220 No, that was a separate guy who was- 2171 01:24:56,220 --> 01:24:57,459 All right, let's go to the mine. 2172 01:24:57,459 --> 01:24:59,250 Let's go to the mines, yeah. 2173 01:24:59,250 --> 01:25:01,560 You guys go up to the mines and 2174 01:25:01,560 --> 01:25:02,393 - up at the Whittaker- - We put on 2175 01:25:02,393 --> 01:25:03,630 night-vision goggles. 2176 01:25:03,630 --> 01:25:05,832 Put on night-vision goggles. 2177 01:25:08,480 --> 01:25:09,599 Whittaker Mine- 2178 01:25:09,599 --> 01:25:11,759 I just keep doing tactical rolls. 2179 01:25:11,759 --> 01:25:12,592 Me too. 2180 01:25:13,776 --> 01:25:15,090 Walking down to the mine, 2181 01:25:15,090 --> 01:25:16,350 you get down to the very bottom 2182 01:25:16,350 --> 01:25:20,790 where you just see ice cold, pitch-black water. 2183 01:25:20,790 --> 01:25:24,180 Down, down deep. Under this is the collapse 2184 01:25:24,180 --> 01:25:26,079 where all those miners drowned. 2185 01:25:26,079 --> 01:25:28,050 We learned from HJ that we can climb 2186 01:25:28,050 --> 01:25:29,700 at the bottom of water. 2187 01:25:29,700 --> 01:25:30,684 Yeah. 2188 01:25:30,684 --> 01:25:33,060 I think though we should talk before we get in the water, 2189 01:25:33,060 --> 01:25:34,710 'cause we're not gonna be able to talk under water 2190 01:25:34,710 --> 01:25:36,370 'cause water's gonna fill our mouths. 2191 01:25:36,370 --> 01:25:38,190 - Okay, okay. - The spirits are 2192 01:25:38,190 --> 01:25:39,570 gonna be confused. 2193 01:25:39,570 --> 01:25:40,410 - Yeah. - So I think 2194 01:25:40,410 --> 01:25:43,410 we should tell them that we want to help them get revenge. 2195 01:25:43,410 --> 01:25:44,730 Okay. 2196 01:25:44,730 --> 01:25:46,425 - Do you wanna do it? - No. 2197 01:25:46,425 --> 01:25:47,340 Do you wanna sing it? 2198 01:25:47,340 --> 01:25:48,232 You have such a 2199 01:25:48,232 --> 01:25:50,250 - beautiful singing voice. - I'm really uncharismatic. 2200 01:25:50,250 --> 01:25:51,158 Should I? 2201 01:25:53,429 --> 01:25:54,581 I think you should sing it. 2202 01:25:54,581 --> 01:25:55,414 Fuck. 2203 01:25:55,414 --> 01:25:57,210 I mean with all the echoes in the cave, 2204 01:25:57,210 --> 01:25:59,626 it's gonna sound incredible. 2205 01:25:59,626 --> 01:26:01,854 It's gonna sound like a hallowed chapel. 2206 01:26:01,854 --> 01:26:02,687 Okay. 2207 01:26:02,687 --> 01:26:04,513 What's a song about revenge? 2208 01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:08,280 You're asking me, but it needs to come from here. 2209 01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:09,337 Needs to come from the heart? 2210 01:26:09,337 --> 01:26:10,748 Music fills the cave. 2211 01:26:13,606 --> 01:26:17,467 ♪ Spirits awaken ♪ 2212 01:26:17,467 --> 01:26:22,467 ♪ You've been drowned by the Whittakers ♪ 2213 01:26:25,007 --> 01:26:27,582 ♪ We feel for you ♪ 2214 01:26:30,076 --> 01:26:32,570 It's a sound bath. It's a sound bath of- 2215 01:26:32,570 --> 01:26:33,920 14 successes. Keep going. 2216 01:26:36,158 --> 01:26:40,102 ♪ We want to help you get revenge ♪ 2217 01:26:40,102 --> 01:26:41,778 ♪ On the Whittakers ♪ 2218 01:26:41,778 --> 01:26:44,196 ♪ We're having a party ♪ 2219 01:26:44,196 --> 01:26:46,963 ♪ And you're invited to the party ♪ 2220 01:26:46,963 --> 01:26:48,454 22 success, keep going. 2221 01:26:50,367 --> 01:26:52,116 ♪ You were drowned ♪ 2222 01:26:52,116 --> 01:26:55,530 ♪ And that makes me frown ♪ 2223 01:26:55,530 --> 01:26:56,811 Oh, now we're rhyming! 2224 01:26:58,980 --> 01:27:01,006 It's also the second time you told them 2225 01:27:01,006 --> 01:27:04,237 - they were drowned! - It's A, B, C, D, E, F, G, F. 2226 01:27:04,237 --> 01:27:07,078 ♪ Come to our party ♪ 2227 01:27:07,078 --> 01:27:09,120 ♪ We'll see you there ♪ 2228 01:27:10,920 --> 01:27:13,923 So close. 29 successes. Almost. 2229 01:27:15,398 --> 01:27:16,242 Almost? 2230 01:27:16,242 --> 01:27:17,567 I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. 2231 01:27:17,567 --> 01:27:18,400 Needed 32. 2232 01:27:18,400 --> 01:27:19,893 You needed 32, I decided. 2233 01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:25,844 Rising from the water, spectral shades 2234 01:27:27,269 --> 01:27:28,294 in the front. 2235 01:27:29,827 --> 01:27:33,485 "I am Nathaniel Hoggins. 2236 01:27:34,973 --> 01:27:39,973 I spoke to the half-bat child, 2237 01:27:40,110 --> 01:27:44,310 trapped in a box of tin and wire. 2238 01:27:44,310 --> 01:27:48,970 We seek revenge on the Whittaker clan 2239 01:27:49,854 --> 01:27:54,624 who still lives on the wealth 2240 01:27:54,624 --> 01:27:58,500 we found deep in the Earth. 2241 01:27:58,500 --> 01:28:03,500 We will not rest until every Whittaker is dead." 2242 01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:06,980 Can we make an exception for Cal? He's dating my friend. 2243 01:28:07,920 --> 01:28:09,547 Cal's... Ugh. 2244 01:28:09,547 --> 01:28:11,550 - He's too stupid. - There's probably other- 2245 01:28:11,550 --> 01:28:14,280 I think some of the other guys have kids and stuff. 2246 01:28:14,280 --> 01:28:16,359 Could we do, like, 18 plus? 2247 01:28:18,024 --> 01:28:19,514 Could we just kill 18 plus? 2248 01:28:19,514 --> 01:28:21,090 What if we just drained their bank account 2249 01:28:21,090 --> 01:28:23,100 because it's kind of like a financial- 2250 01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:24,746 Can we give you a list? 2251 01:28:24,746 --> 01:28:26,718 We will review a list. 2252 01:28:26,718 --> 01:28:27,618 Review a list. 2253 01:28:27,618 --> 01:28:29,606 We will circle up in the mine. 2254 01:28:30,464 --> 01:28:34,435 ♪ Let's target our revenge at specific people ♪ 2255 01:28:35,460 --> 01:28:38,285 You see they look and say, 2256 01:28:38,285 --> 01:28:43,285 "Any Whittaker that has turned 18 2257 01:28:44,120 --> 01:28:46,876 while rich must die." 2258 01:28:46,876 --> 01:28:48,390 Okay, yeah. 2259 01:28:48,390 --> 01:28:51,416 And if any of the others turn 18- 2260 01:28:51,416 --> 01:28:52,623 No, wait. 2261 01:28:52,623 --> 01:28:53,700 - Okay. - We're coming straight- 2262 01:28:53,700 --> 01:28:55,050 Let's talk about this more 2263 01:28:55,050 --> 01:28:55,883 - at the party. - Wait, no no no. 2264 01:28:55,883 --> 01:28:57,832 But we're gonna make sure they're not rich. 2265 01:28:57,832 --> 01:28:59,010 We're gonna make sure they're not rich. 2266 01:28:59,010 --> 01:29:00,360 Oh, that's a great point. 2267 01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:01,193 Yeah. 2268 01:29:01,193 --> 01:29:02,430 We'll talk about this more at the party. 2269 01:29:02,430 --> 01:29:03,469 Yeah, but just will you 2270 01:29:03,469 --> 01:29:04,320 - come to the party? - Let's be clear. 2271 01:29:04,320 --> 01:29:05,407 We're killing Cal. 2272 01:29:06,273 --> 01:29:08,705 - Okay, I really- - I don't like Cal. 2273 01:29:08,705 --> 01:29:10,295 But Madelaine really likes the way- 2274 01:29:10,295 --> 01:29:11,610 I don't think Madelaine likes Cal that much. 2275 01:29:11,610 --> 01:29:13,380 I know she likes the way his blood- 2276 01:29:13,380 --> 01:29:15,540 Madelaine can say it at the party. 2277 01:29:15,540 --> 01:29:16,373 Okay, okay, okay. 2278 01:29:16,373 --> 01:29:17,525 - You're gonna- - I don't know why we're 2279 01:29:17,525 --> 01:29:19,273 - fighting so hard for Cal. - You're gonna, you're gonna- 2280 01:29:19,273 --> 01:29:21,090 I don't feel sorry for Cal either! 2281 01:29:21,090 --> 01:29:23,940 I feel sorry for Madelaine who has a really tasty treat 2282 01:29:23,940 --> 01:29:25,440 that she's trying to keep alive. 2283 01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:26,804 I don't think Madelaine likes Cal- 2284 01:29:26,804 --> 01:29:28,841 If you had a favorite afterschool snack 2285 01:29:28,841 --> 01:29:31,230 and someone took it away from you, you'd get salty. 2286 01:29:31,230 --> 01:29:34,139 Oh, you're right. I forgot about the eating part of it. 2287 01:29:34,139 --> 01:29:35,283 - Yeah. - Yeah. 2288 01:29:35,283 --> 01:29:36,257 Okay. 2289 01:29:36,257 --> 01:29:37,260 Again, we're having a party. 2290 01:29:37,260 --> 01:29:38,716 - We're having a party. - This is a dialogue. 2291 01:29:38,716 --> 01:29:40,864 We'll go over it at the party. 2292 01:29:40,864 --> 01:29:42,210 Let's go over it at the party. 2293 01:29:42,210 --> 01:29:44,153 We will see you at the party. 2294 01:29:44,153 --> 01:29:47,640 Any requests for the road as we leave, for Darkness Man? 2295 01:29:47,640 --> 01:29:52,640 One acapella verse, one nonverbal scat verse. 2296 01:29:55,380 --> 01:29:57,063 He's an incredible scatter. 2297 01:29:58,066 --> 01:29:59,174 Okay. 2298 01:30:02,235 --> 01:30:04,410 ♪ We'll keep the dialogue ♪ 2299 01:30:04,410 --> 01:30:07,263 Do scatting only, no real words. 2300 01:30:08,190 --> 01:30:10,270 Wait, you said you wanted a person- 2301 01:30:10,270 --> 01:30:11,105 Okay. 2302 01:30:11,105 --> 01:30:14,250 ♪ Do do do do do ♪ 2303 01:30:14,250 --> 01:30:15,707 He only does do's. 2304 01:30:15,707 --> 01:30:17,108 ♪ Do do do do do do ♪ 2305 01:30:17,108 --> 01:30:19,309 ♪ Do do do do, do do ♪ 2306 01:30:20,643 --> 01:30:22,166 They return to the water. 2307 01:30:22,166 --> 01:30:23,553 I think they loved it. 2308 01:30:24,477 --> 01:30:25,317 Okay. 2309 01:30:25,317 --> 01:30:26,963 We're gonna have to make a list of Whittakers 2310 01:30:26,963 --> 01:30:27,988 'cause they were mad. 2311 01:30:27,988 --> 01:30:29,820 And also the quicker we bankrupt them, 2312 01:30:29,820 --> 01:30:31,500 the better for the younger Whittakers. 2313 01:30:31,500 --> 01:30:32,333 That's great. 2314 01:30:34,830 --> 01:30:36,780 You guys arrive at the 2315 01:30:36,780 --> 01:30:41,280 Laurent Horror Festival solstice party, kicking off. 2316 01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:43,170 It's June 21st. 2317 01:30:43,170 --> 01:30:48,120 Estelle is here. She has come in costume 2318 01:30:48,120 --> 01:30:53,120 as one of her vampiric protagonists from her many novels. 2319 01:30:53,130 --> 01:30:54,570 A bunch of other folks here. 2320 01:30:54,570 --> 01:30:56,940 People from her publishing, people from Purpee. 2321 01:30:56,940 --> 01:30:58,950 Patty Babcock is here 2322 01:30:58,950 --> 01:31:02,130 along with some people from Outer Ridge. 2323 01:31:02,130 --> 01:31:06,240 You see that Cody has rolled up with his friends, 2324 01:31:06,240 --> 01:31:07,650 Warren and BK, 2325 01:31:07,650 --> 01:31:11,040 who you mentioned were artisan carpenters. 2326 01:31:11,040 --> 01:31:13,380 As you wake up that night, Madelaine, 2327 01:31:13,380 --> 01:31:17,047 you get a text from Emma Lynn Douglas saying, 2328 01:31:17,047 --> 01:31:22,047 "Just got word. You're invited if you want, with a plus one, 2329 01:31:22,980 --> 01:31:26,855 to stop by our 4th of July party that we're having tonight." 2330 01:31:26,855 --> 01:31:28,680 Oh, that's amazing. 2331 01:31:28,680 --> 01:31:30,360 I already have something during the day, 2332 01:31:30,360 --> 01:31:32,520 but maybe at night I will pop over. 2333 01:31:32,520 --> 01:31:34,320 She says, "It'll be starting in the afternoon, 2334 01:31:34,320 --> 01:31:37,050 but we will definitely be going into the night." 2335 01:31:37,050 --> 01:31:40,620 Wait, is this the Douglas's July 4th party or 2336 01:31:40,620 --> 01:31:42,453 the Laurent July 4th party? 2337 01:31:42,453 --> 01:31:45,570 It is a different party happening on the same night. 2338 01:31:45,570 --> 01:31:49,102 Is it like counter-programming harvest festival vibes? 2339 01:31:49,102 --> 01:31:50,640 Where it's like, "We don't do Halloween, 2340 01:31:50,640 --> 01:31:52,330 we do Christian Halloween." 2341 01:31:52,330 --> 01:31:53,760 Or is it because 2342 01:31:53,760 --> 01:31:56,130 we have all the supernatural people in one place. 2343 01:31:56,130 --> 01:31:59,850 Are they planning something in the event... 2344 01:31:59,850 --> 01:32:02,460 That maybe we should go and do some undercover? 2345 01:32:02,460 --> 01:32:05,070 It's literally the same night as the party? 2346 01:32:05,070 --> 01:32:06,450 It is the same night as the party. 2347 01:32:06,450 --> 01:32:08,460 Also, it is June 21st. 2348 01:32:08,460 --> 01:32:10,470 - So you get this- - So why is she having 2349 01:32:10,470 --> 01:32:12,720 a July 4th party on June 21st? 2350 01:32:12,720 --> 01:32:14,430 Yeah, wow. That's tough. 2351 01:32:14,430 --> 01:32:17,100 Because it's Independence Day. 2352 01:32:17,100 --> 01:32:18,390 Who is it Independence Day- 2353 01:32:18,390 --> 01:32:20,310 But it's a solstice party. 2354 01:32:20,310 --> 01:32:23,275 That is maybe the Douglases doing some weird- 2355 01:32:23,275 --> 01:32:27,150 Oh, this has to be the pinnacle of J of the P's power 2356 01:32:27,150 --> 01:32:28,760 before it declines. 2357 01:32:28,760 --> 01:32:29,713 Fuck. 2358 01:32:29,713 --> 01:32:32,400 Also the ghosts are super pissed. They wanna eat Cal. 2359 01:32:32,400 --> 01:32:34,671 - Yeah. - They can't eat Cal. 2360 01:32:34,671 --> 01:32:35,910 - I eat Cal. - I told them that. 2361 01:32:35,910 --> 01:32:37,740 - I told them that. - Tell them that I eat Cal. 2362 01:32:37,740 --> 01:32:39,630 They seem... I think that you're gonna be able 2363 01:32:39,630 --> 01:32:41,250 - to convince them. - They're pretty reasonable. 2364 01:32:41,250 --> 01:32:42,600 I mean if you sing them another song, 2365 01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:44,400 - I'm sure they'll acquiesce. - I could. 2366 01:32:44,400 --> 01:32:45,233 You sang them a song? 2367 01:32:45,233 --> 01:32:46,339 I guess I could. 2368 01:32:46,339 --> 01:32:47,478 - It was beautiful- - Can you sing 2369 01:32:47,478 --> 01:32:48,580 at the party, dude? 2370 01:32:48,580 --> 01:32:50,021 Oh, he's gotta sing at the party. 2371 01:32:50,021 --> 01:32:52,020 Once we settle an agreement with everyone, 2372 01:32:52,020 --> 01:32:53,313 please sing at the party. 2373 01:32:55,436 --> 01:32:56,850 I'll figure it out. 2374 01:32:56,850 --> 01:32:57,900 My kind of thought is to like, 2375 01:32:57,900 --> 01:33:00,180 what if we downgrade some people, like the people that- 2376 01:33:00,180 --> 01:33:02,940 'Cause, you know, if they just kill everyone 2377 01:33:02,940 --> 01:33:04,920 who's not a kid, then no one will be able 2378 01:33:04,920 --> 01:33:06,060 to raise the kids and stuff. 2379 01:33:06,060 --> 01:33:08,550 So maybe we just scare some of the people 2380 01:33:08,550 --> 01:33:09,840 and they eat the other people. 2381 01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:13,470 Why don't- Actual Whittakers, they die, but the spouses, 2382 01:33:13,470 --> 01:33:14,370 they stay alive. 2383 01:33:14,370 --> 01:33:16,620 We do eat, eat, scare. 2384 01:33:16,620 --> 01:33:18,990 Eat, scare, love. 2385 01:33:18,990 --> 01:33:21,147 - But what about, um- - Eat, scare, love. 2386 01:33:21,147 --> 01:33:22,140 What about Cal though? 2387 01:33:22,140 --> 01:33:23,940 - 'Cause he's an actual- - Well obviously we cannot- 2388 01:33:23,940 --> 01:33:24,773 We can scare, we scare him. 2389 01:33:24,773 --> 01:33:26,160 - Yes, we scare Cal. - He's on the scare list. 2390 01:33:26,160 --> 01:33:26,993 That's fine. 2391 01:33:26,993 --> 01:33:30,090 Will he taste bad once we bankrupt him? 2392 01:33:30,090 --> 01:33:31,110 I don't know. 2393 01:33:31,110 --> 01:33:33,300 That's actually a really good question because- 2394 01:33:33,300 --> 01:33:34,663 'Cause then you might be fine to part with him. 2395 01:33:34,663 --> 01:33:37,680 You know, my dietary thing is I have to have somebody 2396 01:33:37,680 --> 01:33:41,430 from the aristocracy, but in America that just means rich. 2397 01:33:41,430 --> 01:33:43,140 So if he's not rich- 2398 01:33:43,140 --> 01:33:44,010 You might not even want him. 2399 01:33:44,010 --> 01:33:45,570 Maybe I just, I don't care. 2400 01:33:45,570 --> 01:33:47,397 - Yeah. - We'll figure it out. 2401 01:33:47,397 --> 01:33:48,720 HJ, at this exact same time, 2402 01:33:48,720 --> 01:33:51,090 we're talking about the plus one and getting this invite, 2403 01:33:51,090 --> 01:33:53,010 you see Emma Lynn also follows up with you, Madelaine, 2404 01:33:53,010 --> 01:33:55,685 being like, this is the biggest shindig. 2405 01:33:55,685 --> 01:33:57,690 Like, a bunch of our family from West Virginia is coming. 2406 01:33:57,690 --> 01:33:59,498 It's gonna be a huge shindig. 2407 01:34:00,399 --> 01:34:02,910 "Oh, amazing, I love West Virginia." 2408 01:34:02,910 --> 01:34:06,627 Okay, so it's a white supremacy party in the woods. 2409 01:34:06,627 --> 01:34:07,793 - Okay. - If we went there, 2410 01:34:07,793 --> 01:34:09,570 would we just be murdering everyone? 2411 01:34:09,570 --> 01:34:12,330 Last time I went there, they shot me with a sniper rifle. 2412 01:34:12,330 --> 01:34:14,940 My feeling is they want to murder. 2413 01:34:14,940 --> 01:34:16,800 Is this, is this the moment? 2414 01:34:16,800 --> 01:34:17,940 What if we just- 2415 01:34:17,940 --> 01:34:18,960 - Bring everyone together? - ...just get the 2416 01:34:18,960 --> 01:34:20,151 whole crew together, and then- 2417 01:34:20,151 --> 01:34:21,168 And then we go over there. 2418 01:34:21,168 --> 01:34:22,442 - So we start- - Exactly, bang bang! 2419 01:34:22,442 --> 01:34:23,990 ...our party before, no but they're starting their party 2420 01:34:23,990 --> 01:34:25,860 - in the afternoon. - But that's fine. 2421 01:34:25,860 --> 01:34:27,360 We can still just go over. 2422 01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:29,100 We should fly a little drone over 2423 01:34:29,100 --> 01:34:31,290 and see what's going on over there. 2424 01:34:31,290 --> 01:34:32,975 Do you have 200 bucks? 2425 01:34:32,975 --> 01:34:34,020 Guys, I can't tell you 2426 01:34:34,020 --> 01:34:36,311 how long it takes to sync the wireless controller. 2427 01:34:36,311 --> 01:34:37,762 Okay? 2428 01:34:37,762 --> 01:34:39,060 I feel like no one's considering 2429 01:34:39,060 --> 01:34:40,980 how much time I spent syncing the wireless controller. 2430 01:34:40,980 --> 01:34:42,840 Can I try to spit up the drone? 2431 01:34:42,840 --> 01:34:43,673 Sure. 2432 01:34:43,673 --> 01:34:45,930 - What if the missile comes? - What if she comes out? 2433 01:34:45,930 --> 01:34:48,026 Stop it. No, no! 2434 01:34:51,047 --> 01:34:55,500 Great. Go ahead and give me Oblivion, Stamina. 2435 01:34:55,500 --> 01:34:57,030 - Please. - Oh my god. 2436 01:34:57,030 --> 01:34:59,100 - Please don't. - Please don't. 2437 01:34:59,100 --> 01:35:01,100 - Don't do it. - She's gonna be so mad. 2438 01:35:02,280 --> 01:35:04,710 We haven't even had the meeting yet. 2439 01:35:04,710 --> 01:35:08,010 Okay, I'm going to preemptively Blood Surge. 2440 01:35:08,010 --> 01:35:08,940 Okay, great. 2441 01:35:08,940 --> 01:35:10,560 I'm in a leg press position, 2442 01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:13,011 ready to kick her directly back up. 2443 01:35:13,880 --> 01:35:15,121 Just truly cocked. 2444 01:35:16,890 --> 01:35:18,420 Oh wow, that's really good. 2445 01:35:18,420 --> 01:35:20,553 I'm gonna re-roll these two. 2446 01:35:22,320 --> 01:35:26,185 One, two, three, four, five, six. 2447 01:35:26,185 --> 01:35:28,710 - A little drone pops out. - Okay. 2448 01:35:28,710 --> 01:35:30,078 Wow, okay. 2449 01:35:30,078 --> 01:35:31,808 Is it wet? It's dry! 2450 01:35:32,880 --> 01:35:34,263 It's bone dry! 2451 01:35:35,190 --> 01:35:36,210 All right, so we got our plan. 2452 01:35:36,210 --> 01:35:37,530 We're going bang bang. 2453 01:35:37,530 --> 01:35:39,540 We get everyone together at the lumbermill. 2454 01:35:39,540 --> 01:35:44,210 Then, after a quick drone scout, we all rush the Douglases. 2455 01:35:44,210 --> 01:35:45,660 Madelaine's plus one is a drone. 2456 01:35:45,660 --> 01:35:46,833 We got it figured out. 2457 01:35:48,032 --> 01:35:49,530 No, I don't wanna go in there with just a drone. 2458 01:35:49,530 --> 01:35:50,790 Are you crazy, I'm gonna die. 2459 01:35:50,790 --> 01:35:53,280 I don't have any fighting ability whatsoever. 2460 01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:55,124 All I do is have sex with people. 2461 01:35:55,124 --> 01:35:56,809 - That's all I can do. - We'll roll in hot. 2462 01:35:56,809 --> 01:35:58,380 We'll send the ghosts ahead. 2463 01:35:58,380 --> 01:36:00,510 I'm taping a knife to the drone. 2464 01:36:00,510 --> 01:36:03,540 - We got you. - It's really unsafe for me. 2465 01:36:03,540 --> 01:36:05,760 This really feels like I'm gonna die. 2466 01:36:05,760 --> 01:36:06,860 - I think it's a bad idea. - That's a carrot. 2467 01:36:06,860 --> 01:36:07,923 Oh shit! 2468 01:36:09,960 --> 01:36:10,890 We can shadow you. 2469 01:36:10,890 --> 01:36:12,750 Me and Darkness Man are good with protection. 2470 01:36:12,750 --> 01:36:13,830 I'll stealth behind. 2471 01:36:13,830 --> 01:36:14,995 Yeah, we'll stealth behind. 2472 01:36:14,995 --> 01:36:17,870 God, I'm so nervous about the big speech I have to give. 2473 01:36:18,720 --> 01:36:19,830 - As prince? - As prince. 2474 01:36:19,830 --> 01:36:21,117 As prince. 2475 01:36:21,117 --> 01:36:23,760 HJ, you get some notifications, by the way, 2476 01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:26,130 on your computer as you wake up. 2477 01:36:26,130 --> 01:36:26,963 Okay. 2478 01:36:26,963 --> 01:36:29,190 This is all coming after sort of the business day. 2479 01:36:29,190 --> 01:36:31,350 You're waking at night to this. 2480 01:36:31,350 --> 01:36:36,350 I'm going to need Intelligence plus Politics roll from you. 2481 01:36:37,560 --> 01:36:39,150 Okay, I have Leadership. 2482 01:36:39,150 --> 01:36:40,560 - Would that be? - No, it'll be Politics. 2483 01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:42,453 Okay, Blood Surge. 2484 01:36:43,950 --> 01:36:45,510 Is it okay if Sister Agnes Shaw 2485 01:36:45,510 --> 01:36:47,022 comes to the party tonight? 2486 01:36:48,588 --> 01:36:50,765 What's more supernatural than the Catholic church? 2487 01:36:50,765 --> 01:36:52,031 Of course. 2488 01:36:52,031 --> 01:36:53,129 The Holy Ghost. 2489 01:36:53,129 --> 01:36:54,236 Oh, we gotta invite Danderhoof, too. 2490 01:36:54,236 --> 01:36:55,565 - She's my plus one. - Yeah. 2491 01:36:55,565 --> 01:36:56,885 - For sure. - I didn't wanna take up 2492 01:36:56,885 --> 01:36:57,871 the time, but I do invite Herb. 2493 01:36:57,871 --> 01:36:58,704 Six. 2494 01:36:58,704 --> 01:36:59,820 But we gotta tell her off the record. 2495 01:36:59,820 --> 01:37:00,653 - Huh? - Six. 2496 01:37:00,653 --> 01:37:03,960 As of today, five different doors 2497 01:37:03,960 --> 01:37:07,650 of Wingstreet and Worthy assets have been taken by the FBI. 2498 01:37:07,650 --> 01:37:10,530 There are search warrants and government actions 2499 01:37:10,530 --> 01:37:11,980 against some of them. 2500 01:37:11,980 --> 01:37:13,800 There have been multiple SEC filings 2501 01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:15,663 against various ones of them. 2502 01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:19,500 Massive short positions have been taken up 2503 01:37:19,500 --> 01:37:22,740 against some of your most lucrative holdings. 2504 01:37:22,740 --> 01:37:25,860 As you begin to investigate further and call on contacts, 2505 01:37:25,860 --> 01:37:30,860 essentially, a massive coordinated attack 2506 01:37:30,870 --> 01:37:32,343 against your assets. 2507 01:37:33,360 --> 01:37:38,360 Essentially with six successes, nothing is immediately gone. 2508 01:37:38,370 --> 01:37:42,270 However, I would say a majority of your assets 2509 01:37:42,270 --> 01:37:43,440 have been frozen. 2510 01:37:43,440 --> 01:37:45,810 Except for what we put in the credit union, maybe. 2511 01:37:45,810 --> 01:37:48,720 With six successes, as you investigate, 2512 01:37:48,720 --> 01:37:51,000 the credit union is completely untouched, 2513 01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:52,620 and you have no idea why. 2514 01:37:52,620 --> 01:37:55,236 I beeline obviously for LaVonte. 2515 01:37:55,236 --> 01:37:56,790 Interesting. 2516 01:37:56,790 --> 01:38:00,960 Can I look into who is taking on short positions against us? 2517 01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:05,960 All connected to venture capital firms and private equity. 2518 01:38:06,330 --> 01:38:08,850 All completely obfuscated and very shady. 2519 01:38:08,850 --> 01:38:12,150 However, every one of these companies has either a CEO 2520 01:38:12,150 --> 01:38:16,170 or a CFO that you know has personal phone numbers 2521 01:38:16,170 --> 01:38:18,970 and is on group chats with people that work at Beholdr. 2522 01:38:20,040 --> 01:38:22,173 I don't think Beholdr is happy with us. 2523 01:38:24,132 --> 01:38:25,470 I think you're right though, if we wanna get rid of 2524 01:38:25,470 --> 01:38:28,170 David Otherman, we have to find the chip and crush it. 2525 01:38:29,670 --> 01:38:31,423 He's everywhere now. 2526 01:38:31,423 --> 01:38:35,280 I mean, this is pretty big. 2527 01:38:35,280 --> 01:38:36,810 - Really big. - Pretty big. 2528 01:38:36,810 --> 01:38:38,280 Takes a lot of energy. 2529 01:38:38,280 --> 01:38:39,750 But I feel like we've got... 2530 01:38:39,750 --> 01:38:42,360 we've got our marching orders for tonight. 2531 01:38:42,360 --> 01:38:43,193 - Yes. - And we can 2532 01:38:43,193 --> 01:38:44,026 pick this up tomorrow. 2533 01:38:44,026 --> 01:38:44,859 - Yes. - Easily. 2534 01:38:44,859 --> 01:38:45,692 Yes. 2535 01:38:45,692 --> 01:38:48,480 I'm sure Tyler's carrying 40 thrones into the lumbermill. 2536 01:38:48,480 --> 01:38:51,000 But maybe we'll just give him a list of marching orders 2537 01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:52,320 to try and knock out. 2538 01:38:52,320 --> 01:38:53,580 Call some contacts in Shanghai, 2539 01:38:53,580 --> 01:38:54,413 - see if we can- - Let's get our 2540 01:38:54,413 --> 01:38:55,350 - lawyers on. - Yeah, exactly. 2541 01:38:55,350 --> 01:38:58,980 Flip some stuff overnight while New York's asleep. 2542 01:38:58,980 --> 01:39:03,810 We should do that thing, that idea that Bat Child had, 2543 01:39:03,810 --> 01:39:05,280 where we short Beholdr. 2544 01:39:05,280 --> 01:39:06,570 Yeah, Zaeth... 2545 01:39:06,570 --> 01:39:07,786 I think Zaeth came up with that. 2546 01:39:07,786 --> 01:39:09,395 I think Bat Child said it perfectly. 2547 01:39:11,486 --> 01:39:13,560 - Whoever said it. - She's so intelligent. 2548 01:39:13,560 --> 01:39:15,396 Have you noticed this? 2549 01:39:15,396 --> 01:39:17,612 I mean, not that I didn't expect her to be, but- 2550 01:39:17,612 --> 01:39:18,837 - No, Vesper's- - But I just, 2551 01:39:18,837 --> 01:39:21,630 some people have a business savvy in their sweat. 2552 01:39:21,630 --> 01:39:23,250 - Yeah, Vesper's- - Zaeth is so mad 2553 01:39:23,250 --> 01:39:25,433 he can't finish working on his speech. 2554 01:39:27,739 --> 01:39:30,810 We would like to put in a big short on Beholdr. 2555 01:39:30,810 --> 01:39:31,643 Moving forward from here, 2556 01:39:31,643 --> 01:39:33,240 you guys go to the lumbermill. 2557 01:39:33,240 --> 01:39:34,470 You guys set the scene for me. 2558 01:39:34,470 --> 01:39:36,300 What's going on at the lumbermill? 2559 01:39:36,300 --> 01:39:40,560 40 thrones all along either side, 2560 01:39:40,560 --> 01:39:42,690 each with a different person's name- 2561 01:39:42,690 --> 01:39:45,390 - Yes. - in kind of gilded lettering. 2562 01:39:45,390 --> 01:39:49,232 Lot of candelabra, like really ornate, beautiful. 2563 01:39:49,232 --> 01:39:51,060 Those ones that last for a full year. 2564 01:39:51,060 --> 01:39:53,940 There's a lot of green. 2565 01:39:53,940 --> 01:39:55,980 There's a lot of hanging plants 2566 01:39:55,980 --> 01:39:58,470 kind of making the space feel a little bit more cozy. 2567 01:39:58,470 --> 01:40:00,570 But very, like, verdant. 2568 01:40:00,570 --> 01:40:02,730 We've called in a second Wagyu shooter's truck 2569 01:40:02,730 --> 01:40:04,772 just to handle the, you know, oversized. 2570 01:40:04,772 --> 01:40:08,067 - There's a Wagyu luge. - There's a Wagyu luge! 2571 01:40:08,067 --> 01:40:12,161 And the saws are set up so that sparks come off of them 2572 01:40:12,161 --> 01:40:14,520 - at various points. - Yes. I, in my pocket, 2573 01:40:14,520 --> 01:40:18,810 have a very expensive pen in a case. 2574 01:40:18,810 --> 01:40:20,883 And I go over to Bat Child and I say: 2575 01:40:22,020 --> 01:40:24,036 This is a gift from me and LaVonte. 2576 01:40:24,036 --> 01:40:25,252 Thank you so much. 2577 01:40:25,252 --> 01:40:27,780 I am working on an independent study. 2578 01:40:27,780 --> 01:40:29,446 What did I possibly do to deserve this? 2579 01:40:29,446 --> 01:40:32,280 You just had an amazing business acumen 2580 01:40:32,280 --> 01:40:35,340 and we just wanna really support that. 2581 01:40:35,340 --> 01:40:37,860 I consider most of my ideas to be 2582 01:40:37,860 --> 01:40:40,290 not necessarily financially motivated. 2583 01:40:40,290 --> 01:40:41,370 What did I say? 2584 01:40:41,370 --> 01:40:43,530 Just the big Beholdr short. 2585 01:40:43,530 --> 01:40:44,400 You know what you did. 2586 01:40:44,400 --> 01:40:45,816 And I moonwalk away. 2587 01:40:46,808 --> 01:40:48,579 That was Zaeth! That was Zaeth! That was Zaeth! 2588 01:40:48,579 --> 01:40:50,100 Can I have what's ever in that box? 2589 01:40:50,100 --> 01:40:51,208 - Yes. - Thank you. 2590 01:40:52,858 --> 01:40:54,697 - I'm sorry. - It's a cigar. 2591 01:40:55,770 --> 01:40:57,083 It's a cigar that 2592 01:40:57,083 --> 01:40:58,050 - looks like a pen. - The pen is inside the cigar, 2593 01:40:58,050 --> 01:40:59,190 you gotta peel it out. 2594 01:40:59,190 --> 01:41:00,810 - The lumbermill is- - Gross! 2595 01:41:00,810 --> 01:41:02,378 ...absolutely festooned with 2596 01:41:02,378 --> 01:41:04,036 these great haunted decorations. 2597 01:41:04,036 --> 01:41:06,540 Welcome to the Laurent Horror Festival. 2598 01:41:06,540 --> 01:41:07,575 Thrones everywhere. 2599 01:41:07,575 --> 01:41:12,575 This decadent sort of rich, dark, velvety 2600 01:41:14,363 --> 01:41:16,590 den in this vast lumbermill. 2601 01:41:16,590 --> 01:41:19,410 So you see that- Estelle comes in. 2602 01:41:19,410 --> 01:41:21,600 Madelaine, as you walk in, Estelle walks up to you and says, 2603 01:41:21,600 --> 01:41:23,550 "Madelaine, my darling, 2604 01:41:23,550 --> 01:41:27,227 we've never had a more beautiful start to the festival." 2605 01:41:28,680 --> 01:41:30,060 And as you guys look around, 2606 01:41:30,060 --> 01:41:31,950 you see movers and shakers, and people from- 2607 01:41:31,950 --> 01:41:34,110 There's people from all over the world 2608 01:41:34,110 --> 01:41:36,180 from different publishing, entertainment, 2609 01:41:36,180 --> 01:41:38,940 culture setters, and Madelaine, you look around. 2610 01:41:38,940 --> 01:41:41,247 It's happening. There's all these people here. 2611 01:41:41,247 --> 01:41:45,120 You have this little vein to tap into 2612 01:41:45,120 --> 01:41:48,090 in the larger cultural forces within the world. 2613 01:41:48,090 --> 01:41:50,490 Well, I think we definitely have a spot 2614 01:41:50,490 --> 01:41:54,300 that we have constructed that has a perfect view of it all. 2615 01:41:54,300 --> 01:41:55,740 Kind of like in the old place. 2616 01:41:55,740 --> 01:41:56,580 - Yeah. - Everyone give me 2617 01:41:56,580 --> 01:42:01,380 Wits, Awareness, and we'll go through everyone who's here. 2618 01:42:01,380 --> 01:42:04,140 And if you guys are looking for anyone in particular. 2619 01:42:04,140 --> 01:42:05,580 We're out of our downtime, right? 2620 01:42:05,580 --> 01:42:07,230 Out of downtime, yes. 2621 01:42:07,230 --> 01:42:09,210 We are in real time right now. 2622 01:42:09,210 --> 01:42:11,520 - Only one success. - Two successes. 2623 01:42:11,520 --> 01:42:13,860 I'm just really getting into it with Sister Agnes Shaw 2624 01:42:13,860 --> 01:42:14,940 in the VIP area. 2625 01:42:14,940 --> 01:42:16,770 I got four successes. 2626 01:42:16,770 --> 01:42:17,900 Me and this nun. 2627 01:42:19,200 --> 01:42:21,480 Five successes. 2628 01:42:21,480 --> 01:42:23,689 Just two from HJ. 2629 01:42:23,689 --> 01:42:24,960 I just got two as well. 2630 01:42:24,960 --> 01:42:26,800 We got five and four over here? 2631 01:42:26,800 --> 01:42:27,943 - Yeah. - Is there anything 2632 01:42:27,943 --> 01:42:29,755 you're looking for in particular? 2633 01:42:29,755 --> 01:42:31,950 What is happening in this moment? 2634 01:42:31,950 --> 01:42:34,380 You guys are up, viewing the lumbermill, seeing the party. 2635 01:42:34,380 --> 01:42:37,207 Estelle's here, tons of mortals here. 2636 01:42:37,207 --> 01:42:38,040 With two successes, 2637 01:42:38,040 --> 01:42:41,297 everyone sees Cody is here with Warren and BK, 2638 01:42:41,297 --> 01:42:42,660 it looks like a few other werewolves 2639 01:42:42,660 --> 01:42:47,660 that all look very sporty, crunchy, climber bro 2640 01:42:47,730 --> 01:42:50,010 kind of werewolves. 2641 01:42:50,010 --> 01:42:53,910 Maya is here, and Maya walks straight up actually 2642 01:42:53,910 --> 01:42:55,241 to you, LaVonte. 2643 01:42:55,241 --> 01:42:57,183 - Hmm. - And says, "Heads up." 2644 01:42:58,148 --> 01:43:01,080 And you see that she takes a phone out 2645 01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:03,720 that is not the phone you've seen her use before. 2646 01:43:03,720 --> 01:43:05,820 This one seems to be like, 2647 01:43:05,820 --> 01:43:08,490 has a weird wooden case on it. 2648 01:43:08,490 --> 01:43:10,920 And she opens an app that doesn't appear 2649 01:43:10,920 --> 01:43:14,760 to be anything from a Google or Apple phone. 2650 01:43:14,760 --> 01:43:18,810 And a glowing glyph appears on the screen. 2651 01:43:18,810 --> 01:43:20,190 "Mages, 2652 01:43:20,190 --> 01:43:22,980 I don't know who, are coming after the credit union." 2653 01:43:24,450 --> 01:43:25,283 That's interesting. 2654 01:43:25,283 --> 01:43:28,290 But there's been a kind of full frontal assault- 2655 01:43:28,290 --> 01:43:29,730 By the way, this is Sister Agnes Shaw. 2656 01:43:29,730 --> 01:43:31,330 Sister Agnes Shaw, this is Maya. 2657 01:43:32,430 --> 01:43:36,420 There's been a full frontal assault on our business holdings 2658 01:43:36,420 --> 01:43:37,290 elsewhere in the world. 2659 01:43:37,290 --> 01:43:40,650 So somebody is clearly trying to get to us. 2660 01:43:40,650 --> 01:43:41,760 "Okay. 2661 01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:44,100 The wards are holding right now." 2662 01:43:44,100 --> 01:43:44,940 See Sister Agnes goes, 2663 01:43:44,940 --> 01:43:45,773 "What?" 2664 01:43:45,773 --> 01:43:47,527 And you see Maya says, "Nothing, Sister. 2665 01:43:49,680 --> 01:43:50,610 It's holding for the moment." 2666 01:43:50,610 --> 01:43:51,663 Okay, understood. 2667 01:43:52,860 --> 01:43:55,620 Each got to bring a plus one to the supernatural section 2668 01:43:55,620 --> 01:43:57,990 and you brought Sister Shaw. 2669 01:43:57,990 --> 01:44:00,150 I don't know how mages are organized 2670 01:44:00,150 --> 01:44:02,730 or if you have a whole society or something like that. 2671 01:44:02,730 --> 01:44:06,090 Do you recognize the glyphs or any of the information 2672 01:44:06,090 --> 01:44:08,940 you're getting, based on the magic that you're fighting off? 2673 01:44:08,940 --> 01:44:12,510 In the parts of this weird world that I walk in, 2674 01:44:12,510 --> 01:44:14,703 there is a force. 2675 01:44:17,760 --> 01:44:19,290 It's like our Camarilla 2676 01:44:19,290 --> 01:44:22,020 because of how powerful it is, 2677 01:44:22,020 --> 01:44:27,020 except that we aren't members of it, we are victims of it. 2678 01:44:27,210 --> 01:44:29,490 And it's called the Technocracy. 2679 01:44:29,490 --> 01:44:32,550 I think this is them and I think it's a fraction of them. 2680 01:44:32,550 --> 01:44:33,510 Understood. 2681 01:44:33,510 --> 01:44:36,990 Well, we actually have another... 2682 01:44:38,280 --> 01:44:40,320 We're spinning a lot of plates right now. 2683 01:44:40,320 --> 01:44:41,520 Understood. 2684 01:44:41,520 --> 01:44:42,960 Understood. 2685 01:44:42,960 --> 01:44:46,086 I squeeze Sister Agnes Shaw's thigh. 2686 01:44:46,086 --> 01:44:48,150 It's all gonna be okay, baby. 2687 01:44:48,150 --> 01:44:49,980 It's all gonna be okay. 2688 01:44:49,980 --> 01:44:51,941 Don't you worry about a thing, all right? 2689 01:44:54,510 --> 01:44:55,470 She's like that partner 2690 01:44:55,470 --> 01:44:57,441 at the Christmas party that's like- 2691 01:44:59,149 --> 01:45:00,503 So these are the people you work with? 2692 01:45:00,503 --> 01:45:03,563 Mages, the Technocracy? 2693 01:45:03,563 --> 01:45:06,081 You've learned, like, 16 names already. 2694 01:45:06,923 --> 01:45:08,820 You can really tell who the good people are 2695 01:45:08,820 --> 01:45:11,164 by how much they engage with you. 2696 01:45:11,164 --> 01:45:13,230 You see, Kelly is here. 2697 01:45:13,230 --> 01:45:15,210 Elsewhere, Bat Child, 2698 01:45:15,210 --> 01:45:19,560 you can detect a spiritual presence, ghostly, nearby. 2699 01:45:19,560 --> 01:45:21,090 What about Herbert Melvin? 2700 01:45:21,090 --> 01:45:22,860 I would've wanted to have invited him 2701 01:45:22,860 --> 01:45:24,563 though I didn't broach 2702 01:45:24,563 --> 01:45:26,340 - any of that. - I think you see 2703 01:45:26,340 --> 01:45:30,543 Herbert Melvin has come with some go-karts. 2704 01:45:31,740 --> 01:45:35,250 He's arrived with some other Templers for a costume party. 2705 01:45:35,250 --> 01:45:36,270 They had to go get costumes 2706 01:45:36,270 --> 01:45:38,220 that were just in the basement of the thing. 2707 01:45:38,220 --> 01:45:39,690 He's dressed like Uncle Sam, 2708 01:45:39,690 --> 01:45:41,280 and he's got some wobbly stilts 2709 01:45:41,280 --> 01:45:43,167 that he's walking on and goes, 2710 01:45:43,167 --> 01:45:45,420 "Oh, oh boy. This doesn't feel too safe. 2711 01:45:45,420 --> 01:45:47,430 I better... I gotta get out of these things." 2712 01:45:47,430 --> 01:45:49,560 Yeah, Uncle Sam doesn't need to be tall. 2713 01:45:49,560 --> 01:45:50,393 What's that? 2714 01:45:50,393 --> 01:45:52,348 Uncle Sam doesn't need to be tall. 2715 01:45:52,348 --> 01:45:54,330 Vesper, what, you're talking crazy. 2716 01:45:54,330 --> 01:45:56,227 He's the tallest of us all. 2717 01:45:56,227 --> 01:45:58,104 Oh. 2718 01:45:58,104 --> 01:45:59,135 Yeah, okay. 2719 01:45:59,135 --> 01:46:00,493 Yeah, stilts. 2720 01:46:00,493 --> 01:46:02,010 Bigfoot's even taller. 2721 01:46:02,010 --> 01:46:04,606 - I wink. - He goes, "Ha ha! 2722 01:46:05,453 --> 01:46:06,360 Who are you?" 2723 01:46:08,223 --> 01:46:09,056 My name's Mitch, 2724 01:46:09,056 --> 01:46:09,889 - how you doing? - This is my best friend. 2725 01:46:09,889 --> 01:46:11,010 Mitch, nice to meet you, kid. 2726 01:46:11,010 --> 01:46:12,930 I love that. I love that joke. 2727 01:46:12,930 --> 01:46:15,000 There's a guy with a crazy bigfoot costume 2728 01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:16,660 out by the Wagyu shooter truck. 2729 01:46:16,660 --> 01:46:18,300 - Whoa! - Yeah! 2730 01:46:18,300 --> 01:46:20,250 There's a lot of really cool costumes here. 2731 01:46:20,250 --> 01:46:21,750 A lot of really cool costumes. 2732 01:46:21,750 --> 01:46:22,920 On these high successes, 2733 01:46:22,920 --> 01:46:23,790 looking out through the windows, 2734 01:46:23,790 --> 01:46:27,690 you look out and see at the Wagyu shooter truck is Bigfoot, 2735 01:46:27,690 --> 01:46:29,160 a bazooka on his back. 2736 01:46:30,320 --> 01:46:32,580 - He's back. - And by his- 2737 01:46:32,580 --> 01:46:35,160 You see he's speaking to Estelle Laurent. 2738 01:46:35,160 --> 01:46:37,110 They're sort of speaking quietly. 2739 01:46:37,110 --> 01:46:40,320 There is also, taking up pretty much the entirety 2740 01:46:40,320 --> 01:46:42,974 of the parking lot, where the old tree was, is- 2741 01:46:42,974 --> 01:46:44,640 Do you guys know what a plesiosaur is? 2742 01:46:44,640 --> 01:46:45,862 - Yes. - Yeah, the dinosaur. 2743 01:46:47,460 --> 01:46:49,620 A massive aquatic dinosaur- 2744 01:46:49,620 --> 01:46:50,520 - Great! - ...is taking up 2745 01:46:50,520 --> 01:46:52,410 pretty much the whole parking lot. 2746 01:46:52,410 --> 01:46:54,326 Sister, you ever seen one of those before? 2747 01:46:54,326 --> 01:46:56,063 - Sick costume. - Animatronic. 2748 01:46:56,063 --> 01:46:58,350 I think the devil killed me. 2749 01:46:58,350 --> 01:46:59,850 What? 2750 01:46:59,850 --> 01:47:00,780 Baby baby, no. 2751 01:47:00,780 --> 01:47:03,643 Baby, no. Baby, no. 2752 01:47:03,643 --> 01:47:05,782 LaVonte is so sprung. 2753 01:47:05,782 --> 01:47:09,510 I'm so happy for him. 2754 01:47:09,510 --> 01:47:10,343 He still hasn't introduced us. 2755 01:47:10,343 --> 01:47:11,753 Never seen him like this. 2756 01:47:11,753 --> 01:47:12,886 He's never introduced us. 2757 01:47:12,886 --> 01:47:14,434 He's saying "baby" every fourth word. 2758 01:47:16,080 --> 01:47:17,250 It's crazy. 2759 01:47:17,250 --> 01:47:19,260 LaVonte's down bad. 2760 01:47:19,260 --> 01:47:21,120 - This is the hard launch. - You guys wanna know 2761 01:47:21,120 --> 01:47:22,590 why I was sticking in Purpee. 2762 01:47:22,590 --> 01:47:24,414 It's because of this woman right here. 2763 01:47:24,414 --> 01:47:26,643 Can I slip her some Hildegard of Bingen, 2764 01:47:26,643 --> 01:47:28,710 so she can have some trippy nuns 2765 01:47:28,710 --> 01:47:30,210 to sort of rationalize this? 2766 01:47:30,210 --> 01:47:31,410 Rationalize? Yes. 2767 01:47:31,410 --> 01:47:34,236 You get some Hildegard of Bingen. She's like, 2768 01:47:34,236 --> 01:47:37,350 "I'm so in touch with my body. I hate this." 2769 01:47:37,350 --> 01:47:40,650 And you see- Oh, and then you see everyone starts cheering 2770 01:47:40,650 --> 01:47:43,860 as Patty Babcock moves Bingo on a skateboard 2771 01:47:43,860 --> 01:47:45,810 across the floor, is like- 2772 01:47:46,660 --> 01:47:47,993 He hates that. 2773 01:47:49,408 --> 01:47:50,575 He's scared. 2774 01:47:53,478 --> 01:47:55,860 He hated that. 2775 01:47:55,860 --> 01:47:58,183 But he's so well trained, he'll do it anyway. 2776 01:48:00,176 --> 01:48:02,100 Zaeth, looking across with five successes, 2777 01:48:02,100 --> 01:48:05,140 standing in the crowd over by the drinks is Koschei. 2778 01:48:05,140 --> 01:48:07,230 - Okay. - Vampire standing on a ledge. 2779 01:48:07,230 --> 01:48:10,380 And as Koschei looks up at you with his arms crossed, 2780 01:48:10,380 --> 01:48:14,940 he just nods to you and speaks to you in such a way 2781 01:48:14,940 --> 01:48:16,505 that his voice travels over the party. 2782 01:48:16,505 --> 01:48:17,910 You hear it in your mind. 2783 01:48:17,910 --> 01:48:21,739 He says, "Prince of Purpee, 2784 01:48:21,739 --> 01:48:25,005 we come to pay obeisance to you 2785 01:48:25,005 --> 01:48:26,643 in this, your domain. 2786 01:48:27,900 --> 01:48:31,950 Dignitaries of the Camarilla have come to pay you a visit." 2787 01:48:31,950 --> 01:48:35,908 - Dignitaries outside of you? - Yes, my childe. 2788 01:48:35,908 --> 01:48:37,260 Are they here right now? 2789 01:48:37,260 --> 01:48:40,440 Over in the corner you see Patty Babcock 2790 01:48:40,440 --> 01:48:41,273 looks over and says, 2791 01:48:41,273 --> 01:48:42,930 "Whoa, cool costume!" 2792 01:48:42,930 --> 01:48:45,984 And turning around, you see Reverend Tarker. 2793 01:48:45,984 --> 01:48:49,350 Turns around, going- 2794 01:48:50,422 --> 01:48:55,422 "So many wonderful, good questions. 2795 01:48:57,682 --> 01:48:58,890 And you see Patty goes, 2796 01:48:58,890 --> 01:49:00,873 "Yeah, sure, man. Sure." 2797 01:49:01,710 --> 01:49:03,333 He's gonna love Kelly. 2798 01:49:04,830 --> 01:49:07,050 No, keep her away from him. 2799 01:49:07,050 --> 01:49:10,410 Keep the nun away from the freak. 2800 01:49:10,410 --> 01:49:11,676 We're just making out. 2801 01:49:13,451 --> 01:49:15,213 - LaVonte, LaVonte! - What's up? 2802 01:49:15,213 --> 01:49:16,301 - What's up? - Guys, guys. 2803 01:49:16,301 --> 01:49:18,780 He does this every time we take a major financial loss. 2804 01:49:18,780 --> 01:49:19,613 Yeah. 2805 01:49:21,579 --> 01:49:23,340 Guys, I need everyone's attention for a second. 2806 01:49:23,340 --> 01:49:24,981 - What's up, Zaeth? - So we were gonna try 2807 01:49:24,981 --> 01:49:26,670 to talk to, you know, this sort of coalition, 2808 01:49:26,670 --> 01:49:30,480 but we have some Camarilla freaks here, like the bad kind. 2809 01:49:30,480 --> 01:49:34,500 A cheer goes up, and Estelle Laurent looks over to you, 2810 01:49:34,500 --> 01:49:38,460 Madelaine, addressing the bigger human party here. 2811 01:49:38,460 --> 01:49:39,293 She says, 2812 01:49:39,293 --> 01:49:43,710 "And of course for finding us this lovely venue, 2813 01:49:43,710 --> 01:49:47,580 I have to thank just an absolute whippersnapper 2814 01:49:47,580 --> 01:49:52,580 and go-getter who has graced this little pastoral hamlet 2815 01:49:53,490 --> 01:49:55,260 with her continental charm. 2816 01:49:55,260 --> 01:49:57,077 Madeleine d'Artois." 2817 01:49:58,760 --> 01:50:00,120 Very gracious curtsy. 2818 01:50:00,120 --> 01:50:02,280 Madelaine, I hate to put you on the spot, 2819 01:50:02,280 --> 01:50:06,240 but any words of wisdom for the assembled gathered here 2820 01:50:06,240 --> 01:50:07,980 on this haunting evening? 2821 01:50:07,980 --> 01:50:08,897 Oh... 2822 01:50:10,392 --> 01:50:12,630 Live free, die young. 2823 01:50:12,630 --> 01:50:16,293 In this moment, as you begin speaking, in the crowd, 2824 01:50:17,220 --> 01:50:20,583 you see a vampire you have not seen in more than a century. 2825 01:50:21,630 --> 01:50:24,360 Standing in the crowd with an arm around 2826 01:50:24,360 --> 01:50:29,360 the Reverend Tarker's arm is Maria Josefina, 2827 01:50:29,910 --> 01:50:34,910 the prince of Berlin, who looks at you and goes, 2828 01:50:36,565 --> 01:50:38,190 "Mon dieu." 2829 01:50:38,190 --> 01:50:39,780 Oh my god, it's you. 2830 01:50:39,780 --> 01:50:41,930 You're in my town. That's crazy. 2831 01:50:42,776 --> 01:50:43,954 What are you doing here? 2832 01:50:43,954 --> 01:50:46,073 This is your town? 2833 01:50:46,073 --> 01:50:47,721 Yeah. 2834 01:50:47,721 --> 01:50:52,112 "I am the harpy of the Reverend Tarker. 2835 01:50:53,190 --> 01:50:58,020 How wonderful to find you here in Purpee." 2836 01:50:58,020 --> 01:51:01,680 And she smiles this long-fanged grin. 2837 01:51:01,680 --> 01:51:03,900 I actually think you have a premonition in this moment. 2838 01:51:03,900 --> 01:51:06,840 - Okay, great. - Your long-lost ex, 2839 01:51:06,840 --> 01:51:09,180 the sister of Marie Antoinette, 2840 01:51:09,180 --> 01:51:12,571 the prince of Berlin, has come with Reverend Tarker. 2841 01:51:12,571 --> 01:51:15,570 Koschei is here as well. The Camarilla's in full force. 2842 01:51:15,570 --> 01:51:19,170 Outside in a black town car, 2843 01:51:19,170 --> 01:51:21,630 having driven up from San Francisco, 2844 01:51:21,630 --> 01:51:26,630 is a vampire more powerful than you can possibly imagine. 2845 01:51:27,413 --> 01:51:32,413 A justicar, one of the five rulers of the Camarilla. 2846 01:51:32,820 --> 01:51:34,503 There's just a car outside? 2847 01:51:35,637 --> 01:51:38,550 - It's just a car, it's fine. - Zac! 2848 01:51:38,550 --> 01:51:39,840 I didn't even really like- 2849 01:51:39,840 --> 01:51:41,940 There can be car vampires? 2850 01:51:41,940 --> 01:51:43,690 You said there was a car, and so- 2851 01:51:44,610 --> 01:51:47,190 There is a premonition you have in this moment. 2852 01:51:47,190 --> 01:51:51,450 A face in the car, one of five rulers of the Camarilla 2853 01:51:51,450 --> 01:51:55,170 who has arrived here in Purpee on this night. 2854 01:51:55,170 --> 01:51:58,230 The Reverend Tarker is his archon. 2855 01:51:58,230 --> 01:52:01,653 Tarker is his foot soldier, his enforcer out in the world. 2856 01:52:02,490 --> 01:52:07,490 And as he looks up, he extends his fangs and says, 2857 01:52:08,310 --> 01:52:12,953 "Oh, taking a little look are we, Madelaine? 2858 01:52:14,250 --> 01:52:17,760 Spying's wrong, and I should know." 2859 01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:19,988 As Richard Nixon smiles. 2860 01:52:19,988 --> 01:52:20,888 What? 2861 01:52:21,914 --> 01:52:22,747 What? 2862 01:52:24,006 --> 01:52:26,923 And that's all for this episode of 2863 01:52:26,923 --> 01:52:31,050 "Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness." 2864 01:52:31,050 --> 01:52:34,530 Let's feed him to the rogue fertility god. 2865 01:52:34,530 --> 01:52:35,950 Fling cottage cheese at him- 2866 01:52:35,950 --> 01:52:37,595 And that's all for this episode. 2867 01:52:37,595 --> 01:52:39,646 Tune in next week for the thrilling finale of 2868 01:52:39,646 --> 01:52:43,844 "Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness." 2869 01:52:43,844 --> 01:52:46,870 - Oh my god. - Oh my god! 2870 01:52:46,870 --> 01:52:48,150 Oh my god! 2871 01:52:48,150 --> 01:52:49,065 Wow. 2872 01:52:49,065 --> 01:52:50,640 The Camarilla cut a side deal. 2873 01:52:50,640 --> 01:52:52,770 They were telling us to work with the Douglases and shit. 2874 01:52:52,770 --> 01:52:56,010 Let's go. Let's get the crew and fucking kill everyone. 2875 01:52:56,010 --> 01:52:57,468 Let's eat everyone! 2876 01:52:57,468 --> 01:52:58,610 I'm hungry! 2877 01:53:00,891 --> 01:53:02,280 "Gonna Renfield this bitch!" 2878 01:53:02,280 --> 01:53:03,840 I'm gonna wait for Jack of the Pines 2879 01:53:03,840 --> 01:53:05,821 and try and regurgitate the missile. 2880 01:53:05,821 --> 01:53:06,654 Yes! 2881 01:53:06,654 --> 01:53:09,900 Will you allow me to pommel horse off my horse 2882 01:53:09,900 --> 01:53:12,630 and kick him in the head, like it's that one '80s movie 2883 01:53:12,630 --> 01:53:15,180 where a guy just sort of does gymnastics at people 2884 01:53:15,180 --> 01:53:16,890 - and beats them up. - One million percent. 2885 01:53:16,890 --> 01:53:18,240 - Great. - Ironic. 2886 01:53:18,240 --> 01:53:21,360 That Darkness would destroy a vampire. 2887 01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:23,010 "You guys all have to be careful. 2888 01:53:23,010 --> 01:53:24,690 I think there's vampires in this town." 2889 01:53:24,690 --> 01:53:26,160 No way. 2890 01:53:26,160 --> 01:53:28,933 - I'm covered in blood. - "My god. 2891 01:53:28,933 --> 01:53:30,514 True believers." 2892 01:53:30,514 --> 01:53:31,730 I told you. 2893 01:53:31,730 --> 01:53:33,503 "I'm so sorry I hit you." 2894 01:53:33,503 --> 01:53:34,794 Oh, it's okay. 2895 01:53:35,995 --> 01:53:38,970 "Let us go home to the Lor-" 2896 01:53:38,970 --> 01:53:40,350 "That's what you fucking get. 2897 01:53:40,350 --> 01:53:42,510 I'm gonna throw up-" 2898 01:53:42,510 --> 01:53:44,595 Just shamrocks pour out. 2899 01:53:44,595 --> 01:53:45,942 We're gonna die, bitch. 2900 01:53:45,942 --> 01:53:48,426 HJ, come on! This is our Normandy! 2901 01:53:48,426 --> 01:53:51,151 It's just us! Normandy had so many people. 2902 01:53:52,655 --> 01:53:54,497 This is our Omaha!