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The Scattered Mind
What happens
- 00:00:47 Brennan welcomes the audience; the cast jokes about saying "Prefrontal PIs" together — 00:00:56.
- 00:01:30 Brennan recaps episode 1: the highway fell and crushed the car "just in time to save the life of Conrad Schintz" — 00:01:30.
- 00:04:15 Outside Sugah's: Dan checks his club (Snoop 9) and sees boarded-up pleasure centers; Hunch finds the crushed goons are Avaricci enforcers (Snap Snoop 9) and tastes their blood — 00:04:32, 00:05:28, 00:05:46.
- 00:06:24 The Fix tries to take Conrad; Hunch throws an object, Conrad cries for help, Hunch burns three Moxie and dives in front of him — 00:06:47, 00:07:38.
- 00:08:21 The Fix and Hunch argue; Conrad hides in the shadow of the car (Sneak 7); Justin the dog threatens to bite The Fix; Conrad steps out of a trash can — 00:09:14, 00:10:54.
- 00:11:34 Conrad tells what he knows: the big guy's bosses and the packet; Justin says Conrad is the big guy's conscience — 00:11:48, 00:12:31.
- 00:13:34 Justin explains that Conrad wraps buried stories in newspapers; Anastasia and Dan talk of the dandruff front page — 00:13:39, 00:14:19.
- 00:16:18 Conrad tells the group the big guy works for a pharmaceutical company on technology about mind reading; Justin adds that the packet is "all of the things we've been working on" — 00:16:18, 00:16:40.
- 00:18:06 A bullhorn announces Mayor Logic's state of emergency and that "The eyes are closed" — 00:18:18.
- 00:19:11 The group shelters in Nostalgia's diner; Imelda and Anastasia talk in the restroom about the destroyed keyhole while Hunch listens at the door — 00:19:44, 00:21:11.
- 00:21:52 At the booth: The Fix gets a chair named Albert; the soda jerk serves memory-food; Dan's syrup brings a pantry memory and Dan then lights up with a "good stick" memory; Conrad orders coffee grounds — 00:22:43, 00:35:30, 00:36:03.
- 00:24:49 Brennan tells Anastasia (answering a question from Hank) that Imelda's mother and father, Immanuel and Imogen Pulse, would likely hold keys — 00:24:53.
- 00:26:44 Hunch returns to the table and tells Conrad he stopped The Fix and Dan from beating him; the women come out of the restroom and meet the spit-handed regular — 00:26:46, 00:27:51.
- 00:28:32 Hunch lays out what the group knows; The Fix says Mr. Bition gave him a contract and puts the file on the table — 00:28:32, 00:29:30, 00:30:19.
- 00:31:31 Conrad's Snoop shows him that his name and face stopped The Fix; The Fix tells the butterfly story — 00:31:38, 00:33:44.
- 00:38:31 The group notes that both the Avaricci family and the DA want Conrad dead, the phone lines are down and the eyes are closed — 00:38:31, 00:38:55.
- 00:39:15 Dan uses Trouble Maker; the spit-handed man reports closed roads, trains from the kidneys full of adrenaline — 00:39:15, 00:40:14, 00:40:47.
- 00:42:15 The group debates destroying the file, opening the eyes, or reading the file's contents; Brennan offers Savvy and Snoop checks — 00:42:15, 00:42:59.
- 00:43:41 The Fix rolls to convince the DA he killed Conrad and asks Conrad for proof; Conrad offers his ice skates at his home — 00:43:41, 00:45:08.
- 00:46:51 Hunch asks about memory banks (Savvy 7 and 6); Brennan names the memory bank at Ammon's Horn, the visual processing centers and De'lux Industrial; Anastasia asks about the kidneys — 00:47:12, 00:48:11, 00:49:28.
- 00:50:48 The party splits: Anastasia and Dan to Oblongata Station, The Fix and Conrad to Conrad's home, Hunch and Imelda to the Hippo Campus, all to meet at De'lux Industrial — 00:51:46, 00:51:54, 00:53:04, 00:53:32.
- 00:53:47 Oblongata Station: Dan spots the mail carrier Wilton and shock troopers outside; Anastasia questions station agent Max Medulla — 00:55:44, 00:57:45, 00:58:16.
- 01:01:01 Max says a train from the scalp was raided; Anastasia sneaks into the rail yard while Dan distracts Wilton, finds a dying pain messenger and a message: "We're in pain." — 01:01:01, 01:08:25, 01:09:41.
- 01:11:48 Dan's talk with Wilton; Anastasia tells Dan it is blunt force trauma to the head; they agree to bring in Dan's sister Donna Fucks — 01:12:11, 01:14:33, 01:18:01.
- 01:18:40 Conrad's home: The Fix finds the clippings and the ice skates; Conrad tells the skate story; The Fix says it is time to unlearn that lesson — 01:19:45, 01:24:06, 01:32:41, 01:33:20.
- 01:34:40 Hippo Campus: Hunch fails Slick checks before the librarians Millie and Ollie; Imelda calms them, gets a book on the Gobstopper Psychometer Project, and Hunch gets punched around the head — 01:36:46, 01:40:11, 01:42:13, 01:44:17.
- 01:45:37 Hunch finds the newest memories, Elias's visit to Mr. Henry's office; Imelda decides to steal the book — 01:46:11, 01:48:10.
- 01:48:31 Occipital Park: the six regroup at De'lux Industrial; Anastasia picks the lock; fight with four goons; Simon Praise names Don Avaricci — 01:50:57, 01:52:04, 02:01:25.
- 02:01:57 Hunch throws the switch of the oculus; the raw feed shows a man thrown out of a window — 02:02:26, 02:03:24.
- 02:03:30 Brennan ends the episode; preview of episode 3 follows.
Frames
Key quotes
- “Last we left off, our wonderful investigators had just watched a section of a synaptic highway crumble and fall” — Brennan 0:01:30
- “You guys are best friends.” — The Fix 0:08:40
- “I've written stories about snot removal.” — Anastasia 0:14:19
- “Holy shit, it really says Albert when you sit in it.” — Soda Jerk 0:23:00
- “We only serve things we already liked!” — Soda Jerk 0:37:28
- “Max. Max. You're not going to do this with me, are you?” — Anastasia 1:00:37
- “Hey, you're all Elias, you know?” — Brennan 1:16:20
- “I think that if there was an amount of dead he didn't want you, he wouldn't have called me.” — The Fix 1:28:35
- “This is one of our most pristine, first edition memories” — Millie 1:42:42
- “Wool! So naturally oily and slippery!” — Goon 1:53:47
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
- Avaricci family enforcers
- Don Avaricci
- Donna Fucks
- Hippo Campus students and cheerleader
- Ichabod Ice Skates
- Johnny Gullible
- Justin Fication
- Mark Bition
- Max Medula
- Mayor Leon Logic
- Millie
- Mr. Henry
- Ollie
- Pain messenger
- Shock troopers
- Simon Praise
- Soda Jerk
- Spit Hand Pervert
- Wilton
Locations
- Ammon's Horn Memorial Memory Bank
- Club Spice
- Conrad's Home
- De'lux Industrial
- Gobstopper Industries
- Hall of Interests
- Nostalgia's Diner
- Novelty
- Oblongata Station
- Occipital Park
- Outside Sugah's
- Sugah's
- The Daily Observer
- The Hippo Campus
- The collapsed synaptic highway
- Visual processing centers
Items and artifacts
- A muffin hollowed out
- Albert the chair
- Conrad's clippings
- Destroyed keyhole
- Evidence cart
- Giant metal oculus and lever
- Gobstopper Psychometer Project book
- Ice skates
- Newest memory entries
- Pain messenger's message
- The file on Conrad Schintz
- The keys
- The packet
- Wilton's package
Factions and organizations
- Avaricci family
- District Attorney's office
- Hippo Campus memory bank staff
- Nervous System messengers
- Oblongata Station staff
- Pulse Family
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll (stat) | Result as said | Difficulty | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:04:32 | Dan (Freddie) | Snoop (the club) | "Seven plus two, 9." | — | Sees boarded-up pleasure centers |
| 00:05:24 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snap Snoop (the car) | "an eight plus one for 9" | — | Recognises two Avaricci enforcers |
| 00:07:05 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp as asked by Brennan (throw at The Fix; the dice are not named, assignment by Brennan's wording and order) | "That is a 6. But a not exploding six." | against The Fix | Fails; two Moxie sent to Trapp — 00:07:09 |
| 00:07:08 | The Fix (Hank) | Sturdy as asked (bats the object away) | "That's 8." | against Hunch's 6 | The Fix bats it away |
| 00:07:27 | Conrad (Alex) | Sturdy, opposed to The Fix's Sharp | "5." | The Fix "8" | Hunch burns three Moxie to dive in front — 00:07:38 |
| 00:09:08 | Conrad (Alex) | Sneak | "a two plus two, 4", with Escape Artist 7 | — | Not away, but ducks into the car's shadow — 00:09:14 |
| 00:21:23 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Sneak (disadvantage, lower taken) | "a 5 Sneak" | — | Lower of the two; counts — 00:21:29 |
| 00:21:26 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak | "nine plus two, so I've got 11" | — | Higher; not used |
| 00:21:32 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (listening at the door) | "I rolled a 1"; "that was plus 1"; burns three Moxie | — | Hears the whole conversation — 00:21:49 |
| 00:31:37 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop | "3, but I'll burn a Moxie" | 4 | Sees that his name and face stopped The Fix — 00:31:38 |
| 00:43:44 | The Fix (Hank) | Savvy (convince the DA he killed Conrad), plus three Protector | "Still not great. Ooh I did it! 9." | 8 | Possible with a trophy — 00:44:31 |
| 00:45:42 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (is he really not going to kill) | not said | — | The Fix kills only when he wants to — 00:45:47 |
| 00:47:12 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Savvy (memory resources) | "I got a 7 on my Savvy" | 4 basic / 6 advanced | Memory bank at the Hippo Campus — 00:47:14 |
| 00:48:11 | Hunch (Trapp) | Savvy | "a five plus one, so a 6" | 6 advanced | Visual processing centers and De'lux Industrial — 00:48:12 |
| 00:55:49 | Dan (Freddie) | Snoop (illicit pleasure chemicals) | 4 on the dot | 4 | Sees Wilton; shock troopers outside — 00:56:28 |
| 00:59:37 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop on Max, halved | "Oh, then I'm halving it." | 5 (Brennan rolled to set) | Planned Action; Max sweats — 00:59:43 |
| 01:00:51 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Slick on Max | "a 6, and then I've got a plus two, so that gets me an 8" | 7 | Max talks about the scalp train — 01:01:01 |
| 01:05:05 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (distraction) | "an 8. Sorry, yes, that was a 9", spends two for 11 | — | Sneak DC drops to 3 — 01:05:13 |
| 01:05:34 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak, Snap Decision made Planned by Nerves of Steel | halved, "gets me there" | 3 | Crosses the rail yard — 01:05:34 |
| 01:06:18 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak, halved | not said | 4 | Reaches the train — 01:06:19 |
| 01:06:36 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Savvy, halved | not said | 3 | Recognises a scalp local — 01:06:36 |
| 01:07:18 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop, basic tier halved | not said | 8 | Sees blood and the messenger — 01:07:34 |
| 01:07:22 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop, advanced tier | "That is a 4." | 12 | Fails; a Moxie token — 01:07:30 |
| 01:11:06 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Savvy (judge the injury) | "1." | 5 | Fails; cannot tell how bad — 01:11:15 |
| 01:19:56 | The Fix (Hank) | Savvy (the clippings), halved | "I'll take a 7." | 7 | Understands the collection — 01:19:59 |
| 01:30:41 | The Fix (Hank) | Savvy (places for Conrad) | "Four. 5." | 4 | Knows motels and flophouses — 01:30:43 |
| 01:35:31 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (is anyone tailing) | "That is a 5." | 8 | Fails; Moxie taken — 01:35:45 |
| 01:37:45 | Hunch (Trapp) | Slick (pose as a student) | "That's a 1." | 8 | Fails; Moxie sent — 01:38:17 |
| 01:39:12 | Hunch (Trapp) | Slick (class schedule) | Brennan "Okay, one. Four more to go."; "That's a 1. So that's 5." | 20 | Fails; "We defunded the arts years ago!" — 01:39:26 |
| 01:40:11 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick, Snap Decision, authority-figure bonus | "13 plus 5, so it's an 18" | 13 | Ollie stops his punch — 01:40:18 |
| 01:42:08 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (find a memory about files) | "That is a 21." | tiers 5/10/15/20 | The Gobstopper Psychometer Project book — 01:42:13 |
| 01:44:17 | Ollie (rolled by Brennan) | Sharp | "a 14 Sharp check" | — | Hunch to roll Sturdy |
| 01:44:22 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sturdy against Ollie, Moxie spent | "7"; counts "Eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14" | 14 | Punch lands, head spun round; Hunch is not hurt (Ollie: "How are you not dead?") — 01:44:41, 01:44:55 |
| 01:45:46 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (new arrivals), Moxie from Imelda | "Plus one, so that's a 5"; one more Moxie | 6 | Finds the freshest memory — 01:46:11 |
| 01:47:55 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (prying eyes) | "That is a 1" | 6 | Fails; two Moxie |
| 01:51:02 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak (lock) | "That's five, and then six, 7", plus a Moxie | 8 | Lock opens — 01:51:11 |
| 01:51:29 | Dan (Freddie) | Snoop | "One plus two, 3." | 12 | Fails |
| 01:51:31 | The Fix (Hank) | Snoop | "3 as well." | 12 | Fails |
| 01:51:33 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop, exploded | "That's a 15." | 12 | Succeeds |
| 01:51:35 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop, exploded | "That is a 22", then "23": "I rolled a 12 and a 10. I forgot I had the plus one." | 12 | Succeeds |
| 01:51:46 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop | "I got a 19." | 12 | Succeeds |
| 01:52:41 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp, Snap Decision (trip a goon) | "three, and I'll use two Moxie for 5"; then "5 naturally" with his plus two | 5 | A goon hits the floor — 01:52:55 |
| 01:53:33 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak, Snap Decision made Planned (Nerves of Steel), halved | not said | 6 | Trilby trips a goon — 01:53:40 |
| 01:54:14 | Conrad (Alex) | Sturdy | "Sturdy, three, but I'll use two Moxie"; The Fix adds a Moxie for two | 5 | Dodges; The Fix swats the goon — 01:54:28 |
| 01:54:49 | Conrad (Alex) | Sneak | "14 plus two, 16" | 8 | Flattens as the second goon jumps — 01:54:52 |
| 01:56:03 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (misdirect) | "18" | 15 | Johnny Gullible runs off — 01:56:22 |
| 01:57:37 | Goon (rolled by Brennan) | Sturdy | "He rolls a 4." | — | The Fix to roll Sharp |
| 01:57:43 | The Fix (Hank) | Sharp (grab) | "a 12", with Protector 15 | 4 | Grabs him; the goon passes out after the fun fact — 01:58:52 |
| 01:59:28 | Hunch (Trapp) | Slick (interrogate) | "Three"; Freddie's one Moxie via Sage Motivator (Hank and Danielle offered; Trapp: "I only need one" 01:59:49) | 6 | Recognises Simon Praise; he talks — 02:00:49, 02:01:25 |
Stat named by Brennan or the player; dice are not stated unless shown. "DC" is Brennan's difficulty where he states it. Natural 1s (a 1 said as the die): Trapp (Hunch) 3 — Snoop 00:21:32, Slick 01:37:45, Snoop 01:47:55; Freddie (Dan) 1 on Snoop 01:51:29; Danielle's Savvy "1." 01:11:06 is a bare total, not said to be the die; Trapp's last Slick (DC 20) ends on a 1 after a counted explosion 01:39:12 (not counted as a natural 1). Natural 20s: none stated. Exploding dice: Alex (Conrad) Snoop 15; Trapp (Hunch) Snoop 12 and 10.