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Emergency Powers
What happens
- 00:00:49 Brennan welcomes the audience; the long recap of episode 4 (recap): Max ran off for vodka, tea and champagne after A. Tension's smooth talking, the Oblongata keys and the grappling gun, the split party (Anastasia's press pass slowed the cops; four of them rode in Officer Joie de Vivre's squad car), The Fix and the white key in the DA's office, Leon Logic revealed as Frank Freeze who freezes the big guy's legs, the precinct, Pasha N. (on her desk a picture of her long lost brother, Ichabod Ice Skates), the chief of police killed inadvertently by Dan, and the squad car bound for Thalamus & Sons — 00:01:14, 00:03:01, 00:06:25, 00:07:54.
- 00:08:20 The squad car speeds through Mentopolis (drive 12, "7 plus 2 plus 3") and stops at Thalamus & Sons, a closed pawn shop at three in the morning; Hunch hands the oculus to A. Tension and they reconcile; The Fix admits he left the ice skates in the DA's office — 00:08:39, 00:09:05, 00:10:03, 00:11:52.
- 00:12:11 Hunch and Imelda climb the fire escape; Slick 7 raised to 11 by Hunch's Slick 3; Imelda wins Mr. Thalamus ("17, unless he knows who I am"), he opens the shop — 00:13:06, 00:14:38, 00:14:57, 00:16:57.
- 00:17:15 Thalamus on Norrell Ojiccle's purchase; Snoop checks (8 and 12) find the strange copper buckshot; Imelda buys a pearl-handled pistol; Dan finds a child's drawing of a snake with the initials R.R. — 00:18:02, 00:20:03, 00:21:58, 00:22:38.
- 00:24:13 Conrad names "Ronnie Reptile"; Thalamus says Norrell had the drawing on him and left it at the shop, and Thalamus kept it to give back; Norrell asked how strong the shot is ("strong enough to tear through metal") and said "It's in the eyes"; Hunch tells him Norrell is dead; Savvy 8 shows the drawing is a Nostalgia's place mat — 00:26:30, 00:28:04, 00:31:25, 00:32:55, 00:34:16.
- 00:36:14 The phone at the shop rings: the phone lines are back; in the car Frank Freeze waits with Ivana; the oculus shows Elias at his desk with the changed schematics — the psychometer made into a mind-control ray — 00:36:31, 00:36:57, 00:37:41, 00:38:27.
- 00:39:47 Planning: Frank names the keyholes (Cerebell Pacific, Oblongata Station, Motor City), Hank's Sharp 15 forces it from him, and Frank says only Judge Fusion could grant emergency powers; the party splits three ways; Frank is sent to Motor City — 00:43:13, 00:44:55, 00:47:36, 00:48:56, 00:52:15.
- 00:54:05 Imelda and Ivana at Cerebell Pacific: Savvy 4 fails, Ivana kicks the door and shoots, the keyhole is gone; Deputy Chief H.V. Lance is turned by Imelda and kissed (Slick 9, pressure down to the green); the key goes back in, Elias scoops up the schematics; Ivana shoots the Switchboard again; they run — 00:55:27, 00:56:11, 00:56:45, 01:00:30, 01:01:36, 01:04:43.
- 01:06:01 The courthouse in Cortex City: Mark Bition asks Judge Connie Fusion for emergency powers; Anastasia (Slick 10) argues for Dan; the Box of Doom; Anastasia reveals Donald Avaricci's check; the exploding-faces roll gives 18 (19 with Moxie); Dan is awarded emergency powers and the DA arrested — 01:06:14, 01:13:45, 01:17:38, 01:21:28, 01:23:06.
- 01:25:44 Don Avaricci's men flank and seize Anastasia and Dan in the courthouse halls as they walk towards the steps; in the car Anastasia's Slick 8 (against 7) holds, but Dan's Slick (Freddie: "Two!"; Brennan's own die exploded to 12) fails and he reveals his loathing of Conrad — 01:26:13, 01:27:25, 01:29:31, 01:30:03.
- 01:30:19 Madam Loathing's Home for Wayward Interests: The Fix asks for Bastion Bass's bass and for Ronnie Reptile; Ronnie tells of the field trip to Cerebell Pacific; Hunch finds a family photograph of Madam Loathing with her brother — 01:31:33, 01:33:25, 01:36:37, 01:37:58, 01:39:12.
- 01:42:36 A third-eye fact makes Ronnie say "There's a shadow downstairs"; in Madam Loathing's room the towering figure with the white key (it is Madam Loathing) plunges the key into Justin, who becomes a snarling German Shepherd — 01:42:48, 01:43:16, 01:44:08.
- 01:44:51 Hunch (Snoop 21) finds a copper pipe and breaks Madam Loathing's forearm; she flees through the window toward Oblongata Station; the party restrains Dark Justin; Conrad (Sneak 15) plunges an ice skate into the white slit in Justin's chest and the skate becomes his silvery key — 01:45:16, 01:46:55, 01:48:42, 01:54:15, 01:54:49.
- 01:57:09 The Fix jumps out the window after Madam Loathing; the broken skates turn into an overdue memory-bank book; Hunch, Conrad and Justin pick up The Fix in the car; Imelda, Ivana and Lance race to Oblongata Station — 01:57:27, 01:58:30, 01:59:27, 02:00:37.
- 02:00:37 At Chateaux Appetit, Don Avaricci offers Dan a campaign committee; pressure rises to 90 as Madam Loathing runs; Conrad hears Imelda's voice in his key and grows an inch or two — 02:01:44, 02:02:05, 02:02:10, 02:02:56.
- 02:05:45 Fanny Fawnsworth appears; Anastasia is led to Fanny's room, finds the F, and borrows Fanny's family key; she chases a thief who steals her key — 02:06:20, 02:12:21, 02:13:15, 02:14:37.
- 02:18:33 Dan in a chamber of Avaricci's poster-makers ("Fucks for Mayor"); the Don plans to have Conrad shot "tonight" and takes Dan along to find him — 02:18:33, 02:23:21, 02:24:57.
- 02:25:45 On the roof Anastasia saves the thief with her trench coat; the thief, with an F on her chest, is "Flight", Stacy Fakename; they drive off toward the rail station — 02:27:58, 02:29:04, 02:29:20.
- 02:29:20 End of the episode: "Tune in next week, as we converge on Oblongata Station"; preview of episode 6, "Case Closed" (not episode facts) — 02:29:20, 02:29:50.
Frames
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
- Bailiff
- Bastion Bass
- Charlie Hungry
- Don Avaricci
- E. Muse
- Elias Hodge
- Elias's editor
- Fanny Fawnsworth
- Farmer (Mentopolis)
- Gangsters at Chateaux Appetit
- H. V. Lance
- Ivana Popov
- Judge Connie Fusion
- Justin Fication
- Madam Loathing
- Mark Bition
- Mayor Leon Logic
- Mr. Thalamus
- Norrell Ojiccle
- Ronnie Reptile
- Stacy Fakename
Locations
- Cerebell Pacific
- Chateaux Appetit
- City Hall (Mentopolis)
- Elias's office
- Gobstopper Industries
- Hypothalamuseum
- Las Vagus
- Madam Loathing's Home for Wayward Interests
- Mentopolis streets
- Motor City
- Nostalgia's Diner
- Oblongata Station
- Sugah's
- Thalamus & Sons
- The Daily Observer
- The courthouse
- The mayor's office
Items and artifacts
- Box of Doom (Mentopolis)
- Bricks on the gas pedal
- Campaign check
- Copper buckshot ammunition
- Copper gun
- Copper pipe
- Ice skates
- Ledgers and invoices
- Pearl-handled pistol
- Schematics of the psychometer
- Silk handkerchief
- Snake drawing on a place mat
- The ice-skate book
- The new piece of machinery for the Switchboard
- The oculus
- The ring
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll (stat) | Result as said | Difficulty | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:08:39 | Conrad (Alex) | Brennan asked "a Sneak check"; Alex rolls for driving | "We got a 7 plus 2 plus 3 for driving. That's a 12." | 8 | Squad car gets through — 00:08:44 |
| 00:13:12 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sneak, Planned Action (fire escape) | no number | 4 | Leaps to the fire escape — 00:13:13 |
| 00:13:21 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Sneak, halved | "I'll also halve it with 4." | 4 | Climbs — 00:13:24 |
| 00:14:53 | Hunch (Trapp) | Slick (to raise Imelda's difficulty) | "That is a 3." | 7 | Imelda's Slick goes "from 7 to 11" — 00:14:53 |
| 00:14:57 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (Thalamus) | "It's a 17, unless he knows who I am, in which case it's a dirty 20." | 7, raised to 11 | Brennan: "Wow, incredible" (00:15:08); Thalamus recognises her at 00:15:21 |
| 00:18:16 | Dan (Freddie) | Snoop + Treasure Hunter | "8 plus 2, 10" | 8 and 12 | Moxie spent for a mundane useful item; the drawing is found at 00:21:58 |
| 00:18:27 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop, halved | "Halving it." | 8 | Brennan: "you get that Snoop automatically" — 00:18:29 |
| 00:18:32 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop | "I got an 8." | 8 | Makes the lower Snoop — 00:18:32 |
| 00:18:35 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop | "I got a 9." | 8 | Makes the lower Snoop — 00:18:35 |
| 00:17:56 | The Fix (Hank) | Snoop "just so I can get some Moxie" | no number | 8 / 12 | Takes his Moxie — 00:18:10 |
| 00:18:41 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (keep Thalamus gabbing) | "That's a 1, but I do add 5 to it." (later "on that 6") | — | Thalamus hands out the purse-pistol patter — 00:18:56, 00:19:08 |
| 00:29:40 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop, +3 vs liars | "Very spinny. That is a 9 total." | — | Thalamus seems truthful — 00:29:43 |
| 00:31:29 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Savvy (indentations on the paper) | "I got a 7." Trapp gives two Moxie, Hank "I can double one" | 8 | Sees it is a place mat — 00:31:42 |
| 00:43:13 | The Fix (Hank) | Sharp (instead of Slick, to squeeze Frank) | "15." "Exactly 15." | 15 (Slick DC) | Frank names the keyholes — 00:43:56 |
| 00:53:48 | Everyone | Sneak "across the board" (Frank's call) | Freddie 5, Siobhan 8, Hank 3, Trapp and Alex 6, Danielle "1 ... Wait, no, that's a 3" | — | Purpose not stated; Brennan moves to Cerebell Pacific — 00:54:05 |
| 00:55:32 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Savvy (a back way into Cerebell) | "Bleh, that's a 4." | 8 | No back way; waits at the door — 00:55:47 |
| 00:56:11 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Sneak (as Ivana causes a distraction) | "That's a 9! 10." | 6 | Reaches the Switchboard room — 00:56:11 |
| 00:58:00 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (Lance) | "I got it." | 11 | Lance's hypervigilance turns on himself — 00:58:14 |
| 01:00:37 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (the kiss) | "Yes, 9." | 6 | Pressure comes down to the green — 01:00:43 |
| 01:08:27 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Slick (court) | "Uh, that would be a 10." | 8 | Judge hears her — 01:08:29 |
| 01:14:05 | M. Bition (Brennan) | Slick, 2d20 take higher (Box of Doom) | "That is a 14 and an 11." | — | Sets 14 for Anastasia to beat (Brennan names the DC 14 at 01:18:10) |
| 01:16:23 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop (the court) | "19." | 10 | Sees the check in the briefcase — 01:16:25 |
| 01:20:29 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (sets how many faces explode) | "4." | — | Anastasia picks four faces — 01:20:35 |
| 01:21:11 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Slick d10, faces 3, 4, 7, 8 explode | "7." (explodes) then "9" (Trapp calls it, Danielle: "9 doesn't explode") | 14 | "So 11 plus 7, you roll an 18, beats a 14!" — 01:21:28 |
| 01:21:44 | Anastasia (Danielle) | One Moxie added | Brennan: "an incredible 19" (01:23:21) | 14 | Court rules for the defense — 01:23:01 |
| 01:24:08 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (whisper to the judge) | "6." | 12 | No result stated — 01:24:08 |
| 01:29:31 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Slick (play ignorant of Conrad) | "6 plus 2, so that is 8." | 7 | Passes, but the Don presses Dan — 01:29:37 |
| 01:29:42 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (same) | Brennan: "Oh, my die explodes. Okay, 12."; Freddie: "Two!" | 12 (Brennan's exploded die) | Dan blurts his hatred of Conrad — 01:30:03 |
| 01:37:52 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (Loathing's entryway) | "That is an... a 12." | 7 | "beat it by five" — finds the family photograph — 01:37:58 |
| 01:45:11 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (copper in the room), exploded | "that is a 12 plus 9, is 21." | 14 | A copper pipe in the wall — 01:45:16 |
| 01:45:43 | Madam Loathing (Brennan) | Sturdy (resist the pipe) | "She only rolls a 3." | — | To beat: 3 — 01:45:49 |
| 01:45:57 | Justin (Brennan) | bite roll | "he only rolls a 4." | — | To beat: 4 — 01:45:57 |
| 01:46:25 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp (get past Justin) | "That is a 3" then, with the +2 on Sharp, "actually a 5" | 4 | Bypasses Justin — 01:46:35, 01:46:38 |
| 01:46:45 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp (strike Loathing) | "That is a 4 plus 2 for a 6." | 3 | Breaks her forearm — 01:46:47 |
| 01:47:36 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sturdy (to scare Loathing) | "That is a 15." | 11 | "she is terrified" — 01:47:41 |
| 01:48:03 | Madam Loathing (Brennan) | Sneak | "She rolls an 11 on a Sneak check." | — | To beat: 11 — 01:48:03 |
| 01:48:20 | The Fix (Hank) | Sneak | "I explode on a 4." then "Nope." later "7." | 11 | Fails — 01:48:24, 01:48:55 |
| 01:48:27 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sneak | "That's just a 7." | 11 | Fails — 01:48:27 |
| 01:48:31 | Conrad (Alex) | Sneak | "7." at first, recounted as "I rolled a 5." (final stated number 5) | 11 | Fails; Loathing leaps out the window — 01:48:42, 01:48:55 |
| 01:50:53 | Justin (Brennan) | d20 (resist being captured) | "8." | — | Number to beat — 01:50:53 |
| 01:51:04 | The Fix (Hank) | Sharp (restrain the dog) | "Ooh, 6. I guess I'll burn two Moxie." | 8 (Justin's roll) | Restrained (Brennan confirms: "Yes, you can-" after Hank's "since we did restrain him"); no total stated — 01:51:04, 01:51:56 |
| 01:51:14 | Hunch (Trapp) | Slick d4 (convince Justin) | "That is a 1." | 13 | Not worth burning Moxie on — 01:51:14 |
| 01:53:09 | Conrad (Alex) | Sneak (reach for something hidden) | Brennan: "on a 15, very high roll" (Alex does not say the number) | — | Finds metal in his hand — 01:54:15 |
| 01:59:51 | The Fix (Hank) | Sneak while Loathing is pursued ("I'm not very sneaky"), then the others Snoop to find him | "A 6." (Brennan: "Okay, 6." — it becomes the number to beat) | — | Brennan: "You're trying to beat a 6" — 01:59:53 |
| 01:59:56 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop | "I got a 6. Actually, I got an 8." | 6 | Finds The Fix; Brennan: "some Moxie for The Fix" — 01:59:58 |
| 02:15:04 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sharp (shoot the thief) | "that is a 2." | 8 | Miss, the thief runs — 02:15:12 |
| 02:16:29 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak (throw the hat around the corner) | "It's a 5." | 7 | Fails; the thief is out of the window — 02:16:40 |
| 02:17:41 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop, Snap Decision turned to Planned Action (Nerves of Steel) | no number said | 10 | Finds the quick way up; Brennan: "You got that awesome Snoop check." — 02:25:15 |
| 02:26:09 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak (throw the shoe at the thief) | no number said ("Can't, not enough Moxie" to halve it) | 6 | The shoe hits her hand — 02:26:24 |
| 02:27:29 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop, Planned Action, halved | no number said | 6 | Brennan: "You recognize this woman's face", plain and vague; from where is not said — 02:27:35 |
Stat named by Brennan or the player; "DC" is Brennan's stated difficulty. Totals as said; "(arithmetic)" marks sums I added from stated parts; where two difficulties are said, both are given. Natural 20s as said: none. Natural 1s as said: none called as such; results of 1: Siobhan's Slick "That's a 1, but I do add 5 to it" 00:18:41, Trapp's d4 Slick "That is a 1" 01:51:14 (a d4; no Moxie spent) and Danielle's "1 ... Wait, no, that's a 3" 00:54:04. Exploding dice as said: Trapp's Snoop 12 + 9 01:45:11, Danielle's Slick 7 then 9 01:21:11, Brennan's die at 01:29:42.