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Case Closed
What happens
- 00:00:46 Brennan welcomes the audience to "the finale of Mentopolis" and recaps (recap): Thalamus & Sons and the copper gun, Norrell Ojiccle's last act, the court victory that gave Dan emergency powers and put DA Mark Bition in jail, Imelda's kiss of H. V. Lance at Cerebell Pacific, Loathing as Self Loathing and the white key plunged into Justin, Conrad's new key from the ice skate, the Don's offer to Dan (Dan and Anastasia were taken in the Don's town cars to the Châteaux Appetit after Judge Connie Fusion's rulings, "the system works if you work it"), Frank Freeze sent off to change out of his "shitty pants", Anastasia getting Fanny Fawnsworth's key and chasing down Stacy Fakename, Anastasia and Flight in Stacy's car — 00:00:57, 00:02:55, 00:04:19.
- 00:06:36 The ice skates turned into a dog-eared memory-bank book (checked out of the Ammon's Horn Memorial Memory Library at the Hippo Campus); everyone converges on Oblongata Station — Anastasia with Stacy, Imelda with Ivana and Lance, Hunch, Conrad, Justin and The Fix in the boxer Self Doubt's stolen car, Dan in the back with Don Avaricci setting a trap for Conrad — 00:06:40, 00:07:01, 00:07:21.
- 00:08:16 Sneak checks fix the arrival order (highest from each car); the station is empty of trains in the rain; Lance goes to the clock tower; Imelda and Ivana meet Max Medulla in the station agent's box; Stacy crashes the car through the doors — 00:08:24, 00:08:44, 00:09:48, 00:11:33.
- 00:12:38 Anastasia drinks the room-temperature vodka (Sturdy 3, pressure drops five from 90); the oculus shows Elias with clean pants and all the schematics, including the psychometer ray; Imelda and Anastasia plan; Anastasia holds all four F keys; Imelda's key goes in the central slot (16) and the PA boots up — 00:12:47, 00:12:57, 00:14:42, 00:15:57.
- 00:17:03 Conrad, Hunch, Justin and The Fix arrive; The Fix (Snoop 12, then 13) pulls an eight-foot copper pipe from the wall and steam fills the colonnade; Max pulls the alarm and pressure climbs to 180; Anastasia (Slick 19) wins Ivana's key and punches Stacy for hers — 00:18:12, 00:18:19, 00:20:32, 00:21:41, 00:22:27.
- 00:22:52 Dan steps out of the Don's car and lures Conrad close; The Fix crushes the alarm box (Sharp 13) and pressure falls to 150; Dan spends four Moxie (Trouble Maker) to phone Sugah's; the Don rings the booth phone and Dan confesses his plan: Conrad and Justin play dead and ambush the Don's men — 00:23:04, 00:26:35, 00:26:59, 00:28:05, 00:34:16, 00:36:07.
- 00:30:56 Anastasia turns the flight key; Stacy speaks to Elias over the PA; Brennan says a rule changes: Moxie spent on Sneak now gives +4 for one (Snoop 6 lowers pressure to 130) — 00:31:15, 00:32:16, 00:33:12.
- 00:39:31 Conrad's Savvy and Snoop checks show Madam Loathing attacking Anastasia; Anastasia (Sturdy 2 against 15) is attacked with the white key, dodges by Sneak (14 with Moxie) and takes a heavy injury; the keys fly and Loathing takes Ivana's; the gangsters kick in the doors — 00:39:46, 00:40:33, 00:41:22, 00:41:40, 00:42:03, 00:42:22.
- 00:43:03 Fight in the mist: Hunch swings the copper pipe; Imelda and Dan try to flash the gangsters (Imelda 16; Dan 10, bullets glance off him after a Sturdy of 6 + 6 + 4); Ivana, her eyes white, punches Hunch (59 against a natural 1) out of the building; Imelda also turns some gangsters — 00:45:30, 00:46:56, 00:48:24, 00:50:29, 00:52:35.
- 00:53:20 The Fix finds Loathing over Stacy at the PA and duels her with the pipe; on the oculus Elias runs into Mr. Henry; Conrad puts his silver key in the fight response: Elias punches Henry out, the white leaves Ivana's eyes and Wilton brings the trains — 00:53:25, 00:54:50, 00:55:42, 00:56:06, 00:57:37.
- 00:58:02 Villains' turn: Elias's Sturdy 8 lowers pressure by 20; Dan (Sturdy 1) is shot by the gangsters and then by Don Avaricci (Sharp 12 against Sturdy 5) and falls, blood pooling; Loathing attacks The Fix and Justin; in the next round The Fix hits Loathing, takes the white key and swallows it — 00:58:36, 00:59:52, 01:01:17, 01:02:30, 01:05:12, 01:06:34.
- 01:06:58 Hunch rides a train with adrenaline and cold steaks; Imelda (Slick 23 or 25) turns the four gangsters on the Don's men; Lance comes down; the Spit Hand Pervert reaches Dan: "That's my son" — 01:07:40, 01:09:20, 01:09:34, 01:10:45, 01:12:32.
- 01:12:50 Anastasia shoots at Loathing and misses; Conrad uses the new d100 stat (57, "my favorite number") and asks Madam Loathing for help, she shrinks and speaks into the microphone: "Run!"; Elias sprints; Joie de Vivre reveals himself a rebel spy and Dan comes to — 01:13:48, 01:14:36, 01:16:52, 01:20:45, 01:22:56, 01:23:08.
- 01:23:36 Don Avaricci strikes back; The Fix tanks the shot and a heavy injury from the gangsters; Hunch dives on the Don (16 against 11); The Fix punches him out; Dan wins the remaining gangsters over — 01:24:04, 01:25:49, 01:27:54, 01:28:29.
- 01:29:40 The smell of a birthday cake runs through the limbic system; Imelda's Slick (a crit, reroll 19, "You got 39?!", plus five; DC 8) cuts to Gobstopper Industries, where Elias decks a party-goer and takes the cake; Anastasia on the PA tells him to take the papers to the newspaper (Slick 4); Wilton: "this is better than cumming" — 01:30:00, 01:31:00, 01:31:32, 01:32:16, 01:33:18.
- 01:33:47 On the pavement Elias bumps into the kind coffee shop person; Conrad tells him to ask for her number; Elias recalls the ice-skating memory, asks her to go ice skating, hails a cab with the documents, the number and most of the cake; the pressure fades — 01:34:09, 01:34:32, 01:35:25, 01:36:35, 01:37:51, 01:38:19.
- 01:38:41 Epilogues: Danielle for Elias (newspaper, protective custody, an ice-skating date); Nostalgia's Diner with Pasha; Trapp for Hunch (Foot Stuff snoop, 27; the sasquatch; "Another case closed"); Freddie for Dan and Conrad (Sugah's, the alley); Danielle for Anastasia (page two, Fawn, Frank Freeze); Hank for The Fix (Pasha, Ichabod, Madam Loathing becomes Guilta); Siobhan for Imelda (elopes with Lance; Hunch's office and the song) — 01:38:51, 01:39:39, 01:41:32, 01:43:00, 01:46:21, 01:48:28, 01:53:35.
- 01:54:23 Brennan: "That's all for Dimension 20: Mentopolis." — 01:54:23
Frames
Key quotes
- “welcome one and all to the finale of Mentopolis.” — Brennan 0:00:57
- “The nice thing about room temperature is I don't have to do anything to it.” — Max 0:12:14
- “Oh, Justin, Justin.” — Freddie 0:23:35
- “Say your real name, Stacy!” — Imelda 0:31:34
- “Um, I've read about it.” — Conrad 0:36:04
- “Ah, Hank, you didn't believe!” — Freddie 0:49:01
- “Vive la révolution!” — Wilton 0:57:49
- “Don't slap him. That's my son.” — Brennan 1:12:32
- “It's an unpaid internship. You'll work many hours!” — Mr. Fucks 1:29:04
- “This isn't Notre Dame.” — Danielle 1:38:57
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
- Chief Alexander Tightass
- Don Avaricci
- Elias Hodge
- Elias's sister
- Fanny Fawnsworth
- Gangsters
- Gobstopper employees
- H. V. Lance
- Hans Schadenfreude
- Ichabod Ice Skates
- Ivana Popov
- Justin Fication
- Kind coffee shop person
- Libby Longshower
- Madam Loathing
- Max Medula
- Mayor Leon Logic
- Mr. Henry
- Officer Joie de Vivre
- Pasha N.
- Passerby
- Self Doubt
- Spit Hand Pervert
- Stacy Fakename
- Wilton
Locations
- Ammon's Horn Memorial Memory Bank
- Cerebell Pacific
- Flow State University
- Gobstopper Industries
- Hotel
- Hunch's Office
- Madam Loathing's Home for Wayward Interests
- Motor City
- Nostalgia's Diner
- Oblongata Station
- Sugah's
- The Daily Observer
- The pavement outside Gobstopper
Items and artifacts
- Conrad's silver key
- Copper pipe
- Deed to the house
- Imelda's key
- Moral compass
- Room-temperature vodka
- The birthday cake
- The four F keys
- The ice-skate book
- The newspaper (Mentopolis)
- The note "please reconsider
- The oculus
- The station agent's console and PA
- White key
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll (stat) | Result as said | Difficulty | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:08:24 | Dan (Freddie), The Fix (Hank), Imelda (Siobhan), Conrad (Alex), Anastasia (Danielle), Hunch (Trapp) | Sneak (arrival) | "Three." / "Two." / "Nine." / "Got a six." / "I got a seven." / "I got a four." | "six or higher" | Highest of each car counts: Imelda first, then Stacy and Anastasia, Conrad, Dan last — 00:08:30, 00:08:42 |
| 00:12:47 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sturdy (after the vodka) | "that's a three" | — | Pressure drops five — 00:12:57 |
| 00:15:55 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Sneak or Sharp, key into the console vs Max | "That also explodes. <…> That's a 16." | 12 (Max's roll, exploded) | The key goes in — 00:15:57 |
| 00:18:12 | The Fix (Hank) | Snoop (copper) | "that's 12. I've exploded twice." then "13." | 7 | "You beat it by more than five." — 00:18:17 |
| 00:19:04 | Max Medulla (Brennan) | Sharp (remove Imelda) | "They roll a 10" | — | Number to beat — 00:19:04 |
| 00:19:31 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick, Snap Decision ("don't you know who I am?") | "I got an eight." | 10 | Flung from the booth — 00:19:31, 00:19:50 |
| 00:20:06 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp (fling Max) | "that's a four and I'll cash in two, five." | 5 | Max thrown; alarm pulled; pressure to 180 — 00:20:13, 00:20:32 |
| 00:21:32 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Slick (Ivana) | "That does explode. I didn't need the two so that was 10. 17, 18, 19." | 7 | Brennan: "19?" — Ivana gives up the key — 00:21:48, 00:21:50 |
| 00:22:27 | Anastasia (Danielle) | (grabs Stacy's key) | Brennan: "on a 19 on that incredibly high roll" | — | Four keys in hand — 00:22:40 |
| 00:24:30 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop (the Avaricci car) | "Steamy. That's a nine." | 8 | Sees Avaricci's car — 00:24:35 |
| 00:26:34 | The Fix (Hank) | Sharp (crush the alarm box) | "That's a 13." | 8 | Alarm stops; 180 down to 150 — 00:26:59 |
| 00:33:05 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop (flight key, running) | "That was a six." | not told | Pressure to 130 — 00:33:12 |
| 00:37:58 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (look for Loathing) | "That is a seven" (Moxie too expensive) | 14 | Finds nothing — 00:38:12 |
| 00:39:20 | Conrad (Alex) | Savvy (his key at the board) | "Four plus two, that's a six." | 6 | Sees a possibility — 00:39:31 |
| 00:39:28 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop | "Seven." | 4 | Sees the flash of shadow as Loathing attacks — 00:39:31 |
| 00:39:59 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sturdy | "It's a two." | 15 | Fails — 00:39:59 |
| 00:41:22 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sneak, snap reaction (dodge) | "that's an eight" then "Nine, 10, and then with this one I get four so that brings me to 14" (Alex gives one Moxie) | — | Dodges, hits the deck, heavy injury; keys fly — 00:41:32, 00:41:40 |
| 00:43:22 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (find Loathing) | "That is a 12" | 14 | a failure (Moxie handed over); Brennan notes Snoop costs four — 00:43:34, 00:44:01 |
| 00:44:59 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp (blind swing) | "That is a seven." | 16 | Hits nothing; "Here's two more Moxie." — 00:45:03 |
| 00:45:58 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (flash the gangsters) | "Great, then I get a 16." (13 for the rest) | 14 | A fraction (about four of a dozen) peeled off; failure token for the rest — 00:46:04, 00:46:22 |
| 00:46:56 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (same) | "Six plus four, 10." | 14 | Fails; the gangsters shoot — 00:46:57 |
| 00:47:44 | Dan (Freddie) | Sturdy (d6; the bullets) | "Number six!" (explodes), "Another six!", "12!", then Box of Doom "Four, baby!" | 15 ("Gotta get to 14") | Bullets ricochet; total 16 (arithmetic) — 00:47:57, 00:48:01, 00:48:13 |
| 00:49:26 | The Fix (Hank) | Snoop (Loathing), first "I rolled a four" | 4, plus Moxie from himself (one) and Trapp (two) at four per Moxie | 14 | Brennan: "you're gonna spend the Moxie to get to that 14 snoop check." — 00:49:26, 00:50:04, 00:50:15 |
| 00:50:37 | Ivana (Brennan) | Fight, d20 (punch Hunch) | "That's a natural 20." <…> "That's another natural 20." <…> "And that's a 19." (Hank: "59") | — | 59; "With a 59 sharp check" — 00:50:42, 00:50:48, 00:50:58, 00:51:16 |
| 00:52:02 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sturdy (resist Ivana) | "That's a nat one." then "No, no, wait. That's a seven, it's a seven." (Hank: "it rolled when you hit the table"); Brennan: "on a nat one versus a 59" | 59 | Heavy hit, "two out of three"; "punched out of the building", a quarter mile, "one point away from" dead — 00:52:07, 00:52:35, 00:53:10 |
| 00:53:53 | Madam Loathing (Brennan) | Sturdy, d12, opposed | "She hits an eight." | — | Number to beat — 00:53:53 |
| 00:54:01 | The Fix (Hank) | opposed (pipe swing; stat not named) | "it is a three and that's plus two." | 8 | She ducks out of the way — 00:54:07 |
| 00:54:41 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop (oculus) | "Nine." | 8 | Sees Elias run into Mr. Henry — 00:54:42 |
| 00:58:23 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sturdy, on behalf of Elias | "That is an eight" | — | "it's gonna come down 20" — 00:58:36 |
| 00:59:52 | Dan (Freddie) | Sturdy (gangsters' fire) | "One!" (Freddie considers spending Moxie and drops it: "I don't think so.") | 14 | Dan turns his back and is shot — 00:59:55, 01:00:03 |
| 01:00:44 | Don Avaricci (Brennan) | Sharp | "an eight plus four, which is going to be a 12" | — | Shoots Dan — 01:00:44 |
| 01:00:56 | Dan (Freddie) | Sturdy | "Five." | 12 | Falls, "blood pooling" — 01:01:17, 01:02:30 |
| 01:02:30 | Madam Loathing (Brennan) | attack on The Fix (stat not named) | "She only rolls a four. That's an eight." (adds plus four) | — | Number to beat — 01:02:30 |
| 01:02:55 | The Fix (Hank) | Sturdy | Hank yells; Freddie: "11!"; Hank: "12! Hank, Freddie, and Brennan: 12!" | 8 | Dodges the white key — 01:03:07 |
| 01:03:36 | Justin (Brennan) | attack on Loathing | "He gets a six." | — | Swatted away — 01:03:47 |
| 01:03:40 | Madam Loathing (Brennan) | Sturdy | "She gets a 12 which explodes. Three." | — | Swats the dog — 01:03:47 |
| 01:05:02 | Madam Loathing (Brennan) / The Fix (Hank) | Sturdy / Snap Decision | she "rolls a three on sturdy"; Hank: "Well, I rolled a four." | 3 | Light injury; Fix knocks the key from her hand — 01:05:12, 01:05:34 |
| 01:07:33 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (goodies on the train) | "That is a 12." | 6 | Finds adrenaline and, later, cold steaks — 01:07:40, 01:10:39 |
| 01:07:54 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sturdy (metabolize adrenaline) | "That is a three." | not told | Overwhelmed, "start to be filled with Moxie" — 01:08:03, 01:08:46 |
| 01:09:20 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick (turn the gangsters) | "That's a 25." then "No, a 23." | 9 | "100% of them say, hey, you're right!" — 01:09:26, 01:09:30 |
| 01:10:15 | Imelda's gangsters (Siobhan) / Don's gangsters (Brennan) | Fight d20 vs d20 | Brennan: "They got a nat 20!" Siobhan: "I got a nat five!" | — | The others open fire, the loyal gangsters dive for cover — 01:10:23, 01:10:25 |
| 01:11:25 | Hunch (Trapp), for Dan | Sturdy | "That's a three" (Moxie still four to one; Hank offers four, Freddie a plus one) | 10 | Dan has only "some weak ability to respond" — 01:11:30, 01:12:14 |
| 01:13:25 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Sharp (shoot Loathing) | "I got a two." | Loathing's Sneak 3 | Loathing slides out of the way — 01:13:37, 01:13:47 |
| 01:16:34 | Madam Loathing (Brennan); Conrad (Alex) | Sturdy; d100 (spirit) | "She rolls an 11." Alex: "57, my favorite number." | 11 | She shrinks back to the old woman — 01:16:52, 01:17:19 |
| 01:22:43 | Joie de Vivre (Brennan) | Sturdy (heal Dan) | "with a 14 on the die sturdy check" | — | Dan comes to — 01:23:06 (line at 01:22:43) |
| 01:23:51 | The Fix (Hank) | Sturdy (Avaricci's shot) | "I can do it if I spend four Moxie." | 10 | Tanks the shot — 01:24:04 |
| 01:24:29 | Gangsters (Brennan) / The Fix (Hank) | attack / Sturdy | "18 on their check." Hank: "That's a eight." | 18 | Heavy injury — 01:24:12, 01:24:30 |
| 01:25:21 | Don Avaricci (Brennan) | Sturdy | "That's an 11 on sturdy." | — | Number to beat — 01:25:21 |
| 01:25:31 | Hunch (Trapp) | Sharp (dive onto Avaricci) | "That is a four" plus Moxie "four, eight, and fuck it, I got a ton" — "16." | 11 | "16 is beating him by five." — heavy injury — 01:25:49 |
| 01:27:11 | The Fix (Hank) | Sharp/menace (punch Avaricci) | "I rolled a one." <…> "plus two. So that's three." | Avaricci's Sturdy 3 | Avaricci already hurt; knocked out — 01:27:31, 01:27:54 |
| 01:28:29 | Dan (Freddie) | Slick (the gangsters) | "13 plus whatever. Yeah, 13." | 8 | The gangsters forswear the Don — 01:28:32 |
| 01:29:20 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Snoop, exploded, DC 8 halved (Nerves of Steel, a borrowed Moxie) | "I got it. And exploded it and I got a…" then Freddie: "13." (Freddie's sum) | 8 | Smell of birthday cake — 01:29:40 |
| 01:30:33 | Imelda (Siobhan) | Slick | "I crit." <…> "I got a 19." Brennan: "You got 39?!" Siobhan: "And then a plus five." | 8 | Cut to Gobstopper's break room — 01:31:00 |
| 01:32:30 | Anastasia (Danielle) | Slick | "Four." | 3 | Elias will take the papers to the newspaper — 01:32:45 |
| 01:33:47 | Conrad (Alex) | Snoop | "Five." | 4 | Elias reaches the pavement; sees the coffee shop person — 01:33:49, 01:34:09 |
| 01:41:45 | Hunch (Trapp) | Snoop (leads to Foot Stuff) | "I crit. <…> It explodes. That's 12 plus… Two is 14, 15 plus another 12. <…> For a 27, right?" | 10 | Brennan: "the ice skating date goes really well"; the sasquatch walks past — 01:42:12, 01:42:15 |
Stat named by Brennan or the player; "Difficulty" is Brennan's stated number; totals as said; "(arithmetic)" marks a sum I added from stated parts. Moxie amounts only as said. Natural 20s as said: Ivana's two, 00:50:42, 00:50:48; the other gangsters' one, 01:10:23. Natural 1s as said: Trapp's at 00:52:02 (he read a 7 after the die was knocked, but Hank: "it rolled when you hit the table" and Brennan rules "on a nat one versus a 59", 00:52:15). Results of 1: Freddie's Sturdy "One!" 00:59:52 and Hank's "I rolled a one" 01:27:11 (a 1 plus 2, no natural-1 call). Exploding dice as said: Max's 12 and Imelda's 16 00:15:39–00:15:55; Hank's Snoop 12 and 13 00:18:12; Anastasia's Slick 10, 17–19 00:21:41; Freddie's two sixes 00:47:44–00:47:57; Ivana's two 20s 00:50:42; Loathing's 12 and 3 01:03:40; Siobhan's crit 01:30:39; Trapp's crit 01:41:52.