Two Sides of the Same Coin (Part 2)

0:00:00 The Unsleeping City: Chapter II Lou Wilson as Kingston Brown; Ally Beardsley as Pete Conlan; Zac Oyama as Ricky Matsui; Siobhan Thompson as Rowan Berry and “Anastasia” Iga Lisowski; Emily Axford as Sofia Lee; and Brian “Murph” Murphy as Cody “Night Angel” Walsh Episode 18: Two Sides of the Same Coin (Part 2) < [Previous Episode] (jam out to The Unsleeping City theme one last time...) (...for now?)

0:00:08 Brennan: Hello, one and all! And welcome back to the thrilling finale of season two of "The Unsleeping City." I am your humble dungeon master, Brennan Lee Mulligan. With me as always are our intrepid heroes. Say hi, intrepid heroes!

0:00:21 All: Hi, intrepid heroes!

0:00:24 Siobhan: (Whispering) Hello, intrepid heroes.

0:00:25 Brennan: Last we left off, our heroes had been having quite a day, having defeated Tony Simos and the treacherous program from Gladiator Industries, seeking to harness raw umbra to collapse time and destroy magic forever. Our heroes found out that indeed the hoard of the former Dragon of Bleecker Street, soon to be the the new dragon of New York City stowed here in Central Park North, AKA young junior of Kingston Brown and Liz Herrera is on the way to be born here if our heroes can defend the child from the onslaught of delivery drones, strange possessed corporate entities, and Null itself who has shown up in the cascade of raw umbra to end the memory of New York City before it can even be born by destroying its memory, destroy its future and destroy any hope that could be in this place. We return to combat as Null appears in the center of the burlesque staring down the hall at Sofia surrounded in the wading darkness. And we are going to jump right back into combat to defend the child and save the Unsleeping City. Next to act after Null is going to be… Esther Sinclair. Esther is going to run out into the vault, and she's going to ready an action, baby. Or actually, she's gonna, you know what? She's gonna have to do a full dash. So, she's going to full dash. (to the tune of "Radioactive")

0:02:25 Zac: ♪ Ready an action, ready an-♪ (everyone laughs)

0:02:31 Emily: Oh my gosh. That was, like, Cody-level.

0:02:34 Siobhan: You spent too much time around Cody. (everyone laughs)

0:02:37 Zac: On the back of his moped.

0:02:38 Cody: ♪ Wake me up inside! ♪

0:02:40 Siobhan: You have to imagine the dragons.

0:02:42 Brennan: Cody. Cody and Ricky, that's gonna be you guys.

0:02:46 Emily: Oh, actually before Ricky's turn, I have a question. Could Dale's wife guy aura, since I'm not using it, could it be like a new dad aura in which case Ricky could benefit from it?

0:02:59 Brennan: You know, we really established it as a wife guy aura.

0:03:02 Emily: But wouldn't a wife guy look out for another person who is committed to their partner?

0:03:07 Brennan: Wow, great point. (everyone laughs)

0:03:10 Murph: This is airtight. This is absolutely airtight.

0:03:13 Emily: If Ricky proposes right now, can he get wife guy aura?

0:03:17 Brennan: You guys-

0:03:18 Emily: I'm just kidding.

0:03:19 Brennan: I'm gonna say that the wife guy aura does extend to other wife guys. (Emily laughs) You think the Tammany tiger at the top of the hall may have the political authority to marry people. So, if you want to get that done real quick right here in the hall, yeah, absolutely. (everyone laughs)

0:03:37 Emily: I tried for you, Ricky. I tried.

0:03:39 Zac: Thank you.

0:03:40 Brennan: Incredible. Cody and Ricky, that's your turn.

0:03:44 Siobhan: I also have the power to marry people I think. (Emily laughs)

0:03:49 Brennan: So again, if we want to extend this aura as much as we can, we've gotta get sort of cracking right now. (Emily laughs)

0:03:56 Murph: Do we want to ride? We don't want to, like, we don't want to like, just like ride into the darkness on the moped, do we?

0:04:04 Zac: It sounds so tempting. Through the darkness?

0:04:08 Emily: I mean, I'm here like a traffic cop. I can kind of like, if you're like, as if you were backing into-

0:04:13 Murph: Make sure we don't crash?

0:04:14 Emily: I can try and shout you through it.

0:04:17 Murph: We could just hold until people come through again.

0:04:21 Zac: Yeah, I think-

0:04:24 Murph: Although the spirits might-

0:04:26 Zac: Come back.

0:04:27 Murph: Yeah, they might do what they were doing before.

0:04:31 Emily: It's only 30 feet. I'm sure you could drive through the darkness if you wanted.

0:04:36 Zac: Let's just drive through the darkness. Give it a test run on some bots. And then maybe come back if it's-

0:04:41 Murph: Yeah, oh, that's true. We can take an opportunity to attack and come back if it seems really bad. Yeah, let's ride into the darkness on a moped. Is that a good idea? I think...

0:04:56 Zac: Ricky's, like, kinda shaking with how much he knows that, like, it's a bad idea. Like, just in terms of safety, but, like, it is a good idea.

0:05:04 Murph: Okay, great. Sweet. So, we will, let me see. Movement wise we can get very easily, I guess pop out, like, here and hit that first dude?

0:05:18 Zac: Yeah. I mean, that's the one that's stunned if that matters.

0:05:22 Murph: Oh, that rules. Yeah, let's do that. Okay, so we're gonna pop out. Boom. Right here. Brennan, I'm assuming we can move through the darkness. It's just we can't attack anything in there 'cause it's dark.

0:05:37 Brennan: Yes, you can move through the darkness. You just can't be in there attacking people because you can't see.

0:05:42 Murph: Sweet. Ride through the darkness singing Evanescence. And then let's attack. I'm gonna use bonus action to move my hex to this drone.

0:05:55 Brennan: Cool.

0:05:56 Murph: And then... (Murph sighs)

0:06:01 Brennan: And Ricky, are you following in there on the moped or no?

0:06:03 Zac: I was thinking I was. Yeah, sorry, I didn't move my token.

0:06:07 Emily: Cody, just pointing it out since you're a mounted combatant and you get an advantage on attacks anyways, you could go past this stunned one without taking any opportunity attacks.

0:06:19 Murph: That's true. What size are these robots?

0:06:22 Brennan: Medium size. They're like little-

0:06:24 Murph: Oh, okay, so I would get advantage. These guys might take a lot of damage. Why don't we let, Ricky, why don't you go first and we'll see what these guys can take. (Emily laughs)

0:06:33 Zac: All right.

0:06:34 Murph: Oh no, I'm not trying to-

0:06:36 Zac: No, no.

0:06:38 Murph: Just if we have advantage, I don't want to waste-

0:06:41 Ally: Man, how about you go first? Like, you know. (everyone laughs) We can see if they're poison, like, if you go first. (everyone laughs)

0:06:50 Zac: Okay, 26 on my first hit.

0:06:53 Ally: Woo!

0:06:53 Zac: To hit. And then that would just be a two d8, wait two d8 plus six because of the haste, right?

0:07:03 Brennan: No, I don't think haste adds extra damage. It gives you an extra attack.

0:07:07 Zac: I mean, per the bat though, don't I?

0:07:08 Brennan: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. So, it's two d8 plus one d6 from haste plus seven.

0:07:15 Emily: Doesn't Ricky also have bless on him?

0:07:18 Zac: Yes.

0:07:18 Siobhan: And also motivational speech.

0:07:22 Brennan: What does motivational speech give you again?

0:07:24 Siobhan: Temp HP and wisdom saving throws and shit.

0:07:28 Emily: I think the question is, since he has three spells on Ricky, does that mean he gets to add three d6?

0:07:34 Brennan: Oh, shit. How many arcane spells do you have on you right now?

0:07:36 Zac: I think it's just haste. 'Cause I don't know-

0:07:38 Brennan: No, it's also motivational speech. That's arcane.

0:07:40 Murph: Yeah, Rowan's spell.

0:07:42 Brennan: But who's bless from? Kingston?

0:07:44 Siobhan: Cody.

0:07:45 Brennan: Kingston, so it's just two d6. 'Cause it's from Rowan and Esther. It's just arcane spells.

0:07:50 Siobhan: Oh, okay.

0:07:51 Zac: Okay, so two d8 plus two d6 on this first guy. Plus seven.

0:07:59 Brennan: Yep.

0:08:00 Zac: So that would be nine, 16, 23 damage on that first hit

0:08:08 Brennan: Ooh, 23 damage on the first. This is one that Sofia has already kind of fucked up a little bit, right?

0:08:13 Zac: Sofia, would it help if I knocked him down one or do you want him-

0:08:17 Brennan: You don't gotta knock them down at all. This bat comes out of the darkness and crushes that delivery drone.

0:08:22 Murph: Oh, sweet.

0:08:23 Zac: Oh, I didn't even roll with advantage.

0:08:24 Siobhan: Yeah, you should've rolled with advantage. Roll just to see if you,

0:08:29 Emily: eh, it doesn't matter.

0:08:31 Murph: Let's keep plowing through dudes I guess?

0:08:34 Zac: You want to go for that void dude or the-

0:08:36 Murph: Yeah, let's go. Let's go for the fuckin' void dude.

0:08:39 Zac: We're just smashing mailboxes. (Brennan laughs)

0:08:43 Lou: Wow, you really have come around.

0:08:45 Murph: It's a very high school day for me, getting my ass kicked by random dudes and then smashing mailboxes.

0:08:51 Zac: I rolled a 23 to hit.

0:08:54 Brennan: 23 hits.

0:08:56 Zac: And then I'll just roll my second attack on it as well.

0:08:59 Brennan: Hell yeah, go for it.

0:09:00 Zac: With advantage. And then a 20.

0:09:04 Brennan: 20 also hits. So you hit that spirit twice. Zac, you calculate damage. Cody, what are you doing?

0:09:12 Murph: I will go for the same dude unless Ricky's able to finish him off which I don't think he'll be able to do right away. Can we say I move my hex to him since he's like my target?

0:09:24 Brennan: Sure, go for it.

0:09:25 Murph: Spirit's my target. Sweet, so I'll do hex on them. I think I will, should I great weapon fighting? I will. Cool.

0:09:37 Lou: Yeah.

0:09:39 Zac: I think I did 42 damage. I did 42 damage to that first guy.

0:09:43 Brennan: Oh my God.

0:09:46 Zac: To the void-ish-

0:09:48 Brennan: To the void dude? Not down, but you thunder down on that one. Deal 42 points of damage.

0:09:57 Murph: I got 22 to hit, and I had great weapon fighting. Great weapon master.

0:10:03 Brennan: 22 hits, you connect.

0:10:06 Murph: Sweet.

0:10:07 Emily: You guys should fuck up these void guys 'cause I can't stun them.

0:10:09 Murph: Okay. Oh my God, I just rolled two d6s. I'm rolling my d6s 'cause I'm realizing I'm not getting to reroll 'cause I have great weapon fighting as well. So two d6s and then a d8 and then another d6, right?

0:10:23 Brennan: Yup.

0:10:24 Murph: Okay, rolled a one on my d8. So, that's 37 with great weapon fighting.

0:10:29 Brennan: Holy shit. You deal 37 damage? What types are those damages by the way? Is that all slashing?

0:10:39 Murph: No, the 12 plus the and then one is radiant and four are, what does hex do, fire?

0:10:52 Brennan: Cool. Even with that, you guys sail out of the dark on a moped, and Cody and Ricky slam into this corporate wraith. Cody, you're having the best time of your fuckin' life.

0:11:09 Cody: It fuckin' rules!

0:11:11 Murph: Sweet, I have one more attack. I'll go for the next dude.

0:11:15 Brennan: Cool.

0:11:16 Ally: Amazing.

0:11:17 Murph: The delivery-

0:11:18 Brennan: The delivery drone.

0:11:22 Murph: That's a lot. That's a 29 to hit.

0:11:26 Brennan: 29 hits. (Murph sighs)

0:11:30 Murph: Okay. This one does not have hex. Shit, should I smite? I don't have a lot of spell slots left. I will save them and just do a little hit.

0:11:42 Brennan: Cool.

0:11:43 Murph: Just a little one.

0:11:44 Zac: Should we run back?

0:11:45 Murph: Yeah, and then we can ride back I think.

0:11:49 Emily: Riding in and out of darkness like going through tunnels.

0:11:52 Zac: Walking backwards on the moped.

0:11:53 Siobhan: Turning a moped backwards. It's so hard to turn them around.

0:11:58 Murph: 21 damage.

0:12:00 Brennan: You deal 21 damage?

0:12:01 Lou: On a little hit?

0:12:03 Murph: Yeah.

0:12:04 Brennan: Yeah, you fuck that thing right up, dude. Blam.

0:12:07 Murph: Okay, should I just hit it with my moped? (Murph laughs)

0:12:13 Zac: Can you do that and double move with it?

0:12:15 Murph: I think not double move, but we haven't used that much movement. Let me see how much we've used.

0:12:23 Brennan: You've used, like, 65 feet of movement.

0:12:25 Murph: Okay, nevermind. Okay, we will back up.

0:12:27 Cody: Should we just hide in the darkness?

0:12:31 Ricky: Sounds awesome.

0:12:34 Siobhan: Poking out of the darkness a little bit every now and again.

0:12:37 Murph: We hide in the darkness.

0:12:40 Brennan: Cody, you get slapped for 10 points of damage by that delivery drone with an attack of opportunity as you guys bounce.

0:12:48 Murph: Oh, I will hellish rebuke it. (Brennan laughs) Oh wait, no I won't. No, I won't. I have so few spells. Stupid, stupid. I was excited.

0:12:57 Emily: I don't know, it might end it.

0:12:59 Murph: I know, but if it doesn't it's not worth it.

0:13:01 Emily: Okay.

0:13:02 Murph: I can do a lot with smites.

0:13:03 Zac: I think spell slots might be better on other things.

0:13:06 Murph: Spell slots are very important.

0:13:08 Zac: Like the other creatures. I don't know.

0:13:12 Murph: Ricky, do you want to move yourself into the darkness here?

0:13:14 Zac: Yes.

0:13:15 Lou: Move yourself into the darkness.

0:13:17 Brennan: This one is still stunned.

0:13:19 Zac: My mind is like, but I'm on the moped. It should have just picked me up, but that's-

0:13:25 Brennan: Okay. These guys are gonna start charging into the darkness. This is so interesting. I wonder… Okay. This is so wild.

0:13:36 Emily: It means that they'll all get disadvantage on all attacks.

0:13:39 Brennan: Yeah, absolutely. So we're gonna go, boom. Boom. Boom.

0:13:50 Emily: Wait, if that guy just ran by me, I would get an opportunity attack, wouldn't I?

0:13:54 Siobhan: Yeah.

0:13:55 Brennan: Yes, you do.

0:13:57 Emily: Okay.

0:13:58 Ally: With advantage.

0:14:00 Emily: Oh yeah, you're right.

0:14:03 Zac: And do you have bless?

0:14:04 Emily: Yeah. Nine plus two plus, 22...

0:14:11 Brennan: 22 points of damage. You badly fuck up one of-

0:14:15 Emily: No, 22 to hit.

0:14:16 Brennan: Oh, 22 to hit. That hits. Yeah, absolutely.

0:14:19 Emily: Okay. That's gonna be, hold on.

0:14:24 Brennan: I'm just gonna let you guys know, so that you guys can calculate so that we speed up combat, these delivery drones have an armor class of 19. So, if you hit 19, you hit them.

0:14:31 Zac: Yes!

0:14:32 Brennan: You finally got the delivery drone class.

0:14:35 Lou: Thank you, Brennan. Thank you. All these episodes wasting our time.

0:14:41 Emily: So I hit him for 11.

0:14:43 Brennan: Hit him for 11.

0:14:44 Emily: I hit him for 11, and I'm gonna stunning strike him.

0:14:46 Brennan: Oh, shit. Okay. This is huge. These guys don't have a huge plus, and he's gonna gum up the hallway if he gets stunned. So, he needs to get a 14 or higher. I'm gonna roll in front of the board. Oh! Rolls a nat 20

0:15:06 Emily: What?

0:15:07 Brennan: Brutal. Not stunned, but takes the damage. So only three of these guys are gonna get attacks on Cody. That's three hits

0:15:19 Emily: With disadvantage.

0:15:21 Murph: With disadvantage?

0:15:22 Brennan: Oh, disadvantage. (Brennan gasps)

0:15:25 Lou: The darkness.

0:15:26 Brennan: Okay, only two of them hit. Cody, you take 12 plus- you take 20 points of damage. As these drones-

0:15:38 Zac: I'll take one of those hits.

0:15:40 Brennan: Okay.

0:15:41 Murph: Thank you.

0:15:42 Brennan: Cool. Ricky, you take nine, and Cody, you take 11. Now the rest of these dudes are going to continue to kind of just like thunder through here towards the edge of the darkness. They're going through their buddies' space. One, two.

0:16:08 Zac: Maybe I should've taken an opportunity attack.

0:16:12 Murph: Yeah, we're just in the dark not knowing.

0:16:14 Cody: Ricky, do you see them? (Emily laughs)

0:16:17 Ricky: They're around us. And they're definitely not going anywhere else.

0:16:22 Brennan: Cool, hold on. We got more of these dudes comin'.

0:16:28 Lou: We got drones over here.

0:16:30 Cody: I kept saying that I was like a Lord of the Darkness, but I was in hell and it's actually pretty bright. There's like fire everywhere, so. (Emily laughs)

0:16:40 Ricky: I guess that would be another case of two sides of the same coin. (Murph laughs)

0:16:44 Cody: Two sides of the same coin.

0:16:46 Zac: When Ricky doesn't know how to relate to Cody, he just says that. (Murph laughs)

0:16:51 Ricky: Two sides of the same coin.

0:16:52 Murph: And Cody, just finishes it.

0:16:53 Cody: Two sides of the same coin.

0:16:56 Emily: And feels really seen.

0:17:02 Murph: I like the idea of the moped still playing music in the dark.

0:17:06 Cody: Shut up, shut up! (Emily laughs)

0:17:10 Zac: Oh my God.

0:17:12 Brennan: At the end of Ricky and Cody's turn, Null is going to use a legendary action to-

0:17:23 Lou: Whoa!

0:17:25 Siobhan: Oh, shit.

0:17:28 Brennan: Yes, it's getting bad out here, gang. Thankfully Null is not that powerful doing spell casting with legendaries. Null reaches out, and it dispels the darkness at the end of the hallway. Darkness fades out and that uses up all three of its legendary actions. (Emily laughs)

0:17:53 Emily: Honestly, I was probably gonna do it in a couple of turns.

0:17:57 Cody: I can see. I can see in the dark. (Emily and Ally laugh)

0:18:03 Brennan: Having done that, our good dude-

0:18:08 Cody: When the coin is together we can see through the darkness.

0:18:12 Brennan: Dale is going to leap forward here. He's gonna take the swings.

0:18:22 Zac: Is this void dude alive still?

0:18:24 Brennan: Yeah, the one there that you can see?

0:18:27 Ally: Oh, when that darkness is dispelled can I use my prepared action to attack that void dude with a banishment?

0:18:34 Brennan: Yes, you absolutely can. Hold on one second. That's gonna be 15 plus eight is 23. Dale takes 23 points of damage from those drones as he moves by them though. Runs up and he's like,

0:18:47 Dale: Got your back, sweetie!

0:18:51 Brennan: And he's gonna take some attacks on the drone in front of him.

0:18:54 Sofia: Did you see me cast darkness?

0:18:56 Brennan: He's like,

0:18:56 Dale: It was great, sweetie! (Emily laughs)

0:19:00 Brennan: Pulverizes the drone that was already injured up here and is gonna use his movement to get further into the hallway. That is going to, and Pete, go ahead and let's resolve that banishment. You spring it on this spirit right here I'm assuming?

0:19:20 Ally: Yeah, the void guy, the boss looking guy. And is there a way, I mean, he's gonna have to roll his like charisma saving throw. Is there a way for me to reach out and have, like, Null feel this?

0:19:35 Brennan: Sure, absolutely.

0:19:37 Ally: Great.

0:19:38 Brennan: And you heightened this, so this dude's going to roll with disadvantage. He needs the lower of these two rolls to be a 15 or higher. Rolls a 19 and a 13 19 and 13. But you are now holding concentration on that as a reminder.

0:20:03 Ally: Thanks. Yeah, totally.

0:20:07 Brennan: Pete's got concentration on that. Moving on down the line. That was Dale. Kingston, that is your turn.

0:20:14 Lou: Great. We'll just move to join the fight in there. And then… Yeah, let me huck a sacred flame at the lower drone.

0:20:29 Brennan: Hell yeah, go for it.

0:20:30 Lou: Dex save 17.

0:20:32 Brennan: Dex save 17. Let's see what this dude rolls. Rolls a 4 That's a natural four, baby. He does not make it.

0:20:40 Lou: I'm gonna do a three d8. We love to see it. That's gonna be 20 points of damage. (Brennan mimics explosions)

0:20:49 Brennan: You light up that drone, badly injured. After Kingston, JJ is going to give the help action to, the unicorn already has some bardic, but he's gonna go over and give the help action to Perry the Pigeon up here, sort of guiding the birth of this new dragon up here. So, here's the deal, we're gonna roll for these spirits first. The DC to birth the dragon here 'cause really they're trying to summon Kugrash, right? So, to summon Kugrash with all of this raw umbra present, they get a plus eight to the role, but they need a DC, it's a DC 25. A 17 or higher does it on these rolls

0:21:40 Siobhan: They all three have to get 25?

0:21:42 Brennan: All three of them have to get 25. We're gonna roll for the unicorn first that has that bardic inspiration die. Unicorn first. Rolls a 10 10, That's an 18. Could hit on a seven or higher if the unicorn uses that bardic die right now. I think the unicorn knows time is of the essence. He's gonna go for it. Here's a d10. You need a seven or higher on this roll. Rolls a 4 Four. Doesn't do it.

0:22:14 Sofia: It was the right move, Unicorn. That was the right move.

0:22:17 Unicorn: Thanks, hun, I'm tryin'!

0:22:19 Ally: From far away, can I bend luck? (Brennan gasps)

0:22:23 Brennan: I will let you, if you want to use your reaction, I'll let you do a bend luck here to add one d4 to this roll. You need to hit a three on the d4.

0:22:32 Ally: Okay.

0:22:33 Murph: It's 50/50. Rolls a 2

0:22:36 Brennan: Two! (everyone groans) Brutal.

0:22:41 Emily: Again, these were all great moves. Everyone, great moves, okay? It was all the right things to do.

0:22:47 Brennan: Perry's getting a help action, so he's gonna roll two d20. He needs the higher of these two to be a 17 or higher. Rolls a 4 and a 13 13 and four. Marty the Cockroach is gonna go try and summon Kugrash. Rolls an 8 Eight. Doesn't get it done. Moving forward. That goes back to the top of the order. Rowan, that is your turn.

0:23:16 Siobhan: I think I might be most helpful just in here, 'cause I am pretty low on spells. I only have first and second level spells left. But I can give another bardic, and I can also give a help action.

0:23:33 Ally: Yeah, definitely.

0:23:34 Siobhan: So, I'm gonna move my coins and have them and the train ready in action. So, they're like standing guard either side of the door, so they will get opportunity attacks on anybody who tries to run through.

0:23:52 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:23:54 Siobhan: And then the train will be immediately able to get them. And then how close do you need to be to give the help action?

0:24:03 Brennan: I believe you need to be right next to somebody to give the help action. Yeah, 'cause that's the mastermind thing is being able to do it ranged. You need to be next to someone to give the help action.

0:24:15 Siobhan: I can only get to here, but maybe they can move one square up. (Emily laughs)

0:24:24 Brennan: You can give the help action from five feet away. That's totally fine.

0:24:27 Siobhan: Great, great. And then, I will say to Perry,

0:24:30 Rowan: I don't know if this is rude, but you look so clean. You look a lot cleaner. (everyone laughs)

0:24:37 Perry: I'm living in a coop right now, so you know, it's not that. I remember my grimy 20s. And it was a lot of fun honestly. 'Cause you're in your 20s. You're exploring yourself-

0:24:46 Rowan: I remember the grimy 20s like they were yesterday. Don't tell me-

0:24:49 Perry: No, no, not the decade. I'm not immortal. I'm talking about my 20s.

0:24:53 Rowan: Oh, your 20s. That's still pretty old for a pigeon. (Emily laughs)

0:24:58 Zac: Are the 1820s the grimy 20s? (everyone laughs)

0:25:01 Rowan: Yeah, the 1820s, pretty filthy. 1720s honestly were pretty disgusting as well. Most of the time before the 1920s, honestly.

0:25:10 Brennan: Incredible.

0:25:10 Emily: So, 2020 is gonna be bad? (everyone laughs)

0:25:13 Siobhan: No.

0:25:14 Brennan: Perry has the d10, and you're giving the help action to the unicorn. Sofia, that's gonna be your turn.

0:25:20 Emily: Okay. Let's do this. The one that's right in front of me. I'm gonna try to hit it. I do. I hit it.

0:25:32 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:25:34 Emily: I hit it for 12.

0:25:38 Brennan: Oh, hell yeah. Boom!

0:25:39 Emily: And then I'm gonna try to stun it.

0:25:42 Brennan: Let's go.

0:25:43 Emily: And I have a question, since this is like a mechanical thing, is there any way I could short circuit it rather than just stun it? Brennan rolls a 14

0:25:47 Brennan: Makes it not stunned

0:25:51 Emily: Like, almost like stun it longer? (Emily laughs) You just have to ask.

0:25:57 Murph: This is airtight.

0:25:59 Siobhan: Seems airtight to me. I was honestly thinking the same thing.

0:26:03 Brennan: It is not stunned on that first attack.

0:26:06 Emily: Okay, cool. So, we are not going to-

0:26:09 Zac: So, it's shut off or? (Emily laughs)

0:26:12 Siobhan: Yeah, I feel like they just switched the off switch. Right? There's a big on/off switch on the back.

0:26:17 Emily: That's another hit and I'm actually gonna hit it for, I'm actually gonna hit it for 15.

0:26:24 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:26:26 Emily: Is this thing down?

0:26:28 Brennan: No, it is not down yet. But you're rolling with advantage, right?

0:26:33 Emily: Yeah.

0:26:34 Brennan: Cool, good, good, good.

0:26:36 Emily: Yeah, no, I'm rolling with advantage.

0:26:38 Brennan: No, it is not down yet.

0:26:40 Emily: Okay. (Emily sighs) I think I'm gonna try to stun it again 'cause that'll gum up things and that's my goal.

0:26:48 Brennan: Hell yeah. You go for another stun. Rolls an 11 This time it fails. It is stunned.

0:26:54 Emily: Yes. Okay. Now I am going to the one that's directly across from me.

0:27:00 Brennan: Cool.

0:27:01 Emily: Actually, you know what? Fuck it. No, I'm gonna go for this one. I'm gonna move into this spot, so that I can go after this one, so that I can try and make it so that, I want to try and stun this one also.

0:27:12 Brennan: Cool.

0:27:15 Emily: And that is gonna hit. And this time it's only a d6. So, that is 11. And then I'm gonna use my final ki point to try to stun it.

0:27:29 Brennan: Let's go. Rolls a 19 Survives. Makes it.

0:27:35 Emily: Fuck me. And then can I inspect the apple in my pocket to see if it's just a health apple or if it's like replenishes other stuff?

0:27:47 Brennan: It doesn't look like it "replenishes other stuff." (Emily laughs)

0:27:50 Emily: Okay.

0:27:52 Brennan: But how much damage did you do on that last one by the way?

0:27:55 Emily: 11.

0:27:56 Brennan: 11, cool. No, the apple looks like it might have an unrelated magical effect.

0:28:02 Emily: Okay, cool. And then I'm gonna fuckin' stand in the way. So, at least between me and this stunned one, it should be more difficult for-

0:28:10 Brennan: Yeah, much more of a bottleneck for sure. Okay. After Sofia, bam. Fly speed of 60. The question is, yeah, that's gonna do it.

0:28:24 Zac: Is that Nod or I mean Null?

0:28:27 Brennan: That's not Null. That is a corporate spirit. I am going to need two intelligence saving throws from Sofia, Ricky and Cody, and I'll roll some for Dale right now as well.

0:28:44 Murph: Remember that all of us we're all in the aura. So, everybody gets plus four.

0:28:50 Emily: And then do we get anything for intelligence saves with the like bardic hero's feast or not?

0:28:56 Siobhan: No, it's just wisdom.

0:28:57 Emily: Yeah, that makes sense.

0:28:59 Murph: We're also blessed.

0:29:01 Siobhan: Bards cannot help you with intelligence.

0:29:03 Emily: Yeah.

0:29:03 Zac: Natural 20 on my first one.

0:29:05 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:29:06 Emily: My first one's a fail. I'm guessing it's a 12.

0:29:10 Murph: I got a 16.

0:29:13 Emily: Oh, I just got a nat 20 also!

0:29:15 Brennan: Hell yes.

0:29:17 Zac: I have bardic inspiration still, right?

0:29:19 Brennan: Yes, I believe you do.

0:29:22 Murph: I got a 16 on the first one, a 14 on the second one.

0:29:26 Zac: A nat 20 and then a 16.

0:29:30 Brennan: Remember also when you get hit by these things as long as they do less than 20 damage to you, you have advantage on your next hit.

0:29:38 Emily: I think this is the Null guy doing his-

0:29:42 Brennan: These are the minor spirits. These are not as powerful as Null's-

0:29:44 Murph: Oh.

0:29:45 Emily: God damn it. I was hoping I was gonna become immune to that.

0:29:49 Brennan: So Dale, how much do you guys give with your, you have plus four?

0:29:54 Murph: Yeah.

0:29:55 Brennan: Cool. Did any-

0:29:57 Emily: Oh! Wait plus four then I actually would've got a 16. What was the DC?

0:30:04 Brennan: Did any of you guys roll either of your two saves lower than 14?

0:30:09 Emily: No because of the Paladins, I didn't.

0:30:09 Murph: I got exactly 14.

0:30:12 Zac: I shouldn't have used my bardic but yeah.

0:30:14 Brennan: Incredible. You guys take zero damage. However, Dale is not so lucky. (Emily gasps) Dale takes...

0:30:27 Murph: Dale, you absolutely have to live, dude.

0:30:29 Emily: Wait a second. Can I use my nat 20 to like take his damage?

0:30:35 Brennan: I will let you take his damage, but he's still gonna get stunned.

0:30:40 Emily: Okay.

0:30:41 Brennan: So you take 17, 19, plus four. You take 23 points of damage. Dale is hit. He hasn't had a meat brain in a couple years and gets rocked bad by this psychic blast. Dale is stunned. He'll be able to make those saves at the end of his turns, but he is stunned right now.

0:31:06 Emily: Send your moped to go pick up Dale and bring him away. I don't want anyone getting attack advantage on him.

0:31:12 Brennan: That is going to be Pete. That is your turn.

0:31:17 Ally: Hey great. I am going to move right up here. And then I am going to cast erupting earth in the second doorway and try to hit all of these like drones right here. So, on the side of the door closest to Null.

0:31:38 Brennan: Hell yes. Okay.

0:31:40 Emily: Ooh, it'll make a difficult terrain too, right?

0:31:42 Brennan: Yes, you'll slow them way the fuck down.

0:31:47 Ally: 120 feet and it's a 20 foot cube, so that should hit all of those little guys and maybe some in the second group.

0:31:55 Brennan: Yep, you can hit, you can absolutely. You know what? Homie, you can hit the first two in the second group and everybody in the first group, no problem.

0:32:02 Ally: You love to see it. Okay, great. This is a three d12 bludgeoning damage on a failed dex save.

0:32:13 Brennan: Cool.

0:32:13 Ally: And now each five foot portion takes a minute to clear.

0:32:18 Brennan: Although I will also tell you, you won't be able to hit the first two if you want to also hit the doorway into the hall. So, if you want to get the doorway into the hall, it would be like that and the first six. That would slow them down the most.

0:32:32 Ally: So you think if I'm trying to get the first two, I'm still leaving a little crevice for them to kind of be able to slip through the door?

0:32:40 Brennan: Yeah, absolutely.

0:32:41 Ally: I'll scoot that back, and I'll just hit the first six.

0:32:45 Brennan: Cool. Rad as hell. Ally, go ahead and roll that bludgeoning damage.

0:32:49 Ally: Do I roll that or is it just a save?

0:32:51 Brennan: Five of them fail their saves. You roll damage.

0:32:54 Ally: Oh, incredible. Oh, great. Three d12, I'm gonna roll that. Here we go. Rolls 4, 3 and 11

0:33:01 Brennan: Ooh, baby.

0:33:03 Ally: 18, honey.

0:33:06 Brennan: Jesus. These drones get fu- Pete, you shutter the ground. That doorway fully collapses. There is now, like beams and rafters fall. These robots are gonna have to crawl through wreckage to get into that hallway. Incredible job by Pete. And these drones are badly, badly hurt. You think the incorporeal ones will not have as hard a time, but the main army of drones is gonna have a hard time getting in.

0:33:41 Ally: Can I do a perception check and see, it kind of seems like Null is, like, afraid or, like, weak and is just hanging in that other room. Can I try to see what's up there?

0:33:53 Brennan: Null is not gonna be hanging for long, Pete. And its Null's turn right now, so I'll let you decipher how Null is feeling from the next series of things that happen.

0:34:03 Emily: I think that Null used his legend. He was hanging back to get rid of the darkness.

0:34:07 Zac: It feels like classic, "I'm a bad guy who's leading an army."

0:34:13 Ally: Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I think you guys are all right.

0:34:17 Siobhan: Yeah, that's truly so many of these dudes still.

0:34:20 Emily: I'm gonna get so fucked by Null.

0:34:23 Brennan: Okay. Null is going to cast dimension door and appears right in front of Sofia.

0:34:37 Ally: Okay.

0:34:39 Sofia: Hi, old friend. Probably weird to see me moving around considering last time. (Brennan laughs)

0:34:49 Brennan: Yeah. You just see the bright burlesque go gray behind you as a silhouette moves directly in front of you. That's going to be Esther's turn. Esther's going to cast chain lightning. That's gonna be ten d8 lightning damage to And she's gonna do that. And there is a save for half, I believe. It's a dex save. I'm gonna roll for these four. None of them make it. Esther just holds the staff of sorrow aloft and reaches out and lightning crackles forth from her hands. One, two, three, four. Drones are destroyed.

0:35:59 Ally: Incredible.

0:36:01 Brennan: After Esther's turn, that is gonna be Cody.

0:36:06 Murph: All right, so I think we absolutely have to get rid of these two wraith dudes, right?

0:36:15 Zac: I think that would be very helpful.

0:36:18 Murph: Like, we have to figure out a way to get to them.

0:36:21 Zac: But they're behind null.

0:36:22 Murph: They're behind. Would I just take one opportunity attack, Brennan, if we drove past this one dude and then went up and tried to kill this guy to get to the others?

0:36:35 Brennan: You'd only take one opportunity attack.

0:36:38 Murph: I think it's worth it.

0:36:40 Emily: What if I position my body like a ramp? And you could just- (everyone laughs)

0:36:44 Brennan: Make the jump.

0:36:46 Murph: Moped crashes into you so hard.

0:36:49 Brennan: That drone misses on its attack, Cody.

0:36:52 Murph: Great. Is this one stunned?

0:36:56 Brennan: That one in front of you is not stunned or is it?

0:37:00 Emily: The one that's stunned is the one that's down from me.

0:37:05 Murph: Okay, then I-

0:37:07 Brennan: Cody, you might recognize, going southbound is probably better because there won't be enough space for Ricky to fight up here even if you clear through.

0:37:17 Murph: Cool, so we will go south. And Ricky, do you want to attack first so you get advantage? 'Cause I'll get advantage on the moped on the next-

0:37:26 Zac: Are you fighting Null?

0:37:28 Murph: No, I think we should get rid of the other guys. 'Cause they can stun us, which is terrible but they have low HP. Like, we can just get rid of them totally.

0:37:35 Zac: The little robots or the?

0:37:37 Murph: So I think we have to kill-

0:37:39 Emily: The wraiths.

0:37:40 Murph: To get it out of the way and then get the wraiths.

0:37:42 Zac: Okay.

0:37:44 Emily: And you have haste on you, so you have tons of attacks.

0:37:47 Zac: My only concern is should we back out of here?

0:37:50 Murph: I will say this, Cody, you have that warhorse attack. This drone is looking fucked up, the one that Sofia-

0:37:56 Murph: Oh shit. I could just try to charge through it.

0:37:59 Zac: Yeah.

0:38:01 Murph: It automatically fails strength saving throws, right?

0:38:04 Brennan: That's correct, yes.

0:38:05 Murph: So, we can just run this fucker over.

0:38:07 Brennan: Sure. Cody, you get on your fuckin' moped, no roll necessary. You run over this wraith.

0:38:15 Cody: Fuck you! Fuck you, Gladiator! (everyone laughs)

0:38:20 Emily: Can I do like an insight check if Cody's moped came from Gladiator? If it's like a Gladiator manufacturer?

0:38:27 Brennan: No, dude, this was summoned straight from hell. This is a hell moped.

0:38:31 Murph: A hell-ped. Sweet, so then I will drive through that dude. And then we'll start going after the wraiths or you can attack whoever you want. I will-

0:38:44 Zac: Do we feel like this Null, this Null right in front of us is like the kind of thing where it's like a tendril like in that previous fight or like the whole thing?

0:38:54 Brennan: This feels like the whole thing's trying to come through.

0:39:00 Murph: I think just the more of these wraiths guys around, the more just turns of getting stunned. So, I'm just gonna-

0:39:06 Zac: I'll hit this guy. I can hit the lesser dude.

0:39:09 Murph: Yeah, I'll start trying to wail on him as well.

0:39:12 Zac: Okay. First attack.

0:39:14 Murph: I'm gonna great weapon master on this.

0:39:16 Brennan: Cool.

0:39:17 Zac: 21 to hit on the first one.

0:39:19 Brennan: Yep.

0:39:20 Murph: I got 19 to hit.

0:39:22 Brennan: 19 hits.

0:39:24 Murph: Thank you.

0:39:26 Zac: And 25 on the second attack.

0:39:29 Murph: And I got a bonus action. Move my hex to them, so they take the hex damage.

0:39:35 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:39:37 Murph: 35 damage.

0:39:39 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:39:40 Murph: Okay, I'll great weapon master. How hurt does this thing look?

0:39:47 Brennan: Hurt? It looks hurt. 35 it looks bad, yeah.

0:39:52 Murph: I'll great weapon master again. I want to take this thing out. Yes! That's without bless it's already a 19.

0:39:59 Brennan: Yeah, you hit.

0:40:00 Murph: Great. I can't move hex to this one because it's a bonus action. So, I'll just do my two d6s plus my d8 plus 20. Great weapon. I'm gonna reroll the one. I see there's a one in there.

0:40:17 Brennan: Cool.

0:40:19 Murph: Yeah, I got a two instead so 30 damage.

0:40:21 Brennan: 30 and 35. That one is hanging on by a thread.

0:40:27 Murph: God damn it. (Murph sighs)

0:40:31 Brennan: I will also say this. You guys both started your turns within 30 feet of Null, correct? I'm gonna need wisdom saving throws from both of you.

0:40:42 Emily: Advantage! Advantage Because of Misty.

0:40:48 Brennan: Incredible.

0:40:49 Zac: 18 on the die. Wisdom saving throw.

0:40:55 Murph: 19 flat.

0:40:57 Zac: Did you use bless? Are you blessed?

0:41:00 Murph: Yeah.

0:41:00 Zac: I got a 30.

0:41:02 Brennan: Okay. So Cody, you're adding the paladin bonus, the bless, and Rowan's advantage? Cool. You got a 19 and what did Ricky get?

0:41:15 Zac: 30. (everyone laughs)

0:41:19 Ally: Incredible.

0:41:20 Zac: Rolled a 18.

0:41:23 Brennan: Start of your turn. Cody takes 40 damage.

0:41:28 Zac: Yeah, I don't know that, I think we got to pull back, right? 'Cause like-

0:41:32 Murph: You think so?

0:41:33 Zac: If we get separated from the rest of the group on this side, we'll die.

0:41:38 Brennan: So, but that wraith is hanging on by a thread.

0:41:44 Murph: Let's yeah, we can always back up. Let's just kill this dude at least.

0:41:47 Zac: Okay.

0:41:48 Murph: I'm out of attacks. I got him down low.

0:41:50 Zac: I got a 21, a 25, and a 30 to hit.

0:41:54 Brennan: All hit.

0:41:55 Zac: So my first attack would be two d8 plus two d6.

0:41:59 Brennan: Plus seven.

0:42:00 Zac: Plus seven?

0:42:01 Brennan: Yep.

0:42:03 Zac: Oh, fuck. That's all twos on the die. So, two, four, six, eight plus seven. So, 15 on the first attack.

0:42:09 Brennan: Gone. He was by a thread.

0:42:12 Zac: And then-

0:42:14 Murph: Do we wanna-

0:42:15 Emily: You can use your other attacks on Null if you want.

0:42:18 Murph: Or this other guy. This other wraith.

0:42:21 Zac: Yeah, if I can, if I step in and then come back, can we get out still?

0:42:26 Murph: Yeah, I'll moped us the fuck out of here.

0:42:30 Brennan: Also at the end of Cody's turn, Null is gonna take a swing hit with the legendary action. Go ahead and give me a charisma saving throw, Cody. (Murph sighs)

0:42:48 Murph: Okay. I have a lot. But I got a nat one. (Emily groans)

0:42:58 Brennan: You take eight, 10… You take 25 points of damage, and your max is reduced by that amount.

0:43:08 Murph: You fuckin' hate to see that.

0:43:12 Brennan: Cool. Ricky, you got two attacks left.

0:43:16 Zac: You know, I think I just wanna hit Null. I think I'm just gonna do that.

0:43:22 Brennan: Go for it.

0:43:23 Zac: 'Cause I worry that we won't be able to back out of here very easily.

0:43:27 Brennan: Cool. Cody does make a good point about how dangerous those wraiths are.

0:43:31 Murph: We're not gonna kill Null in one hit is all I'm saying. You know what I mean? If the wraiths are gone, that's one less dude who can area of effect ruin all of our turns.

0:43:43 Zac: I'll hit the wraith then. All right, let's do that. So that's two hits on it. That's four d8 plus four d6 plus 14.

0:43:56 Murph: Do you have any smites?

0:43:58 Zac: Let's see.

0:43:59 Murph: 'Cause these guys have like 60 something.

0:44:03 Zac: Yeah, I'll do one first level smite.

0:44:05 Murph: That's smart.

0:44:06 Brennan: That's gonna be ten d8 plus four d6 plus 14.

0:44:11 Zac: 68.

0:44:12 Brennan: These guys have exactly 67 hit points.

0:44:16 Murph: Oh my God! It's so good to get rid of them.

0:44:21 Brennan: Flame, lightning, and shadow fill the tunnel as Sofia, Cody, and Ricky light up these wraiths. Ricky, at the end of your turn, Null is gonna take a swing at you. That is a nat 20.

0:44:36 Murph: Jesus Christ.

0:44:37 Brennan: Go ahead and give me a charisma saving throw, Ricky.

0:44:40 Zac: Okay. Sorry, let me clear up my dice. Let's see. Where am I at? Oh great.

0:44:55 Brennan: Your hit point max is not reduced, but it's still gonna do… 10 D8 plus six. Ricky, you take 41 points of damage.

0:45:08 Zac: Okay. Rebuke the violence. I get it back on a short rest, so I hit him for 41.

0:45:14 Brennan: Oh!

0:45:16 Emily: Yeah! I was hopin' that might happen.

0:45:18 Brennan: Null is hurt by this. Stings.

0:45:21 Zac: And that's, you know, like radiant damage.

0:45:23 Brennan: Hell yeah. Bypasses all resistances. Incredible. That is Ricky's turn. You guys got rid of those wraiths.

0:45:33 Zac: Can I hop back on the bike?

0:45:34 Brennan: Yeah, do we want to move? I don't want to leave Sofie here to just-

0:45:38 Zac: Yeah.

0:45:39 Emily: I'm fine. I'm worried about Dale.

0:45:42 Murph: Why don't we back up a little bit and give Dale the old paladin enthusiasm.

0:45:50 Brennan: Yeah, if you back up more than five feet, Null's gonna get a swing on you with an opportunity attack.

0:45:57 Emily: Oh,

0:45:57 Brennan: I'm wrong! Reach is so bad in 5e. Null has 15 feet of reach which means you almost never leave its reach. You guys can move wherever. You guys move all the way back to Dale if you want.

0:46:08 Zac: Okay, cool.

0:46:09 Emily: Sweet.

0:46:10 Murph: Let's just move back to Dale.

0:46:12 Brennan: Cool. Hell yes.

0:46:16 Emily: And then maybe you can like get in the way.

0:46:17 Ally: I mean you could go even further, right, Cody?

0:46:20 Murph: Yeah, I'm pretty fucked up. But he's just gonna get an opportunity attack, so I might as well be here.

0:46:26 Siobhan: If you begin your round within 30 feet of him-

0:46:28 Zac: Can I switch spots with you, Cody?

0:46:31 Murph: Do you want to swap? Do you want to try it?

0:46:33 Ally: Yeah, I mean, you guys have 15 feet of movement.

0:46:35 Brennan: We're not gonna switch. The moped shenanigans have become too much. No, there's no swappin'. (everyone laughs) The idea of this being an effective way to fight-

0:46:44 Emily: Wow, Brennan is not rooting for friendship.

0:46:47 Ally: Wow.

0:46:50 Emily: Against friendship.

0:46:51 Zac: Why do you think there's no benefit to riding a moped in a tunnel, in a cave.

0:46:56 Brennan: Dale rolls a natural four, is still stunned. Kingston, that is your turn.

0:47:02 Lou: Okay. Kingston's gonna move, I'm worried about the flashes and bangs coming from the tunnel. And is gonna move 30 feet. But then standing here in the place where he received his powers is gonna try one more time for divine intervention.

0:47:29 Brennan: You are going to roll this with advantage.

0:47:33 Lou: Okay. All right, here we go. First one. 15 (Lou sighs)

0:47:47 Siobhan: So close.

0:47:48 Brennan: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Pete, it's been, Pete-

0:47:54 Ally: Yeah, I could.

0:47:57 Brennan: 15 is within, you just need a three or a four on bend luck to move that 15 to a 12. Kingston's 12th level now.

0:48:07 Ally: Let's do it.

0:48:08 Brennan: Hell yeah.

0:48:09 Zac: Oh, it's by level.

0:48:11 Brennan: Yep. Roll that d4. Rolls a 4 (everyone cheers)

0:48:16 Brennan: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

0:48:22 Ally: Bend that luck!

0:48:23 Siobhan: The Voxes working together again.

0:48:26 Lou: I’m just gonna roll again just to see. The other one was 18. So we-

0:48:30 Emily: Yeah! (Brennan yells)

0:48:33 Brennan: Oh my God! My God!

0:48:36 Siobhan: I love this game!

0:48:37 Brennan: Kingston, you are walking, oh fuck. Oh fuck. Oh fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck.

0:48:46 Siobhan: I think Brennan just actually came.

0:48:48 Brennan: I came so hard. Don’t touch me.

0:48:49 Lou: That's try number 22. In game, that's the 22nd time I've rolled.

0:48:54 Ally: You're right.

0:48:56 Brennan: Do you know how unlikely a d4 is to be helpful on a d100 roll? Here's the deal. Kingston, you are walking to the place where you got the eternal token all those years ago. You look up and see your dear friend, Pete. You are about to have your child, and you look and think of how much your heart became open through your friendship to Pete. Pete, you look up and see the Vox coming here. This is a man who's lived his whole life in service of everybody else who's gonna finally get a chance to live his dream. With a tiny bit of magic, Pete, you look down and you're just gonna, and it's just a little bit of bending luck. There's this-

0:49:58 Zac: Shamrock on that guy.

0:50:01 Brennan: There's a little bit of bending luck. You think about the coin that was given to you by your great, great, great grandmother in that photograph. You think about all of the things that had to get you to this point. And you see something at Kingston's feet that Kingston is one half second away from not noticing until you reach out with your reaction to bend that luck and point to it. And Kingston, underneath the tokens, you hear a muffled, "brrr-ing, brrrr-ing. Brrr-ing, brrr-ing."

0:50:40 Lou: I reach into the tokens.

0:50:43 Brennan: Buried in the tokens is an ancient New York City payphone, and it's calling.

0:50:52 Lou: I pick it up.

0:50:57 New York: Hey, Kingston. Sorry we haven't been getting your calls. What is it that you need?

0:51:04 Kingston: It's all right. I'm sure you're busy. There's something real important here for me, and for this city. And I'd give a whole lot if you'd do everything in your power to stop Null from taking it away from me.

0:51:24 New York: Kingston, New York City's behind you. We got your back.

0:51:33 Brennan: Throughout New York City, today is the day where the first article gets published about the coverup of that warehouse worker's murder. People are outraged, in disbelief. Phones start ringing off the hook at City Council People's Offices. People move through the streets. A brick goes through the window of the Millennium Gladiator campus, and a full-scale riot breaks out. Letters arrive at corporate headquarters of Excelsior Home Dynamics that they've been discovered for fraud and a city attorney, Liz Herrera, is going to be taking them to court. At that same time, a class action lawsuit from thousands of people in the city citing health hazards from Cipher Energy Fluid gets filed by David Kugrich. All over the city people are talking. We see mail carriers delivering letters. In an upper East Side penthouse, the woman that Kingston spoke to on the subway goes,

0:52:50 UES Lady: I really should, I'm gonna call somebody. We should get people together and do something about this.

0:52:57 Brennan: In Crown Heights, Mike is talking to a bunch of other religious leaders, imams, rabbis, priests, saying,

0:53:04 Mike: We need to talk to our congregations and get people together because this company is not good for this city.

0:53:09 Brennan: And at a Gladiator shipping center, Josh Mendoza leads an entire warehouse full of workers off the floor in a mass spontaneous strike. The heart of the city beats. Kingston, you are glowing with more divine light than you have ever seen yourself radiate in this moment. Null is going to be defeated here. And you have never been more certain of anything in your life. For this miracle in this combat, you see Null twinge and get hurt as injunctions are filed, as people start screaming, huge public outcry, the loss of the Cloisters, the loss of Ellis Island, the loss of the carousel, the loss of homes and families and neighborhoods. The city turns against Gladiator in this moment, even though they don't recognize that magic has been done here, it has. The magic of the waking world and of this place. Here you move with the spirit of all New Yorkers behind you. All rolls for the rest of the combat will be done with advantage. (Ally cheers) All rolls for the rest of the combat will be done with advantage. Additionally, this is a divine intervention. The spirit of New York reaches out. All of you are going to have resistance against all forms of damage for the rest of the combat. (everyone laughs)

0:54:59 Zac: What?

0:55:00 Brennan: That's what I'm fucking talking about. (Brennan laughs)

0:55:05 Ally: Are, like, Perry, are like Juicy Cockroach, are their rolls going to be with advantage-

0:55:09 Brennan: Advantage. All with advantage. Every role that every of you-

0:55:13 Emily: Except for Null though. Null doesn't roll with advantage.

0:55:15 Brennan: No. Actually, you know what? This sundae, you deserve a cherry. Null will be rolling with disadvantage for the rest of the combat.

0:55:21 Ally: Yes! (Emily laughs)

0:55:24 Murph: Oh man.

0:55:25 Brennan: Make it count. When it's hard, you make it count.

0:55:28 Lou: Hey, 22 times. (Brennan laughs)

0:55:32 Brennan: Oh my God, I can't fuckin' believe that!

0:55:35 Ally: Wow, that's really beautiful.

0:55:40 Brennan: What the fuck? Yeah, hey Kingston, good turn. (Brennan laughs)

0:55:47 Kingston: Hey, everybody. It's gonna happen. Let's get to it. (everyone laughs)

0:55:53 Cody: Good job, Kingston. That was awesome. (everyone laughs) It was really cool, yeah.

0:56:00 Kingston: Wow. Cody, it's so nice to hear sincerity in your voice. It's not always there but when it is, it really means something, man.

0:56:11 Brennan: Incredible. Knowing that everything is gonna be okay, JJ rushes out to the door to join the fight. After JJ, now we go back to Unicorn, Perry, and Marty. Here we go. Everyone get ready. Okay, this is Unicorn. Rolls an 18 and a 3 18! Unicorn succeeds!

0:56:43 Emily: Yeah!

0:56:44 Brennan: The Unicorn just,

0:56:44 Unicorn: Kugrash, we need you! Come back to us! Please, sweet rat Jesus!

0:56:55 Brennan: That's the unicorn. Perry's gonna go. Remember, Perry has that bardic inspiration. Rolls a 3 and a 16 Okay, 16.

0:57:05 Ally: So close.

0:57:07 Brennan: But even a one puts him over! Rowan, you reach out to Perry. You reach out to Perry and he looks and says,

0:57:18 Perry: Am I doing it right? Rowan, does it seem like?

0:57:20 Rowan: You're doing fabulous, darling.

0:57:22 Brennan: You see, boom.

0:57:24 Perry: Kugrash, I miss you! And I really mean I miss you the person! Please come back!

0:57:32 Emily: Aw!

0:57:34 Brennan: Last one. This one's from Marty. Just needs the higher of these two to be a 17. Rolls a 12 and a 17 (Everyone cheers)

0:57:43 Murph: Oh my God!

0:57:46 Brennan: Holy shit! "Start spreading the news! Ba ba bada da dum." We're gonna move a baby into the center of-

0:58:00 Lou: You have a baby token? Y'all got a baby token? (Shows a baby token)

0:58:04 Siobhan: Oh! (Emily laughs)

0:58:09 Lou: Oh damn, Kendra. Oh, Kendra, you gotta stop with that. (everyone laughs)

0:58:17 Ally: Oh, Kingston's gonna have a baby.

0:58:23 Brennan: The dragon of Harlem is born. The new dragon of New York City. Doesn't know it's a dragon. Looks up to see that it is surrounded by a cockroach holding a toothpick staff, a very spicy pigeon, a unicorn, and a Faerie queen in a resplendent yellow pantsuit with a silver flag pin. The child of Kingston Brown and Liz Herrera looks up with wonder, and immediately you see the baby smile look up and begin to hear rumblings throughout the hoard. In the burlesque, every single drone explodes, disanimating and is gone. Null cringes over. The only thing keeping Null here in this moment is raw umbra. That is it. I cannot believe that that advantage led specifically to that. Rowan, that's your turn.

0:59:39 Siobhan: I'm gonna pick up that baby. (everyone laughs) Gonna pick up that baby. He's just sitting there on a pile of coins. He could eat one of those coins. (everyone laughs)

0:59:50 Lou: Protect this baby at all costs.

0:59:53 Siobhan: I will protect this baby at all costs.

0:59:58 Brennan: Our Faerie queen picks up this, how wonderful to have a sweet little mortal baby even if it's maybe deeply and profoundly magical, but-

1:00:08 Siobhan: Especially if it's deeply and profoundly magical, I think from my point of view.

1:00:14 Rowan: Kingston, I'm this baby's fairy godmother. I'm just letting you know!

1:00:19 Kingston: What? It happened?

1:00:20 Rowan: It happened, come in here! (everyone laughs)

1:00:24 Kingston: Okay.

1:00:25 Brennan: Oh my God, fairy godmother. It's perfect.

1:00:28 Ally: Kingston uses a legendary action.

1:00:31 Lou: Yes, do I have legendary actions too?

1:00:34 Ally: To run to your baby?

1:00:38 Brennan: Oh my God. So the dragon being back, you see that Null is, this is the thing that repels Null. Null winces, doubles over, vomits. And the last person it ate, an unconscious Iga Lisowski, appears on the floor in front of, or appears farther away from Null in the bank vault with two failed death saves.

1:01:09 Ally: Right.

1:01:12 Brennan: You realize the beings that Null has been devouring here in New York it's going to vomit out piece by piece until it, and then it's, this is it being destroyed. But we're going to continue moving through the initiative order-

1:01:32 Emily: Wouldn't Rowan still have, like, stuff she could do?

1:01:36 Brennan: Yeah, Rowan, you could still do stuff. Absolutely.

1:01:42 Siobhan: There's not an enormous amount of stuff I can do.

1:01:45 Ally: Yeah, I mean the baby. That was a fine turn.

1:01:47 Emily: Oh, sorry. I thought you had like cure wounds or something.

1:01:51 Siobhan: I mean, I do, but like cure wounds is touch, and I'm so far away from everybody.

1:01:56 Emily: I see.

1:01:59 Brennan: You know that this baby is not in any like danger. This baby, you guys did it. The baby is born. This baby being closer to Null hurts Null. This baby's not in any danger anymore.

1:02:15 Siobhan: So, I'll take my movement towards Null then with the baby.

1:02:21 Brennan: Incredible. Rowan, you pick up this sweet baby and are flanked by the spirits of New York. Marty jumps up on your shoulder, Perry flies overhead, and the unicorn trots by your side. Sofia, that's your turn.

1:02:37 Emily: Okay, is this Iga right here? Yeah. Okay. Is Dale still stunned?

1:02:43 Brennan: Dale is still stunned. Yes.

1:02:46 Emily: Okay, can I run over here, grab Dale, and then run over and casts Kingston's cure wounds on-

1:02:57 Murph: Oh my God!

1:03:01 Siobhan: What's his face will get an opportunity attack on me.

1:03:04 Brennan: That's okay. You start your turn within its annihilating aura. Give me a wisdom saving throw.

1:03:11 Zac: You have advantage.

1:03:12 Emily: Oh my God, I got a one but also a 19! Which becomes much higher.

1:03:19 Brennan: You take zero damage. The DC's 21. You peace out of there. Null's gonna take an attack with disadvantage. Seven.

1:03:29 Emily: If he hits me, I'll shield.

1:03:32 Brennan: I believe, seven plus 13. Yes, hits you. Shield?

1:03:38 Emily: Okay, shield.

1:03:39 Brennan: Misses you.

1:03:40 Emily: Cool, I want to grab Dale and get him out of the way of any of these people. Can I, like, do something like an athletics check or something to like-

1:03:49 Brennan: You hoist your beautiful husband over your shoulder. (Emily laughs)

1:03:55 Emily: And then I cast, what did you put into my leopard print cardigan, Kingston?

1:04:01 Lou: Level one cure wound.

1:04:02 Brennan: Level one cure wounds.

1:04:03 Emily: Okay. So, I cast four plus Kingston's spell casting modifier on Iga. Lou holds up 5 fingers (Siobhan gasps)

1:04:13 Brennan: Iga, you awaken.

1:04:16 Iga: What happened? What had happened? Why are we in the-

1:04:19 Sofia: Iga, remember when I came in so many times and talked about my ex-husband? I mean my dead husband, this is him. Meet Dale.

1:04:31 Iga: Hi, Dale, it's so nice to meet you. (Emily laughs) (Brennan mumbles)

1:04:38 Sofia: I forgot he's stunned right now.

1:04:39 Iga: He looks nice. He looks so nice.

1:04:41 Dale: Me and my wife are chosen ones. We're the chosen two. Two chosen ones. Double, double chosen ones.

1:04:54 Brennan: That is Sofia's turn. Incredible!

1:04:57 Siobhan: Should I roll initiative?

1:05:00 Brennan: I have you in the initiative already.

1:05:02 Siobhan: Oh, great.

1:05:03 Brennan: That would have been the wraiths' turn to hit everybody, but those wraiths are gone, baby.

1:05:08 Lou: Yeah, yeah!

1:05:12 Brennan: Oh my fuckin' God. Pete, that is your turn.

1:05:16 Ally: I take two steps forward, and I cast disintegrate on Null. And he has disadvantage on his dex save.

1:05:26 Emily: Yeah!

1:05:28 Brennan: Hell yes. Okay. Null, is there anything sneaky you can do? You're such an important bad guy. Hold on. Oh my God. How far away is Pete from Null?

1:05:44 Ally: 60.

1:05:46 Brennan: Okay, Null's gonna hit you with a counter spell. Gonna roll this with disadvantage as Null rolls everything. Disintegrate is what level?

1:05:56 Ally: Six.

1:05:57 Brennan: Six.

1:05:57 Emily: Can you twin spell it and hit him twice?

1:06:02 Ally: I don't have the sorcery points. I would need six to do that.

1:06:06 Zac: Yeah, twin spell's expensive.

1:06:08 Brennan: Seven. Null does not counter the spell. Uses its reaction. It's gonna roll dex save with disadvantage. The dex save here is gonna be… What does Null get? Plus four. Needs the lower of these two to be a 13. Rolls 17 and a 4 That's a four, baby. Failed the save.

1:06:36 Ally: Here comes damage! (Brennan laughs) 81 points of damage. (All exclaiming)

1:06:43 Siobhan: Oh my God.

1:06:51 Brennan: Pete, you stride forward. You stride forward. What does Pete say as he hits Null square in the chest with this disintegrate?

1:07:02 Ally: I think I'm feeling extra connected to Kingston right now, and I almost feel like maybe I got a whiff of this, like, like the city is really just coming together almost like when your skin pushes out a splinter. Just like realizing something is wrong and getting rid of it, and that is the intention that I have when I'm like. Goodbye!

1:07:26 Zac: Can I throw Pete the apple?

1:07:27 Brennan: Pete, you hit Null deep in its chest and fill it with color. You rip a portal open in Null and heal the Sixth Borough through Null as a portal. You see the Sixth Borough comes back together, and Null vomits out its second most recent victim Nod, the gray orphan who screams into the Sixth Borough and says,

1:08:00 Nod: Thanks, Pete! I always knew you'd do it! (Ally laughs)

1:08:05 Ally: Wow, so much energy just out of his mouth. (Brennan laughs) Just got barfed out, and you're on top of the world. I love you, Nod.

1:08:18 Brennan: Null has gone from being a horrifying entity of beyond to now looking hurt-hurt. Like, you are perceiving tatters and injury in the fabric of this extra dimensional being. That is going to be Iga. Oh, sorry, no, no, no. That's Null. Null goes first. Okay. Null is going to move forward into this space. Actually gonna move right here.

1:08:49 Zac: Cody, did you get an opportunity attack?

1:08:51 Murph: We don't get opportunity attacks, do we?

1:08:53 Brennan: You both get opportunity attacks.

1:08:55 Zac: I used my reaction earlier to do-

1:08:56 Brennan: Cool.

1:09:00 Murph: Okay, I'm absolutely gonna go all out.

1:09:02 Zac: Just this once...

1:09:05 Emily: You have advantage remember.

1:09:06 Murph: Just this one time.

1:09:07 Lou: Freak out on it, dude.

1:09:09 Murph: I'm gonna take a shot with advantage. I'm not gonna do great weapon master. That is a 24 to hit before bless. 27 to hit with bless

1:09:22 Brennan: 27's going to do it. Absolutely.

1:09:25 Murph: Sweet. And then I will do a third level divine smite.

1:09:32 Zac: You have a third level spell left? Oh my God.

1:09:36 Emily: Ooh, let's see another person get vomited out.

1:09:40 Murph: Okay, so what is, third level is five d8?

1:09:43 Brennan: Third level's five d8, yep. Or no, four d8.

1:09:47 Murph: It's four d8. So it's yeah. Okay, so roll two d6 plus it's-

1:09:55 Brennan: Five d8.

1:09:56 Murph: It's five d8 but with improved divine smite, is it? No, you're right, it's five. Okay, five d8 plus 10.

1:10:06 Ally: 40.

1:10:07 Murph: 40 damage.

1:10:09 Brennan: You slash into Null as it passes by you. A perfect infernal backstab as this thing moves by you. It is going to use a mind blast. I'm gonna need intelligence saving throws from Iga, Sofia, and Pete.

1:10:37 Ally: Whoa.

1:10:38 Brennan: All these are made with advantage.

1:10:41 Emily: And blessed.

1:10:46 Ally: It's only a plus one.

1:10:49 Emily: I'm definitely gonna fail.

1:10:50 Siobhan: 14.

1:10:51 Ally: 10.

1:10:53 Siobhan: Oh, do I have? I don't think I do. I have nothing left from when I was-

1:10:57 Ally: So that's a 10 as my first roll.

1:11:01 Emily: I got an eight.

1:11:02 Siobhan: Okay, so to the 10 I'm gonna add a d6 which is my bless.

1:11:05 Brennan: Okay.

1:11:06 Ally: So that's 12.

1:11:08 Brennan: Okay. (Emily laughs)

1:11:10 Emily: Say it in an excited way and hopefully you'll trick Brennan into thinking-

1:11:12 Siobhan: Oh, so that's 12. Oh cool, that's 12.

1:11:15 Emily: I actually got an eight.

1:11:17 Ally: That's actually pretty good. That's a 12.

1:11:20 Brennan: Okay. So Sofia, Pete, what did Sofia get?

1:11:26 Emily: Eight.

1:11:27 Brennan: Eight. Pete got 12. Dale also failed. what did Iga get?

1:11:32 Siobhan: 14.

1:11:33 Brennan: 14. Okay. You feel this thing reaching out. You can either, again, choose to give in to the stunned effect or give up one of your six ability scores.

1:11:44 Emily: I'll give up my strength.

1:11:46 Siobhan: Yeah, I'm giving up my strength as well. Nothing I need for strength.

1:11:50 Brennan: So everyone there is going to take 22 damage.

1:11:57 Siobhan: I'm down again.

1:11:58 Emily: It's okay, but at least you don't have two death saves now.

1:12:01 Siobhan: Yes.

1:12:04 Ally: Ooh, that was fun to watch, barely anything get taken away because of that temp HP.

1:12:09 Brennan: Love that.

1:12:10 Ally: I will also do strength as well.

1:12:13 Brennan: All of you feel that Null feels itself losing its grasp on New York. It knows it's being driven out into the deeper dreaming. It's not about New York anymore. It's about taking you out to the deep sea with it.

1:12:26 Emily: Oh.

1:12:28 Brennan: It is saying, "if you will drive me out, I will make you pay." And you give up your strength. Dale-

1:12:38 Emily: Dale is already stunned.

1:12:39 Brennan: Already stunned. He stays stunned, yeah.

1:12:42 Ally: Oh. Is this the first? Yeah, this is the first time I've been hit. I think I have to roll for concentration for that banishment.

1:12:49 Brennan: Yes, go for it.

1:12:52 Ally: Is that with advantage as well?

1:12:53 Brennan: Yeah, you guys only roll with advantage because of Kingston now.

1:12:56 Ally: Absolutely incredible. That's a nine. Hell yeah, that's 18.

1:13:03 Brennan: You maintain concentration. That's the end of Null's turn. Iga, that's you.

1:13:08 Siobhan: I roll a death save.

1:13:11 Brennan: You roll with advantage by the way.

1:13:14 Ally: Incredible.

1:13:15 Brennan: Everything rolled with advantage.

1:13:21 Siobhan: 18.

1:13:22 Brennan: That is a success. Next up is going to be Esther. Esther is going to run up. She's going to double up on chain lightning.

1:13:38 Murph: Nice.

1:13:43 Brennan: Hits Null for 55 points, halved 'cause Null makes the save even with disadvantage.

1:13:51 Zac: Oh, were people taking a half damage on the magic?

1:13:55 Brennan: Oh shit, everyone should've taken half damage on that attack because you all have resistance to damage.

1:14:00 Siobhan: I still would have gone down.

1:14:01 Brennan: Cool, cool. And Esther fries these drones behind with the chain lightning. Cody, that's gonna be you.

1:14:12 Murph: Sweet. Let's go kick this thing's ass. Let's take the moped. Drive it dangerously close to this portal. (everyone laughs) And takes-

1:14:30 Ricky: Just be so careful. Just be so careful. (Murph laughs) (Murph yells)

1:14:35 Murph: I'm going to, believe it or not, go all out again.

1:14:39 Brennan: Incredible.

1:14:40 Lou: Freak out on them.

1:14:41 Murph: Actually, no, you know what? I'm not gonna… I only have two slots left, so I'll smite on each one if I hit. So, I will make my first attack. That is a 20 to hit. Plus a blessed 21. Sweet. I will do last third level spell slot...

1:15:04 Lou: My man was just hangin'.

1:15:06 Murph: It was five d8 we said?

1:15:07 Brennan: Yep.

1:15:08 Murph: Plus two d6. Oh, I'll move my hex to Null to make it three d6 and then plus 10.

1:15:20 Brennan: Jesus. 40 damage, you fuck Null up. Go ahead and roll again.

1:15:28 Murph: Okay. That one is a, that's even higher to hit. That's like a nat 16. So like 26.

1:15:42 Brennan: 26 to hit? Yeah, you hit. Go for it.

1:15:45 Murph: Yeah, okay. And then the last one, second level smite, my last spell. So that's four d8 plus three d6. Another 40. (Brennan sighs)

1:16:04 Brennan: Cody, what is Cody looking like as he lays into this monstrosity?

1:16:09 Cody: Gladiator, get the fuck out of our city, you fucking piece of shit!

1:16:14 Murph: I throw a Big Gulp into the portal. (Brennan laughs)

1:16:18 Brennan: Ricky. Oh, I'm gonna need wisdom saves from Ricky and Cody by the way.

1:16:23 Siobhan: Advantage. Oh, unless you've taken more than 20.

1:16:28 Lou: Still advantage.

1:16:29 Zac: We still have advantage, right?

1:16:30 Siobhan: Oh yeah, you have advantage anyway.

1:16:32 Lou: Advantage no matter what.

1:16:34 Siobhan: No matter what.

1:16:36 Lou: The gods are on our side.

1:16:37 Zac: 18.

1:16:38 Murph: 28.

1:16:40 Brennan: 28, 18 for Ricky?

1:16:42 Zac: Yes.

1:16:43 Brennan: Okay. Ricky, at the beginning of your turn, you are gonna take ten d6 psychic damage.

1:16:56 Zac: Is this gonna be halved?

1:16:57 Brennan: This is gonna be halved. You take 15 points of damage.

1:17:02 Zac: Okay.

1:17:03 Brennan: What's Ricky at right now?

1:17:05 Zac: Ricky is at 70. (everyone laughs)

1:17:09 Murph: Oh my God, so tough.

1:17:10 Brennan: Fun and fancy free, baby. Cool, Ricky, take your turn.

1:17:13 Zac: Ricky's going to step in to Null, but step past Null to right here. And he is going to, you know, two sides of the same coin, fire and ice. (Murph laughs) Take three attacks on Null with advantage, right?

1:17:33 Brennan: Hell yeah.

1:17:36 Zac: Like, a 26 on the first one.

1:17:38 Brennan: That hits.

1:17:41 Zac: 23 without bless.

1:17:45 Brennan: 23's gonna hit.

1:17:46 Zac: And then last one is, was really hoping I would crit, was a 20. With bless that would be a 24.

1:17:57 Brennan: Yeah, you hit all three times.

1:17:59 Zac: Okay. Oh, I'm gonna hit my stopwatch first, and I'm gonna use lay on hands on Iga to give her 20 HP. (Brennan gasps)

1:18:11 Brennan: Hell yes.

1:18:12 Murph: Brilliant.

1:18:13 Zac: And then I'll do my attack, so I don't know if that matters?

1:18:19 Brennan: It does. Yes, absolutely.

1:18:21 Zac: And so that would be-

1:18:23 Siobhan: My max HP is 19. So he could give me fewer than that.

1:18:27 Ally: Forgot about that.

1:18:28 Zac: I'll give you 19.

1:18:29 Siobhan: Great.

1:18:31 Zac: What is this gonna be? Six d6 of lightning damage plus, and I'm gonna divine smite as well. And that's my last first level spell slot. So that's… Four d8 plus Four d8, right? It's eight d8.

1:18:51 Brennan: Hell yeah.

1:18:52 Zac: Plus 21.

1:18:55 Brennan: Jesus Christ. (everyone laughs)

1:18:59 Zac: 92

1:19:03 Ally: That's such a good roll!

1:19:05 Murph: Such a sick combo.

1:19:07 Zac: Oh my God. Pretty good rolls. Pretty good rolls.

1:19:10 Lou: Wow.

1:19:11 Ally: I'm feet away, and I just go,

1:19:12 Pete: Fire 'n ice. (everyone laughs)

1:19:16 Siobhan: It's like that gum.

1:19:18 Ally: Just like that gum.

1:19:20 Brennan: Cody and Ricky, Null is being just, ping ponging back and forth between your blades. You've done 80 and 92 points of damage to this thing. It is hanging on by the barest of tatters. At the end of each of your turns, it's gonna take swings with disadvantage. Misses Ricky bad. Hits Cody. Cody, go ahead. You take 11, Cody, you take 25 points of damage.

1:20:03 Murph: Halved, right?

1:20:04 Brennan: Halved, yes.

1:20:04 Murph: Okay. So 12?

1:20:07 Brennan: 12, that's correct. I'm gonna say-

1:20:14 Murph: I love the idea of doing like a cool-ass combo and still like looking the other way. And then just getting punched in the back of the head. (everyone laughs)

1:20:21 Cody: Oh, fuck!

1:20:24 Brennan: I'm gonna say, because Sofia and Ricky both cast healing spells on Iga, I am going to let Iga reroll initiative for this combat. Go ahead and roll initiative right now.

1:20:39 Siobhan: Okay. 21. I rolled a nat 20. Useless nat 20.

1:20:48 Brennan: I love it. Iga, you flicker wake up. You may act before these delivery drones act. There's the last couple in the hall here charging. You see them charging. You see Null is looking fucked up. It is your turn.

1:21:07 Siobhan: Well, if Null is looking fucked up then I will Eldritch blast Null.

1:21:12 Brennan: Hell yes. Go for it.

1:21:15 Iga: You think you can put me in some gray void for an unspecified length of time that I don't really, I don't, I'm gonna hit you.

1:21:27 Siobhan: Wait, with advantage. I mean, I think they all hit anyway. I got, like, 21 is my lowest.

1:21:38 Brennan: Incredible.

1:21:40 Siobhan: Let me just make sure that I don't crit. I do not. So that's roll three d10 plus 19.

1:22:00 Lou: Okay.

1:22:01 Siobhan: 43 damage. How's it lookin'?

1:22:04 Brennan: Iga, you stand to your feet, and this thing that had imprisoned you, you stand up healed, look past Sofia and hit Null. You see a gate opens up behind you. A young boy with a sword and a portal opened by a young wizard opens up behind you as Nick and Jess rush out behind you. Jess covers you in an abjurative ward as Nick rushes forward with his sword and says,

1:22:37 Nick: Get away from my mom, you creep!

1:22:41 Brennan: And all the stories that were and all the stories that will be flash out of you into Null. I'm gonna write down how many hit points Null has left on a piece of paper right now. 'Cause it's an absolutely goofy fucking number.

1:23:03 Siobhan: In which case, I press my watch. (Brennan laughs) And I go again and as I'm shooting these Eldritch blasts, I say to Null,

1:23:17 Iga: Once upon a time there was a man who dreamed of having a child.

1:23:26 Siobhan: Two of those hit. Let's see if with advantage. Oh yeah, I hit three times. Brennan holds up a piece of paper but the digital background blocks it out

1:23:47 Brennan: One hit point left.

1:23:48 Siobhan: We cannot see it. (everyone laughs) Absolutely not.

1:23:57 Lou: It's not there.

1:23:58 Emily: We can't see it. We really can't see it. Brennan moves the paper back so you can see the paper but not what is written on it

1:24:02 Brennan: Oh, here it is. One.

1:24:05 Lou: You gotta use a thicker marker.

1:24:08 Emily: The insinuation was there that it was gonna be one. (everyone laughs)

1:24:13 Brennan: Null is blasted into the deep dreaming as Eldritch blasts. The power of story reaches out sending Null spiraling through space. As it convulses in its death throes, we are going to end this round of combat. Dale is going to roll his save. On a nat 20 Dale comes out of stunned!

1:24:46 Emily: Yay! How's he looking?

1:24:49 Sofia: Hon, please eat this apple.

1:24:51 Dale: Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:24:53 Brennan: Kingston, you're our last PC in the initiative order for this round. You see Iga putting the final death blow on Null. You hear a couple of drones behind. There's four drones left in the hallway. What does Kingston do?

1:25:12 Lou: I think there's just like a moment, 'cause like I can see everyone now, like everyone's in the room where I think Kingston just looks at all of his friends who fought so hard, one, for the city, but also for this dream. And then I think he turns around and looks at JJ and is like,

1:25:34 Kingston: Hey man, will you film this? Liz is going to be so mad if I don't film this.

1:25:43 Brennan: JJ screens up a little cantrip. He's like,

1:25:46 JJ: Got it. Do you want me to focus on the extra planar being being banished back to the depths of dreaming or you and the baby?

1:25:51 Kingston: Me and the baby. I don't think Liz, is just, I'm just gonna tell Liz that we beat Null. This is the important part.

1:26:03 Brennan: Rowan emerges from the vault followed by the three spirits of New York. And I think also by a scintillating bit of starlight as the totems summon Kugrash himself who appears in this moment. Kingston, you see Rowan walk out with the sweetest baby in the world.

1:26:32 Kingston: That him or her? I'm not sure.

1:26:37 Rowan: You want me to check?

1:26:40 Kingston: I just, I don't know. I don't know. Just bring him.

1:26:44 Ally: From the other room I yell,

1:26:44 Pete: Gender is a construct!

1:26:47 Kingston: I know that! I said it and then I didn't know.

1:26:53 Pete: Fuckin' essentialist ass baby. Holy motherfucker. What, are you gonna have a gender reveal party, Kingston?

1:27:01 Kingston: No, I'm not gonna have a gender reveal party!

1:27:04 Pete: With pink fireworks, motherfucker!

1:27:07 Kingston: I'm sorry! I never thought I'd have a child and here it is, okay? I'm sorry. I've falling back into my ways. You know I'm working on it!

1:27:16 Brennan: Null vanishes in this moment. (everyone laughs)

1:27:20 Ally: Null's like, “That's a lot. Loaded” (everyone laughs)

1:27:24 Brennan: All of you gather here in the antechamber of the hoard of the Dragon of Bleecker Street. You see Rowan has the baby and approaches Kingston flanked by these three spirits and the scintillating spirit of Kugrash behind them. Cody and Ricky, your weapons still fiery. Sofia still over Dale's body. Iga, you have your two children here. Esther rushes over to Ricky. Pete, you're still here. And JJ is filming the whole thing. You are gathered here. Kingston, you look down at your baby who looks up at you, and though this baby does not have a internal appreciation of gender at this moment because it is in fact a baby, the child that will grow into your son is handed into your arms.

1:28:34 Lou: Yeah, I hold him. And I guess I,

1:28:43 Kingston: Hello? Hello? Hello?

1:28:47 Brennan: The baby-

1:28:48 Kingston: Is this what you do with a baby? I don't know what's happening right now.

1:28:51 Emily: Sofia's horrified 'cause if the baby speaks, that's terrifying.

1:28:55 Lou: I think there's also, that's what's going through Kingston's head is that at any moment the baby could like go full dragon. Like, it's having like flashbacks to the dragon queen turning into a big dragon. He's just kind of holding it, like honestly like waiting for the baby to make the first move.

1:29:14 Brennan: Go ahead and give me an insight check, Kingston.

1:29:19 Lou: Insight check on this baby. That's gonna be, I got a 29 on an insight check for this baby.

1:29:29 Brennan: This baby is looking up at you and reaches its hands out and just grabs with like surprisingly strong little baby hands, just grabs at your face, starts to like, is just interested in your mouth and your face. And on a 29 insight check, you remember what Kugrash said was the thing that the Dragon of Bleecker Street most regretted, which was that it didn't live a human life and so didn't understand the importance of human people. And you look at a baby that should probably one day understand that it is a spirit that is healing and protecting New York by its very presence. But that it might not need to know that for many years and probably would be a lot better at doing his magical job if he knew what it was like to lead a normal human life.

1:30:46 Lou: Ah, I think with that, like, going through my head, I think I just hold the baby. Oh, man.

1:30:56 Kingston: You don't and I don't even know what you're going to become, but for now you're mine. Hey, I want you all to meet Langston Brown.

1:31:06 Ally: Oh!

1:31:09 Lou: And I just start walking him around and being like,

1:31:12 Kingston: All right, so this is your fairy godmother, Rowan. (everyone laughs)

1:31:16 Siobhan: I kiss him because it's part of my job. It's the best part of my job is kissing babies.

1:31:22 Kingston: This is your Uncle Dale. Who we didn't know if you were gonna have an uncle Dale until today, but you are. (everyone laughs)

1:31:36 Brennan: You all gather together around adorable Langston. Triumphant, light gleaming everywhere. You see as Langston is named, he smiles. He looks kinda tired. It's been a big day and he leans his head and just closes his eyes and is calm here. And you see as Langston exhales the hoard glitters. History appears. You see the hoard comes to life. Coins whip everywhere. The last four drones are shredded by subway tokens as you all witness this miracle. Kingston, you know that you'll always be able to find this subway station. And one day years from now, it'll probably fall to you to show it to Langston. But right now Langston's just asleep on your shoulder.

1:32:35 Lou: On my, oh, like this. Not like, I thought-

1:32:38 Emily: Like a fireman carry

1:32:41 Ally: Like a bird.

1:32:42 Lou: Is this how y'all carry a baby? (everyone laughs)

1:32:47 Emily: I don't know, maybe.

1:32:49 Brennan: You look out. You see the three spirits come over. Marty goes,

1:32:57 Marty: Hey, look at that fuckin' kid. Look at that little dragon.

1:33:02 Kingston: Hey Marty. Marty, can you watch your language just a little bit? I mean-

1:33:06 Marty: Oh, shit. Yeah, fuck, I'm sorry.

1:33:08 Sofia: Wait, do we all have to watch our fuckin' language?

1:33:12 Kingston: I mean, hey-

1:33:13 Rowan: I'm not watching my fucking language.

1:33:14 Cody: Oh, shit, I'm sorry, Kingston.

1:33:17 Ricky: I'm gonna watch my language.

1:33:19 Cody: Shit, I'm sorry, Langston. I'm sorry, Kingston.

1:33:22 Brennan: You see Perry goes over and goes,

1:33:30 Perry: If ever the child needs anything, I'm here reporting for duty. I'm glad the city has a spicy pigeon again.

1:33:38 Brennan: And the unicorn smiles as well says,

1:33:41 Unicorn: Happy for all of us to be able to watch over.

1:33:43 Brennan: And you see all of them look for a moment like they could fade back now that their magic has, like, returned to hatch this new dragon into the world. But they also look up at Kugrash floating there for a moment. And I will leave it up to Kugrash if you think, you see these three spirits gathered here, and the question remains about like, if these three spirits should be left here to tend to the people of New York City. And if so, who if anyone would like hold Kugrash's mantle? But I think Kugrash you're also here, like, looking over Langston and these three spirits as well.

1:34:41 Murph: Yeah, I think first things first, I think Kugrash the starry shitty rat I think is gonna just kinda look over the whole scene and go,

1:34:51 Kugrash: Congratulations, Kingston. It's just about the most beautiful God damn thing I've ever seen, and I've literally seen everything. (everyone laughs)

1:35:02 Kingston: Well, thank you for being here. I can't imagine doing this without you and literally could not have done this without you.

1:35:09 Kugrash: Hey, literally I wouldn't exist if it weren't for you and for everybody here. Kingston, what do you think about the spicy pigeon, the juicy cockroach, and the unicorn? You think they should stick around or?

1:35:27 Kingston: Hey, not to keep pimpin' this decision off to people, but I mean, Ricky, you feel like you have the most connection to these three beings.

1:35:36 Ricky: Oh gosh.

1:35:37 Sofia: Ricky, I wanted to say, I know you don't love the aesthetic of-

1:35:40 Kugrash: I know you're not loving the aesthetic.

1:35:43 Sofia: I'm sure Kugrash already knows I was gonna offer this 'cause he knows everything. I'll take over the mantle 'cause I know it's not your style, if you want that.

1:35:53 Ricky: Sorry, you would take the mantle? Is that what you're saying?

1:35:57 Sofia: Yeah 'cause I know you weren't. at least you didn't overtly seemed too jazzed about it.

1:36:03 Zac: Ricky's like trying to decide if that is rude, but desperately wants that to be true. (everyone laughs)

1:36:12 Kugrash: You absolutely can't trick me.

1:36:15 Emily: Sofia reads this and then says,

1:36:17 Sofia: Actually, Ricky, you know what? It's something I selfishly have desired for myself. When it first happened to you I felt so covetous. It was disgusting feeling. Oh, I wish for this mantle. Please, Ricky, please! I am but a pregnant woman reduced to desperation.

1:36:37 Zac: Ricky bows.

1:36:40 Ricky: If you must. Please take it.

1:36:47 Kugrash: Yeah, Marty.

1:36:50 Murph: I turn to the juicy cockroach.

1:36:53 Kugrash: You wouldn't happen to be looking for a First Fist of the Order of Rat Jesus would you?

1:37:01 Marty: Oh shit, yeah! Hey Sofia, you wanna be First Fist of our fuckin' hot dog cart?

1:37:07 Sofia: Yeah, yeah. As long as Dale doesn't think less of me.

1:37:11 Brennan: Dale looks over and says,

1:37:14 Dale: Sweetheart, why would I think less of you?

1:37:16 Sofia: Well, it's gonna be a brutal commute 'cause I'm gonna have to go all the way up to Grand Central Terminal, get turned tiny just to go into work.

1:37:24 Dale: Gotcha, well that is a shlep for sure.

1:37:26 Sofia: Yeah.

1:37:27 Kugrash: They could probably just call on you. Everything's very magical. You don't have to like go in every day necessarily.

1:37:33 Brennan: You see that, Sofia, you are surrounded by the spirit of the unicorn, the spicy pigeon, and the juicy cockroach. Unicorn says,

1:37:42 Unicorn: As long as someone is here to tend to the forgotten of New York, we will be there at their side.

1:37:48 Brennan: Perry says,

1:37:48 Perry: It's very fitting. I know that you and Kugrash were very close, so it feels beautiful honestly.

1:37:56 Brennan: Marty says,

1:37:56 Marty: Yeah also, we don't know shit about karate, so if you could just- (everyone laughs)

1:38:02 Sofia: I will teach you self defense. We'll start with that and then we can go to offense.

1:38:06 Marty: Okay, we don't know fuckin' dick about shit, so that's great.

1:38:12 Murph: I think also Kugrash-

1:38:13 Sofia: I need a boon though. I'm gonna need a fuckin' boon from you, Kugrash. Kugrash, I'm a wife and a soon to be mother, I can't smell like shit. (Brennan and Siobhan laugh)

1:38:27 Kugrash: All right, one last time.

1:38:29 Murph: And I would like to give her very sweet smelling trash bag shoes. (everyone laughs)

1:38:37 Brennan: You get those like pre Febreezed trash bags.

1:38:40 Kugrash: Oh, these are good trash bags, Sof. Congratulations.

1:38:46 Murph: I also do want to say to Ricky as Kugrash, I think like just to like him in his head I wanna be like,

1:38:54 Kugrash: And thanks for carrying on my legacy, Ricky. I look forward to you continuing it. but you don't have to hang out with a pigeon.

1:39:02 Ricky: Yeah, I just wanted to be-

1:39:03 Kugrash: A cockroach. Yeah, yeah.

1:39:05 Ricky: I definitely still want to help. I just don't know that-

1:39:09 Kugrash: You don't love the aesthetics. You don't love that side of it. That's cool.

1:39:13 Ricky: That's true.

1:39:14 Kugrash: It's all right.

1:39:16 Brennan: The three spirits swirl around young Langston, swirl around Sofia as well. Someone who will not only protect the people in the city that need protecting and help people in the city that need helping, but also by attending to those people, keep the city even more secure against the encroachment of beings like Null. The spirits bless Sofia. Kugrash vanishes on the wind. Dale smiles-

1:39:46 Sofia: Can I just, like, mostly get the smell of the unicorn? (everyone laughs) I'm really concerned about this.

1:39:53 Ally: The smell of a horse?

1:39:54 Siobhan: Bath and Body spray.

1:39:57 Murph: Yeah, in addition to the bags, I just, I spray the unicorn with like a powerful cologne to overpower the cockroach and the spicy pigeon.

1:40:07 Brennan: Incredible, beautiful, triumphant. Iga, your two kids latch onto you, hugging you so tightly. Esther comes over to you, Ricky, and smiles and says,

1:40:19 Esther: You were awesome, sweetheart. That was-

1:40:23 Ricky: I mean, you're having a baby. We're having a baby.

1:40:27 Esther: I wanted to talk to you about it. I would like to have a baby. And I think that would be wonderful for our lives.

1:40:36 Ricky: I think that'd be wonderful too.

1:40:39 Iga: Esther, if you want to go jewelry shopping with me. (Emily laughs) I don't think he's gonna get it on his own.

1:40:45 Ricky: Can I ask a question? Why do people keep talking about jewelry? (everyone laughs)

1:40:51 Iga: Like, I say. I don't think he's gonna get it on his own.

1:40:54 Ally: I look at Ricky and I'm like. (pointing to ring finger)

1:40:58 Zac: Ricky tries to rip the apple in half like it's a ring box. (Zac laughs)

1:41:04 Brennan: You rip the apple in half, there's a beautiful engagement ring inside the apple. (everyone laughs)

1:41:09 Zac: I knew it.

1:41:11 Brennan: Esther screams. She says,

1:41:13 Esther: Yes, I do! I say yes! How did you know there would be a ring in there?

1:41:20 Ricky: I had a dream. (everyone laughs)

1:41:23 Emily: I turn to Dale and I say,

1:41:23 Sofia: Spit out the apple. Spit out the apple.

1:41:28 Brennan: He says,

1:41:28 Dale: Oh.

1:41:30 Brennan: And you see, he spits it out, it's just one of your guys' wedding rings. And he's like,

1:41:34 Dale: How'd that get in the apple?

1:41:36 Sofia: I don't know.

1:41:39 Brennan: Incredible. Much merriment is had. New York is saved. You guys leave from this place. As you walk out the hall, you hear Tammany calls out after you,

1:41:53 Tammany: Good luck out there. Congrats to everybody.

1:41:55 Emily: I punch him. (everyone laughs)

1:41:58 Tammany: Ow, that's a real firecracker of a lady I tell ya. I'll be waiting. I'll always be waiting. Season three! (everyone laughs)

1:42:12 Sofia: I'm sorry I have no context for that.

1:42:16 Ally: Like a bird cage.

1:42:21 Emily: I don't understand.

1:42:22 Lou: It's in a cage.

1:42:24 Brennan: You guys all walk out, and we're gonna cut into the epilogue of our beautiful story here. Kingston's divine intervention continues to manifest through the holidays, into the new year. Enormous demonstrations happen every day until eventually it gets to a point where the public sabotage, just like neighborhood kids putting bricks through windows. The huge public relations disaster. And it gets to the point where Gladiator retreats from the Millennium campus and does not go forward with plans to demolish the Queens Center Mall and abandons it to slink off into the shadows. And though that arm of Null is still out there in the world, New York is safe and the good work continues. Cody, the plans for the Queens Center Mall, it is still shut down. You feel Kingston's divine intervention as Vox Populi working for the city. And you with your sort of infernal sense can feel it moving the Queens Center Mall away from going back to being a mall again, towards something else. What does Cody do with that?

1:44:08 Murph: I think Cody would like to, through magical means or otherwise, try to help bring back Fairyland.

1:44:26 Brennan: Cody, you meet again with Lucifer after the fight. Lucifer, first of all removes the Jersey Devil from your soul. And says,

1:44:40 Lucifer: This guy's a fuckin' douchebag.

1:44:43 Brennan: And flings him back.

1:44:46 Cody: You're so fuckin' powerful you can just flick away devils. It's awesome.

1:44:51 Brennan: Jersey Devil says,

1:44:52 Jersey Devil: Bro, I'm gonna go fuck up that Cipher plant in the Pine Barrens, dude. You're right. I fuckin' talked to Bazathrax. Fuckin' it sucks that there's that fuckin' plant there. I'm gonna get people, we're gonna fuckin' roll squad deep on that shit, dude.

1:45:06 Cody: That's a solid plan. That's actually super solid. Thank you, Jersey Devil.

1:45:09 Jersey Devil: Yeah, man, Bazathrax talked me through it. You got a good effect on that guy, dude. We were doing monster bong rips in your soul. (everyone laughs)

1:45:19 Cody: All right, cool. Thanks, Bazathrax. (everyone laughs) Yeah, go ahead. Go do it. Get the fuck outta here, dude.

1:45:26 Brennan: Yeah, Bazathrax says,

1:45:27 Bazathraz: Yeah, dude, you know, you rubbed off on me, dude. Like, Gladiator is shit, dude. It's fuckin' shit, dude. They don't want you and your friends to talk about real good wrestlers or real good music and fuckin' do monster bong rips in the fuckin' rec room.

1:45:43 Cody: That one's more you, but yeah, totally. That last one is just you, yeah.

1:45:48 Bazathrax: Yeah, for sure, dude. All right, listen, I could hit up some people to come into the city this weekend if you want. I know some real fucked up losers who could come in and show us a real good time. (everyone laughs) Yeah, I learned my lesson, dude. I learned. I learned my lesson.

1:46:06 Brennan: And Cody, I think Cody goes to some city council meetings and some public hearings with real estate developers alongside Kingston. And Cody, I think you meet up on a night, probably like, you know, like a couple, maybe like two years after the events of this. And we'll move a couple of years into the future here. This is some heavy downtime. The nice thing was Fairyland took up way less space than the entire Queens Center Mall which means that this area is picked for, has a lot of housing come back to the neighborhood. And there's a bunch of housing here. A lot of which is given out to people in need. And Rusty, Ricky's old friend from Helping Hands, finds himself living in one of the apartments here for the homeless that just- is given city housing. He smiles and on the day that Fairyland is rechristened, everyone in the neighborhood gets this beloved old amusement park back. And you see that, Rowan, you finally have established your entryway into Queens here for your new Fae realm in this wonderful amusement park where kids can come and feel that touch of fairy excitement and whimsy right around the corner from their own home.

1:47:43 Rowan: And it's an up and coming kind of a borough. You know, it's got some heat. Manhattan is dead. Nobody wants to be in Manhattan anymore. It's full of bankers and boring people.

1:47:54 Zac: Please don't gentrify it. (everyone laughs)

1:47:59 Murph: Cody gets ready to throw a Big Gulp at Rowan. (everyone laughs) I also think, I think Cody fully works at Fairyland 'cause he definitely has the energy of like dude who runs the rollercoaster and is like,

1:48:12 Cody: You know, I can make it go fast as fuck if you want. (everyone laughs)

1:48:17 Ally: That's so real.

1:48:18 Brennan: Cody the Night Angel is definitely a carny at Fairyland. And you-

1:48:27 Ally: Everyone you work with is so goth and sick to you. That guy rules. Oh my god, that girl rules.

1:48:35 Murph: I think I also make sure that my roommate Josh is alive. I think that's like day one all of this ends of just like,

1:48:44 Cody: Hey you there? LOL.

1:48:48 Brennan: You and Josh are great.

1:48:52 Murph: Still good? Still alive?

1:48:55 Brennan: Josh gets saved by the same divine intervention. He's actually got involved in labor organizing and is now helping warehouse workers all over the city unionize their workplace. Josh moves into Lars and Brita's room. So now you each also have your own room, but are still roomies in the Astoria spot. Incredible. I love goth carny! The rollercoaster you operate is called Hell's Mouth. And the roller coaster starts by going into a big devil's open mouth, which is, I think Rowan would observe the old rule of Faerie tithing to Hell, right? The old Fae tradition. And so there's one hell gate, and you're the operator for that ride.

1:49:44 Murph: I send people to hell sometimes just for like real quick.

1:49:48 Brennan: Just super quick.

1:49:50 Zac: When anyone throws  up on a roller coaster, they went to hell. (everyone laughs)

1:49:57 Brennan: I think it's like two years later, two to three years later. It is a beautiful day in Central Park. Kingston, it's a hot summer, baby. You haven't had it, not since like 1994 when you were out walking around on that hot summer. It's hot again. But there's a huge family barbecue up in Central Park. People are cooking and laughing and there's food everywhere. They're running around. Big news which was a huge public push of public restoration campaign, mass demonstrations, sort of angry New Yorkers. They ran out the old mayor, and the new mayor came in and ended up saving the Central Park carousel which is no longer the Cipher Energy Fluid Presents Gladiator Industries Recreational Rotating Horse area. That is now the Central Park carousel again. The unicorn tapestries got returned to the Cloisters, and Ellis Island, the exhibit is much, much improved. You all approach this beautiful barbecue, this beautiful like summer day lunch. Yeah, it's about two years later. Who gets to the barbecue first that day?

1:51:26 Lou: I think Kingston gets there good and early to start cooking.

1:51:30 Brennan: Kingston, you are having a ball of a time cooking. Liz is there. She's got big old sunglasses on, gives you a kiss. She's still deep in, she's moved on from the Don Confetti stuff and is going hard after criminal fraud stuff from Gladiator executives. But she smiles. You see, she's got Langston in her arms who's now talking. He's verbal. You see your adorable sweet little son as he is often fond of doing, asking you questions about stories and the city and is asking you all about what this place is and who these people are. And is just smiling and laughing.

1:52:15 Lou: Yeah. I think Kingston is just like cooking up hot dogs. And being like,

1:52:20 Kingston: Well you just gotta remember, you know, it was the 70s so- (everyone laughs) It was kinda like, you know, out there kind of doing their own thing.

1:52:32 Lou: Like, talking to Langston like he's like a full adult. There's no like kid, like, I'm telling him a full adult story at all times.

1:52:44 Brennan: Langston watches you with more fascination as you tell these stories than he could at all. He looks up at you after he takes a moment to run around and play with some of the other kids and runs back and hears you telling other stories. You see Cosmo's here, Suzette's here, Tanya's here, your mom and dad are here, Claude and his family are here. And even your cousin Janiece comes in with the family from Ithaca.

1:53:10 Kingston: Down from Ithaca. We finally got you here!

1:53:14 Brennan: She smiles and laughs. She says,

1:53:15 Janiece: Well I knew we weren't gonna get you out there.

1:53:19 Brennan: And she smiles, laughs. And Langston runs up for another story. He's got a huge popsicle. His whole face is just popsicle as little three-year-old kids are want to have sticky hands. And as you tell another wild story about something from the past, he looks up and says,

1:53:42 Langston: Dad, I love it when you tell me stories about stuff that's not here anymore.

1:53:48 Kingston: Hey, well, you know, just 'cause it's not here doesn't mean it wasn't important. And you know, 8-track was, at least for me, the best way to listen to music. Now I appreciate vinyl, but there's just something about 8-track. Now if you'll remember (Brennan laughs)

1:54:12 Brennan: Langston hangs off of every word, and you feel at this moment just complete love for your young son. But know one day, as Kingston once said about Jackson back in the 90s, you feel the power coming from your young son. One day this kid is gonna be a force to be reckoned with. Who gets to the barbecue next?

1:54:37 Ally: I mean, I'm definitely there.

1:54:41 Brennan: Hell yeah. Does Pete roll up with anybody?

1:54:45 Ally: I mean, it would be awesome if I was with somebody.

1:54:51 Brennan: I think Pete rolls up to the park with Maddie.

1:54:54 Ally: Incredible.

1:54:55 Lou: Wow, two years going strong.

1:54:58 Ally: Yeah. Yeah.

1:55:01 Brennan: Hell yeah. What do you think Pete's living situation is like these days? Do you think he's still living in the attic in Astoria?

1:55:08 Ally: Absolutely.

1:55:10 Brennan: Hell yes.

1:55:11 Murph: And then I'm on a moped, like, not far behind. (everyone laughs)

1:55:16 Ally: We were like,

1:55:16 Pete: We're gonna grab coffee. We'll meet you there.

1:55:18 Ally: But then we just ended up being, like, on every train together.

1:55:23 Brennan: Incredible

1:55:24 Murph: The moped is so slow that I still rode the whole time. But got there like a little bit after you. (everyone laughs)

1:55:31 Brennan: Oh my God. Yeah, Pete, you walk up. Maddie's got her arm around you. She's got her thick sunglasses on, denim shorts. Hot summer day. At this point, you all know Maddie. She's super psyched to be here. And Pete walks up. I think Pete, how's Pete doing two years later?

1:55:54 Ally: Oh, baby. I think, okay. I'm not sure where he got the money. I have a feeling I know someone who would want to give him money for this, but he wants to open a bookstore and tea shop of his own.

1:56:10 Brennan: Hell yes.

1:56:12 Ally: So yeah. He runs… Scales Book and Tea Shop.

1:56:19 Brennan: Oh, I love that. You know what? At the city, again, the rolling from that, the answering of New York to the call in its moment of need. And the fact that Pete was part of that miracle. Pete, you get a heavy grant to open this bookshop. And I think part of it is, if Pete's down, is like an educational grant.

1:56:52 Ally: Exactly, I was totally thinking. There's an art annex for, like, teens. And we do, like, mural projects around the city. So, I think we're just like putting up these amazing murals. And there's definitely a mural that says “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.”

1:57:12 Brennan: You take a bunch of awesome kids that are in, like, an afterschool program that you're running where they're like getting in touch with themselves and getting in touch with their dreams, what they want to make happen for themselves in their lives. And they paint this mural that says “no day shall erase you from the memory of time.” And put a bunch of awesome stars in it. And without even having to talk to them, you see a little scintillating constellation almost in the shape of a rat up in the corner. (everyone laughs) Incredible. Pete, you roll up. You hear a cry of running up as a kid latches onto your leg.

1:57:57 Langston: Uncle Pete!

1:57:58 Pete: There's my guy!

1:58:01 Ally: I swoop him up. (everyone laughs)

1:58:05 Brennan: Langston is up in your arms a second later. This kid's not gonna hit the ground for a while, baby.

1:58:11 Ally: I do that thing where I'm like running around really fast, and it's really fun for the kid, but I'm immediately exhausted. And they're like, "Again!" And you're like, "I can't do it a second time." And they're like, "Again!" And you're like, "I don't know if I can." (everyone laughs)

1:58:24 Brennan: I love that. Who gets to the barbecue next?

1:58:31 Siobhan: I think Iga probably shows up with like so much food. Just an overwhelming amount of food.

1:58:38 Kingston: Iga, I told you I was gonna cook.

1:58:40 Iga: No, I know. But you know, it's rude to come without food.

1:58:45 Kingston: Okay, but you brought like a feast.

1:58:47 Iga: It's just a few snacks, what are you talking about?

1:58:49 Siobhan: There's like eight trays of food.

1:58:51 Iga: A pierogi's a snack. Stuffed cabbage is a snack. What are you talking about?

1:58:57 Kingston: Of course I'm thankful for it, but-

1:58:59 Iga: A side of beef, it's a snack.

1:59:02 Kingston: Side of beef?

1:59:03 Iga: It has been cooking for five days! (everyone laughs)

1:59:06 Kingston: Okay.

1:59:09 Brennan: You see Nick and Jess both roll up. Nick's now 16 years old. Nick is looking like broad shouldered. He rolls up with a little bit of umbral arcana around his back, hiding the peasant sword on his back. He's getting a little bit of like facial hair coming in. 14 year old Jess is there. You see she very quick FaceTimes Ana and Amelia who are in their coffins 'cause it's daylight right now. But they're both like,

1:59:34 Jess: Hey, are we hanging out tonight? So fun. That's gonna be awesome. Later.

1:59:41 Brennan: Iga, you're there with Oskar as well. Start setting up. Your whole family's here. What's Iga doing two years later?

1:59:48 Siobhan: I think she's probably still reading tarot but has, like, still like lightly scamming people. But really only people that, like, she's making more of a concerted effort to actually help people through the readings instead of just using it to scam. And I think that she's also has like a storytelling night at Pete's bookshop.

2:00:17 Ally: Oh, definitely. There's a whole section about Poland in this book shop.

2:00:22 Siobhan: And she just like sits and tells stories about dragons and like minor illusions, pictures of princesses, and castles, and knights in armor, and all of these fantastical adventures.

2:00:37 Brennan: Oh God, it's beautiful. I love it. Who shows up at the barbecue next?

2:00:46 Zac: I feel like Ricky would show up around now or maybe the whole family unit. Ricky, Esther.

2:00:52 Lou: The unit.

2:00:54 Zac: And I think he's got a baby bjorn. Is that too old, a two year old in one of those things? That's not too old. (Emily laughs)

2:01:03 Lou: I mean, on Ricky? Yeah.

2:01:05 Zac: It's fine, right?

2:01:08 Siobhan: Probably want him on the subway to (laughs)

2:01:12 Zac: I think they have a little, like, a daughter named Al.

2:01:22 Brennan: Oh, I love that.

2:01:23 Zac: After Alejandro. Just kind of roll out instead of his bat, he's got like a wiffle ball bat and a little wiffle ball.

2:01:35 Brennan: Settin' up some wiffle ball. Hell yeah!

2:01:37 Ricky: I mean, I'm just, we don't have to play.

2:01:41 Iga: Nick is very good.

2:01:43 Pete: I'd love to play actually.

2:01:44 Cody: I'm really bad and uncoordinated, but I'll do it, yeah.

2:01:48 Ricky: You don't have to be good. You don't have to be good.

2:01:50 Kingston: You brought extra balls, right?

2:01:52 Cody: I can swing super hard is the thing. I can swing super hard, I just can't hit.

2:01:56 Zac: Ricky has a like (laughs) Ricky has like an afterschool, like, you know, exercise kind of athletics program. Like, he's mostly stay at home dad but has like an afterschool like sport thing called “You Don't Have To Be Good”. (everyone laughs) Just run around or whatever.

2:02:17 Ally: Oh my God.

2:02:22 Lou: Ricky and just a bunch of kids.

2:02:24 Brennan: I love it. I love it so much. “You Don't Have To Be Good”. I mean, it's perfect. Ricky doing a bunch of athletics with kids. It's so great. Ricky, awesome game of wiffle ball gets started. So, so good. Esther smiles, comes over. She's got Al in her arms, gives her a kiss. Comes over to talk to Kingston over by the barbecue. Just catches you up on the society, how everything's going. They've improved the umbral engine so much. They've learned so much more. Now there's regular expeditions going out into the Sixth Borough just to give help to the Sixth Borough and help explore it and create more open connection between both sides of the waking and the dreaming. And speaking of umbral arcana, bunch of your magical friends show up. Willy shows up with Rabbi Mike to come hang out. Willy,

2:03:26 Willy: Oh, it's so good. Look at this. Look at this young kid. How about this?

2:03:32 Brennan: And you see Langston looks up and sees Willy. And for a moment sees past the umbral arcana, but then goes back to seeing Willy.

2:03:40 Lou: Oh, so Langston sees Willy as like a person?

2:03:44 Brennan: Langston sees Willy as a person. Yes, absolutely. You are joined by so many of your friends here including friends from this season. Em the angel of the water because the fountain shows up. Mentioning,

2:03:58 Em: I can't believe I missed that whole deal a couple of years ago. That was crazy.

2:04:05 Kingston: It's all good, Em. A lot of it didn't take place in Central Park. So we've never really had-

2:04:09 Em: I know. For me it's all about the fountain kind of. You know, it's gotta be about the fountain for me to kind of pay attention.

2:04:15 Brennan: And I think finally rolling up are Sofie-

2:04:21 Emily: Yeah, I was gonna say realistically coming from Staten Island, we show up last. (everyone laughs) Yeah, so I think we show up with like a bunch of boxes from Spaghetti's Bakery. (everyone laughs)

2:04:38 Sofia: Make some room on the table, make some room.

2:04:41 Kingston: Yeah, yeah. I mean, you bring the cannolis? You know, I love a cannoli.

2:04:46 Sofia: Honestly, every box is full of cannolis. Yeah, so.

2:04:53 Emily: And then I think me and Dale have a little daughter with us whose name is Catherine, but we call her Cat. And I think Sofia's been obviously working with Kugrash's (laughs) nasty little order to help protect the little critters that no one cares about. I think she's also taken up his trap neuter release program. And I think that she's, like, at least trying to work on the idea that part of Pete's cafe area could be a cat cafe where we could get some cats adopted.

2:05:39 Ally: I'm like,

2:05:39 Pete: Yeah, maybe.

2:05:40 Ally: And I'm realizing you smell just a little bit, but I would never tell you.

2:05:45 Emily: Please say that is not canon. (everyone laughs) Look, I fucking took this off Ricky's shoulders. Do not make me smell.

2:05:54 Ricky: I would love to still help by the way.

2:05:58 Ally: I'm like,

2:05:58 Pete: so how's flute neuter release going? (everyone laughs)

2:06:03 Sofia: Yeah, I took over Kug's flute that lures all the cats. (everyone laughs)

2:06:08 Brennan: Incredible. You guys arrive. You see Dale rolls up as well here. You see La Gran Gata moves around Cat. La Gran Gata loves Cat with all her heart, is protecting your daughter at every step. You look up and see all your friends gathered here. More and more people, huge, huge party. Beautiful summer day. Green trees swaying in the park, light coming in. Good food, friends from every place in the city. JJ is recording the whole thing. After the fight at the Bleecker Street, at the Central Park North hoard, moving around.

2:06:53 JJ: Hey, so this is recording. It's mid July. We're having a great time here at the park. Smiling and laughing. You see, fuck it. Stephen Sondheim shows up.

2:07:06 Lou: Yeah!

2:07:08 Brennan: Someone's like, "Is that Stephen Sondheim?"

2:07:12 Zac: He's just crushing wiffle ball.

2:07:14 Brennan: Stephen Sondheim-

2:07:17 Emily: Can I arm wrestle Stephen Sondheim? (everyone laughs)

2:07:21 Brennan: He grabs it and fully flips you over in the air. And then he walks up-

2:07:25 Emily: Oh, to be flipped by Stephen Sondheim.

2:07:27 Brennan: Stephen Sondheim walks up to home plate at the wiffle ball game. And you see, he calls, he points to a skyscraper and says,

2:07:32 Stephen Sondheim: Calling it.

2:07:35 Ricky: No way. (everyone laughs)

2:07:38 Brennan: Wiffle balls sails out.

2:07:39 Ally: He's stealing bases. The kids are crying. (everyone laughs)

2:07:44 Murph: Cody's running back to try to catch what is clearly a very distant home run.

2:07:49 Cody: Oh, I gotta get it! Fuck, fuck, fuck.

2:07:54 Brennan: Kingston, you feel a little sort of like something whispering in the back of your head asking you to use a sixth level spell slot to cast summon celestial spirit.

2:08:09 Lou: I use a six level spell slot to cast summon celestial spirit.

2:08:14 Brennan: So that Alejandro and Maria can show up to enjoy a barbecue here in the city together. Alejandro eats his fill, talks with Esther about magic. You see as he's talking to Esther, and actually talking to Esther about something on JJ's screen. Ricky, you see Al, who's only two years old, looks at and sounds out an entire sentence from a spell book that should be protected by the umbral arcana. Just looks at it. And sounds out the words. Esther looks over at you holding Al in her arms and says,

2:08:52 Esther: Did she just read that?

2:08:55 Ricky: Yeah, she can read. (everyone laughs)

2:09:00 Esther: Yeah, that is separately impressive, Ricky. But this is protected by-

2:09:04 Ricky: She's two, she can read. (everyone laughs) And then the magic stuff is awesome. But pretty soon, I'm not gonna be able to teach her anything. (everyone laughs) That's already more. That's already more.

2:09:19 Brennan: You see she kisses you. She says,

2:09:21 Esther: No, no, no, no. This is very special.

2:09:24 Brennan: Dale marvels at this as well. Dale current First Fist of the Order of the Concrete Fist, Protector of the Monastery of the Midnight Sun. Although having instituted some pretty profound changes in the order's relationship to the dreaming world, Dale has a city job. He's on a city budget council to reappropriate the city's funds for public services like transportation, housing, and all this kind of shit to make Gladiator a distant fucking memory. (Ally cheers) You see there is a moment of Nick and Jessica, as these much older now teenagers, Jessica is doing some small magic tricks for a little trio of toddlers, for Langston, Cat, and Al who all look up. And there's a moment where they all watch and gasp as Jessica is just doing magic tricks. And you see a moment of Langston filling with primal magic of stories and myth and legend. You see a little bit of celestial radiance around Cat, and a little bit of arcane insight from Al. And then they run off to go get snacks and popsicles and run carefree through the meadow as Nick and Jess both kind of look at each other and raise their eyebrows. Alejandro and Maria as the evening goes are gonna go grab dinner while the spell is still active, go see Alejandro's granddaughters who he wants to go see. And a beautiful day is had in the park as the sun lowers in the sky. Is there any last thing that anyone here wants to say as these characters enjoy this perfect golden day together?

2:11:36 Lou: I think Kingston asks to take a picture of everybody. Like, asks everyone. Just like real dad energy.

2:11:43 Kingston: Okay, everybody closer! Come on, closer!

2:11:46 Sofia: Can you get one on my tablet? (everyone laughs)

2:11:51 Cody: Is it okay if the moped is in the picture? Can I drive it on the grass?

2:11:53 Siobhan: And I hold Misiek,

2:11:54 Iga: Like this is what you want to see

2:11:54 Kingston: Yes! Iga, Misiek's blocking you.

2:12:02 Cody: Ricky, can you help me move the moped?

2:12:07 Iga: Stop hiding your face. You're beautiful, you're beautiful.

2:12:10 Sofia: Your hair is everywhere.

2:12:12 Kingston: Okay, yeah, great. Okay, everybody look at the tablet. I'm gonna do the tablet one first. All right, three, two-

2:12:19 Iga: Kingston, put it on timer! You need to be in here!

2:12:23 Ricky: You know what? I can run out and do a selfie.

2:12:25 Sofia: Hold on, let me tease Cat's hair. (everyone laughs)

2:12:28 Kingston: You got the arms for it, right.

2:12:29 Brennan: We get one Ricky selfie of everybody, click, in the frame. Timer goes off and a beautiful snapshot of all these New Yorkers happy and together in the Unsleeping City is where we're gonna end our season. This has been "The Unsleeping City Season Two." Tons of love from everyone here at Dimension 20 to everyone at home. Thank you so much for watching. See you next time!

2:13:03 Ally: Yeah!

2:13:03 Edited by: OliverC