Crow 00:00:00 Okay, I think Luke is finally going to pull out and look at his phone. This is weird, right? Eight. Katie 00:00:06 Okay, so on an eight, it's hit or miss. Doug 00:00:06 *mumbling* 'I guess I never miss, huh?' Katie 00:00:06 Sometimes you're to be able to read it. Other times it's gonna say things that don't- they make sense, but they don't make contextual sense. Like, there's no reason your phone should be saying those things. You can read them and you can understand them. And occasionally it's just mundane. Doug 00:00:25 It's just Shakespeare quotes. Katie 00:00:27 Once in a while, it says some cryptic bullshit, and that's not going to be something that pops up until you consistently check your phone. So for right now, it gives you the date and time, which currently is 2016. And I'm going to say 09:00 a.m. Crow 00:00:47 Luke's going to be like, "Wait, was it 2016 when we went to bed?" Doug 00:00:48 Mahaur: "What the fuck?" Katie 00:00:53 It's 2014- it was 2014 when you went to bed! Doug 00:00:57 "No. The answer is no. God, I hope we're not." Crow 00:01:02 Luke: "Did we just somehow time travel?" Doug 00:01:04 "I don't want to think about this right now." Katie 00:01:06 You do look different. Doug 00:01:07 I don't look that much different, though. Katie 00:01:09 No, but your perm is gone. Doug 00:01:10 I look much different than what I expected when I woke up. Katie 00:01:13 Yeah, you don't look much older. Crow 00:01:15 Luke: "This is weird." Doug 00:01:18 I don't even look in the rear view for that. I turn around. Crow 00:01:23 Luke is going to show you his phone. Doug 00:01:33 "Je suis Spaghetti?" Katie 00:01:38 Yeah, you don't know why, but he's just showing you, like, an ad to boost your credit score. And then you look away and you look back at it. Doug 00:01:46 I blink, and it's changed. Katie 00:01:48 It's talking about, fucking, the best pasta recipe you could get, if you really do want to win over your in-laws. Doug 00:01:56 "Yeah, sure. This definitely has to do with the college magic. We got to figure our way out of this." Crow 00:02:05 "How did we lose two years of our lives?" Doug 00:02:08 "Well, technically, I've not lost anything. I'm younger than I was when I started 2014." Katie 00:02:15 Have you started looking at the road again? Doug 00:02:17 Yeah. Katie 00:02:17 Okay. All right. There's a cow. Doug 00:02:20 Well, I'm going to brake. Katie 00:02:23 *brake screech* You brake. It's another heifer. Doug 00:02:26 Just lay into the horn. Katie 00:02:27 He just looks at you. Doug 00:02:29 "Hey, cow whisperer." Katie 00:02:30 It's got big, sweet, dumb eyes. Doug 00:02:32 "Hey, cow whisperer?" Crow 00:02:33 I imagine they just got thrown about, considering you slammed on the brakes. Doug 00:02:38 "Oh, I forgot you guys weren't wearing seatbelts." Katie 00:02:39 You slammed on the brakes- you hear Duncan's head hit the back of your fucking car seat headrest. *laughter* Oh, fuck. Luke falls over. Doug 00:02:52 "I didn't brake for no reason. Although I forgot I could brake check you so hard.Uh, there's a cow on the road. Think your spell is still up?" Crow 00:03:00 Duncan: "Can give it a try." Katie 00:03:02 Probably got one more good go, but it might be a little spotty. Crow 00:03:06 He stumbles out of the back of the van. Katie 00:03:09 Okay. Crow 00:03:09 He'll walk over to the big cow. Katie 00:03:11 Big, sweet doe eyes. In fact, she's kind of fluffy. She may have just been brushed. Doug 00:03:17 I love watching cows brush themselves. Katie 00:03:21 She just, looks forward and looks at you. And she just walks around the van. Doug 00:03:26 Why does beef have to be so good? Crow 00:03:28 Is your character actually saying that? Doug 00:03:30 No, that's a mulling Real Life Me has. Katie 00:03:35 Just walking past. Crow 00:03:37 Duncan: "Wait, come back." Katie 00:03:39 Fluffy Cow: "I'll come back in a second." Doug 00:03:41 Mahaur whispering: "No, this is good. They're out of my way." Crow 00:03:45 Duncan's just going to start following the cow. Doug 00:03:48 Mahaur: "What the fuck?" Crow 00:03:50 Duncan: "Wait. No, wait. Are you following the smell? Aren't you?" Katie 00:03:53 "Yeah." Doug 00:03:54 Is it heading the way we were going? Katie 00:03:56 It's heading the way back. Doug 00:03:58 I roll down my window. "Hey, get in the fucking van." Crow 00:04:02 Duncan: "It's in danger." Doug 00:04:04 "What? It's a cow." Crow 00:04:05 "They're following the scent." Katie 00:04:07 There's a sound of another car on the road. It sounds like it's coming from where you guys were headed to. Doug 00:04:14 There's fucking- there's no pull-off here! You are reversing. Katie 00:04:19 It's one pickup truck, and it's got an old man in it. And it pulls off to the side. He comes out. He mumbles out a little bit. He's got thick jean work pants- Doug 00:04:19 -and obviously been drinking. Katie 00:04:35 Thick jean work pants and just a thicker kind of flannel collared shirt. And he moves over to the side, and says, "Hey, good to see you guys. I'll get her out of the way so you guys can get on going." Crow 00:04:49 "We were about to come see you to see if there's anything else we can do about this situation, considering they just keep leaving." Katie 00:04:59 "They've been real active. You and the one from upcity trying the same thing. No, I'm just going to get her back to the farm. She's probably just, I don't know, in heat? Usually we don't deal with bulls, but I suppose they can get, ya know. Anything can happen." Doug 00:05:20 Steers are scary. Katie 00:05:22 "Especially considering this one's really been active." He's just like, "I'm going to get her back over." Crow 00:05:29 "Go ahead." Katie 00:05:30 "All right. Come on, Betty." But, yeah, with the farmer, she's going to be like, "But I wanted to get the lovely thiing. Lady brush me. Give her present." Doug 00:05:41 I like fuzzy cows. Katie 00:05:43 She's going to get pet by the older man. She'd be like, *cow sighs*, "Okay." She'll walk back around. She says, "Get it later." Crow 00:05:54 Duncan: "What did you say about the person from uptown?" Katie 00:05:59 Were you talking to the guy? Crow 00:06:00 Yeah. Katie 00:06:02 "She's been coming around every once in a while. I think she's one of the newer vet techs. She's trying to get her, I don't know, residency or something like that. Big help because we haven't had a lot of livestock vets around. There's just kind of been like a shortage. But, worried about the behavior of the cows. Because she had actually originally come in because some of our goats were having breathing issues. And she's hanging around a little bit more because cows have been escaping a lot more. I think it might be partially the fence. I try not to make any assumptions because I'm not a big fan of people that try to jump to conclusions, but if I'm honest, I'm also kind of stumped. But maybe it's just the weather." Crow 00:06:53 "Do you know the name, by chance?" Katie 00:06:55 "Uh, forgot." Doug 00:06:57 I forgor. Katie 00:06:58 "Sorry. I'm real busy and my mind ain't what it used to be. Real nice, though. Says a lot of very big words." Crow 00:07:10 "All right. Thank you." Katie 00:07:11 "Yeah, you're welcome." He's going to get a little tiny little rope and just kind of lead the cow back. Probably going to get in his truck and just slowly walk her back. Crow 00:07:24 Duncan's going to get back into the back of the van. "Looks like we have to go find a vet tech." Doug 00:07:29 "So, will we be trying to turn around?" Crow 00:07:32 "Yes." Katie 00:07:32 Just an awkward K-turn. Please try not to- Doug 00:07:32 Nearly get into a ditch. Katie 00:07:32 Try not to go off the shoulder. Doug 00:07:41 Allrighty. Okay. I do the K-turn. Katie 00:07:45 You do the K-turn. Doug 00:07:48 I perform the maneuver. Katie 00:07:50 You perform the maneuver. Doug 00:07:52 I am the driver. Katie 00:07:56 Familiar smells, when Duncan got out again. Sweet smelling thing; I'm going to need you to roll this time. Roll me a Plus Charm. Doug 00:08:06 2016. That's when the original game was, right? Katie 00:08:06 I think- no no no no no- Doug 00:08:06 Oh, earlier. Katie 00:08:06 2011 to 2012, when the original game was. Doug 00:08:14 So, wait. While we're having our adventure, that other one's going on? Katie 00:08:18 No, it ended. Doug 00:08:18 Oh. Katie 00:08:18 Yeah. Two years after everything happened with the final scenes of the apocalypse. Doug 00:08:29 I treat all even numbers the same, I just realized. Because I knew it was 2014, I just equated it to 2012. Katie 00:08:36 What'd you roll? Crow 00:08:36 ...two. Katie 00:08:36 Yeah, you're going to mark Experience, you're going towards the sweet smelling thing, but I don't know how you're going to explain that to him. Doug 00:08:36 Just point. Katie 00:08:36 Just point. Crow 00:08:36 Fair. Katie 00:08:36 Did you point? There you go. Doug 00:08:36 All right. Katie 00:08:36 He's going to direct you away from the city, down closer to what looks like may have been a national park that just slowly lost its national protection. It's kind of trashed. Doug 00:08:36 They never let go of that. If anything, it's a state park that they just let go. Katie 00:09:17 Yeah, hey just let go. And it kind of looks like a remodeled amphitheater, but it's got a stage up top and it's got some people, couple working on a couple of things. Obviously, they're not quite set up all the way yet, but bigger stuff they've got up. They've also got a van. Their van is way cooler. Doug 00:09:42 They have a big canopy. Katie 00:09:43 I need you to roll for me. Doug 00:09:46 Big canopy- tell me there's a large canopy somewhere. Every band has to have a large canopy. Katie 00:09:53 I need you to roll plus Sharp. Doug 00:09:57 'Plus(minus)' sharp. Katie 00:09:57 Minus sharp. Doug 00:09:57 ...Minus-minus sharp? Katie 00:10:01 No. Roll sharp. Doug 00:10:04 Hoping you failed math. *dice clatter* Fuck you, I still think that's a- no, it's a seven. Katie 00:10:12 It's a mixed success. On a mixed success... you think this is one of those awkward scenarios where you're pretty sure you should recognize these guys- Doug 00:10:12 Therefore, I don't. Katie 00:10:12 [You] don't remember their fucking names. Doug 00:10:25 Oh, I love this. I know how to deal with this situation. Katie 00:10:28 You're pretty sure like, you know, "Oh, I think these guys know me. I don't remember who the fuck-" Doug 00:10:34 Do I have that feeling that they like me? Like do I know, like, kind of what our relationship is? Katie 00:10:34 Yeah. Doug 00:10:34 Okay. Katie 00:10:34 So they're definitely going to want to greet you when you see them. Doug 00:10:42 That makes it so much fucking easier because I don't need to call any of their names. I'm practiced. I'm good in this mindset. Katie 00:10:51 You've got that recognition. Okay. Doug 00:10:53 Although Mahaur wouldn't be. How do normal people deal with this? I asked, uh- Katie 00:11:00 This probably would be way easier if anyone had taken the steps to run into any of the other NPCs. But no, now you have to deal with this on your own. Doug 00:11:11 "Hey, do these guys smell familiar?" Katie 00:11:12 No. Doug 00:11:13 "They're tickling my brain." Crow 00:11:13 Duncan: "No." Doug 00:11:13 "Well, shit, then it's just me." Katie 00:11:16 Sweet smell, though. Duncan's going. Doug 00:11:19 "Wait, I thought we were looking for the vet tech." Crow 00:11:23 Distracted. Katie 00:11:23 You almost did! That roll would have decided whether you were gonna find her or not. Crow 00:11:29 Very distracted; Sweet scent. Doug 00:11:29 "But-" Katie 00:11:29 Sweet scent. Duncan's going to walk away. Doug 00:11:34 Are you getting out? Crow 00:11:34 Duncan leaves. Doug 00:11:34 "Your brother's fucked up." Katie 00:11:40 Stage, the stage. The stage. The stage. Stage. Stage, stage. Doug 00:11:43 "I think he's under a spell. You should uncast whatever's on him." Katie 00:11:46 Who is the first person that you could think of to give something beautiful to? Something that regardless of what it is, you know, that they would love? Doug 00:11:54 That cute twink boy who served us at the diner. Katie 00:11:57 Or you could hold onto it because maybe you'll run into somebody that you think would be, you know, nice enough to hold on to and give this to. Doug 00:12:05 I mixed up Wolf and Duncan. I'm sorry. Katie 00:12:07 You are finding the perfect gift, Doug 00:12:07 By the way. I said that to wolf, that he should uncast the spell on Duncan. Crow 00:12:14 There's a lot of words being said right now. Goodness. Let's deal with this first. Luke: "I don't think he's under a spell." Katie 00:12:23 He's just walking away. Crow 00:12:24 "I think he's quite literally just being driven insane by whatever he's smelling." Katie 00:12:30 Still acting like mostly Duncan. But if anyone would know if something was up, it'd probably be you two. Doug 00:12:35 "If you don't think it's magic, I guess it's not. But that's not normal." Crow 00:12:40 "I mean, no, it's not normal. This whole situation isn't normal." Katie 00:12:42 Duncan would have saw magic by now. There's been no correlation between an increase in magic and- Doug 00:12:48 "I didn't know you could see magic." Crow 00:12:51 "Duncan would probably have told me that he could see magic. " Katie 00:12:51 Or at least, like, magic that correlated with this. But as the sweet smell increases, there's no big increase in magic. Doug 00:13:03 "Okay, I don't know what's going on-" Katie 00:13:03 "Hey, Mahaur!" Doug 00:13:03 The windows are rolled up, by the way. So I see someone shouting and probably pointing. Katie 00:13:13 He's like fucking, he slaps one of his dudes on the chest with the back of his hand. He's like, "Look at that!" Doug 00:13:19 He's not- Katie 00:13:20 You can see recognition from one guy who's talking to another guy from the stage and they can see you in your car. Doug 00:13:25 And Wolf's in the back, right? Crow 00:13:27 Yeah. Doug 00:13:28 "I think they're pointing at me. I think they know me. Alright." Crow 00:13:28 "Go be the distraction. I'll go talk to Duncan." Doug 00:13:33 "Okay." I get out. Katie 00:13:33 You get out of the car. This stage is up on like a twelve foot drop. And the guy up front, he's got a tight black shirt and he's got- I'm going to go ahead and say maybe just like dark jeans in general. And he takes a big running step and he jumps down, he jumps off of the concert stage and he lands feet first and he bounds over to you. You know who this guy is. You don't fucking remember their name. Doug 00:14:04 We're going to match the energy. Katie 00:14:06 We're going to match the energy. Doug 00:14:06 Mahaur, feigning excitement: "Heeey!" Katie 00:14:06 "Hey! What the fuck, dude!" He's gonna take you in a giant bear hug. Doug 00:14:14 I'mma reciprocate. Katie 00:14:15 "I haven't fucking seen you in forever." Doug 00:14:17 "It has been a while, hasn't it?" Katie 00:14:19 "Who told you about the show? I didn't realize that you were going to come up." Doug 00:14:22 "I didn't realize it was you guys either. I guess I didn't recognize the name." Katie 00:14:26 "Oh, that's fucking sick. Listen, you're not going to have to pay for anything. You want backstage? You want to come around? I got some beer. It's 09:00 a.m. I don't know if you're like-." Doug 00:14:34 "And I'm driving. Actually, me and my cousins-" Katie 00:14:37 "Oh, shit." Doug 00:14:38 I point at Duncan, who's, like, in a strange, weird trance, and then I point at Wolf. Katie 00:14:44 "Wait, wait. ...Winter isn't with you, right?" Doug 00:14:47 "No." Katie 00:14:48 "Ah, fuck. Okay, nevermind." Doug 00:14:51 I don't know if that's true or not. "But we're just- " Katie 00:14:51 Currently, no. Crow 00:14:57 Winter in the dream. What? Katie 00:14:58 No, that wasn't something I had planned for, but who knows? Doug 00:15:01 I don't know what lie to tell. I can't lie. We're not going to say anything. Less details, the better. Katie 00:15:05 He says, "Oh, come on. You got to meet the other guys." Doug 00:15:07 "All right." Katie 00:15:08 "I know a couple of them are still here, still within, but we got some new ones. We got a bassist, Cleo. She's the best. We got, um... yeah! Come on, come on, come on!" Doug 00:15:20 I'm following. Katie 00:15:21 "Maybe you could bring your cousin as well." Doug 00:15:23 "I think, actually Wolf, and- he likes to be called Wolf. Bit strange." Katie 00:15:28 "Yeah, no, I got you, man." Doug 00:15:31 "Eeeh- no, never mind. I'll tell you later." Katie 00:15:33 "Okay." He says, "No, it's been fucking crazy. And I was just thinking about, like, because I've never really been good with management, and you were kind of always, like, the one that had the books, and I always thought, 'Oh, if there's anyone that's going to start a business, it's going to be Mahaur.' So it was fucking crazy because we've been losing our goddamn minds with everybody from the HOA trying to press on us and people throwing shit around. And then I had to go print the posters again because they were backwards-" Doug 00:16:03 "Yeah, there's been a rumor that you guys are-" Katie 00:16:03 "A group of vampires? " Doug 00:16:03 "-Satanists? I was told, actually." Katie 00:16:08 "Oh, I was told that I got yelled at because they thought we were vampires. Said we were eating animals." Doug 00:16:14 How pale do they look? Katie 00:16:15 I mean, he's always been a little on the- No, actually, I'd say he was paler when he was younger. Dude's fucking filled out. He looks healthy. He looks good. Doesn't really look vampire-like at all. Doug 00:16:32 "I was told about the animal thing, but I was told 'Satanist'." Katie 00:16:36 Yes. Doug 00:16:36 "So, Satanist vampire is not a bad look." Katie 00:16:40 "Hey, I appreciate that. Although maybe we'll go to a less rural town next time. But a gig's a gig." He says, "Oh, my God. You're going to love the other ones." He says, "Do you still play?" Doug 00:16:40 "Nahh, well..." Katie 00:16:40 "Aw, come on." Doug 00:16:56 "Listen, I'm out of practice, but- Katie 00:16:56 "You know what? It's totally okay. Not going to put any pressure on you or anything like that. Aw, everybody's gonna be so fucking excited to see you." And he's gonna pull you up on the stage. You're not gonna see where Duncan goes. Doug 00:17:08 I'm trying to maintain social balance. I've learned a lot of details, and I don't know how to react to any single one of them. Katie 00:17:18 He introduces you to the rest of the bandmates. Cleo's a younger woman with almost platinum blonde hair. She's got more of a preppy look, but she's got this really cool fucking sharp bass guitar. She's just getting things ready. And he points out the other ones. You know these dudes. You know that greasy little motherfucker in the back. You know the girl with the weird choppy hair that does the fucking drums. Because it was crazy that there was a girl on drums and like. You know these people, but you can't read any of the things that are on their t-shirts. Doug 00:17:57 Still looks like she cuts her own hair. Katie 00:17:59 Yes, with an axe. Doug 00:18:02 A butcher knife. Katie 00:18:05 Coincidentally, she is possibly the best fucking drums player you could find for the Price of Free. Pretty fucking good. Doug 00:18:12 'For the price of free.' Katie 00:18:17 I'm glad you enjoyed that. Doug 00:18:19 Goddamn it. Katie 00:18:23 He shouts out to the rest of them, says, "Hey, look who fucking came to visit for our first show!" Doug 00:18:28 I don't have the heart to tell him we're not here for that. Katie 00:18:32 And the ones that recognize you, they pop off a little bit- as much as the drums girl can. She's always been on the kind of like the cooler edge. She probably has enough trauma that she doesn't really like to express herself that much. Doug 00:18:46 She must be super fucking funny. Katie 00:18:46 Probably. But yeah, they come over to you and they start asking you a couple of questions like, "Hey, how'd you get here?" Doug 00:18:58 "Van. " Katie 00:18:58 "Van?" Doug 00:18:58 "Duh. Dumbass." Katie 00:19:01 "You drove all the way over here? I thought you had a really demanding job." Doug 00:19:01 "Furloughed." Katie 00:19:05 "Oh, shit." Doug 00:19:06 "So I'm driving around with my cousins who are... unemployed." Katie 00:19:10 "That's cool as shit, dude." Doug 00:19:12 "It's a nice van." Katie 00:19:13 "Well, hey, I mean, if you need anything on the side to pass the time..." Doug 00:19:18 "I actually got quite a bit saved up, so I'm probably good for a few months." Katie 00:19:22 "All right. Yeah, that's fair." He says, "Oh, man, it's been a really long time since I've seen you. Because it's fucking crazy." He says, "Me and-" This is the dude that has been talking to you- "Things with Amy didn't work out." Doug 00:19:40 "So sorry to hear, man." Katie 00:19:41 "No, that's okay. She went to a rival band and they're really popular now." He just swallows a little bit and he says, "But you know what? We're not in it for the fame. We're in it for the music. It's fucking crazy to see you, though. Are you staying? For, like, the night? Or the weekend?" Doug 00:19:59 "I will now." Katie 00:19:59 "Do you have a place to stay?" Doug 00:19:59 "Yeah." Katie 00:20:01 "Oh, fuck yeah! Okay. All right." Doug 00:20:02 "I was looking for a Best Western, and then I saw the posters." Katie 00:20:05 "We got a room down at the Ramada, that's actually, like, down near that city. Yeah, that could work out super well..." He says, "Nah, You've never been one for that." He gets to the rest of the band. He says, "Okay, all right, we got to get things started. We're starting rehearsal about an hour or so." He looks over and he looks past one of the stage parts and he's like, "Ah, fuck. There's another one." Doug 00:20:36 "'Another one' what?" Katie 00:20:37 You look past him and there's a cow that's trying to get under the stage very diligently. Not fearfully, not with a lot of emotion, just kicking at it, biting it. Doug 00:20:47 "Yeah, they've been acting weird." Katie 00:20:49 "I don't know why. They keep hanging around, and it's those and then strange hangers-about. I keep thinking they want to steal the band equipment, but then they get all confused and they leave." Doug 00:20:59 "Come on, they're cows." Katie 00:21:00 "No, I mean, there's people as well!" Doug 00:21:02 "Well, yeah, but they're just podunks." Katie 00:21:04 "I mean, fair." Doug 00:21:06 "They called you Satanist Vampires." Katie 00:21:08 "Yeah. Man, we really need this show." Doug 00:21:12 "Listen, don't be worried because it was a talk at the- we stopped at the diner to pick something up. Have you guys eaten yet?" Katie 00:21:21 "Not yet." He says, "Uh, there was someone. Not a fan, but one of the only nice people in town that actually brought us some coffee and stuff like that. And that was really nice, but that was like a couple hours ago." Doug 00:21:35 "Jesus." Katie 00:21:35 "Yeah." Doug 00:21:36 "Let's see if we can't stop that cow from digging up more dirt." Katie 00:21:40 "Yeah, definitely." Hey, Dunk, you need to get under the stage. It doesn't matter how long it takes. You don't have to go fast. You need to get under the stage. Crow 00:21:49 I was going to say right now he probably wouldn't care if people saw him use magic. Katie 00:21:53 Plus you're behind the stage. You don't see the cow. The cow's towards the front. Doug 00:21:56 It's an amphitheater, right? So it's got like that curved dome. Katie 00:21:56 Yeah. Doug 00:21:56 I know what an amphitheater is, right? Katie 00:22:03 I mean, I'm pretty sure you're hitting the nail on the head. Doug 00:22:06 Okay. Katie 00:22:09 'Man with some of the facts argues with man with none of the facts.' Oh, by the way, Luke can see the cow. All right. What'd you get? Crow 00:22:21 Twelve. Katie 00:22:22 You're going to get under that fucking stage. You're going to get under that stage with magic so quickly you will be overwhelmed by that sweet smell, and- Doug 00:22:22 -die. Katie 00:22:22 It will be the only thing that you can think of, the familiar smells that you were smelling before? Nothing matters. You're where you want to be. Nobody's going to be able to get you out of there, but... nothing happens. Doug 00:22:45 You say that- Katie 00:22:46 No, nothing happens. You are under there and you're like, finding the things that you need and you can't see anything, but, you know, in several different spots in several different places. The perfect gift. Under there, it's grown up from the ground. You also see a cow that's trying to get its way in. Doug 00:23:04 The little light shining in. Katie 00:23:06 You're the happiest you could ever be, right underneath this stage. And come hell or high water, no one will get you out of here. You lay down. You're happy. Doug 00:23:18 I was going to say. You say that we can't get him out, but I know at least two farmers with a pickup truck and I can get a wench. Katie 00:23:25 How are you going to get your fucking body underneath there? Doug 00:23:28 Hey, don't worry about that. Katie 00:23:29 How are you going to get this little guy? Doug 00:23:31 Anywho, we're going to go pet the cow and see if we can't coax it to Fucking Stop. Katie 00:23:36 You're going to pet the cow? Doug 00:23:36 Because you can't just like punch a cow. This isn't minecraft. Katie 00:23:42 Does Wolf want to do anything? *laugh* You turn up the volume [when you kill the cow in Minecraft]. I miss you, Evan. Crow 00:23:52 Wolf is definitely going to try to find Duncan on this point. Doug 00:23:55 Well, you said Wolf could see Duncan. Katie 00:23:58 Wolf can see the cow. Doug 00:23:59 Oh. Well, shit, SpongeBob. Katie 00:24:01 All right. To find Duncan, it isn't that hard because there's a very obvious magic spot where the back of the stage is. Doug 00:24:09 Like a big blue splodge. Katie 00:24:11 Convincing Duncan is going to be a different story, because he looks, uh, weird. Doug 00:24:11 He's wigging out, bro. Katie 00:24:11 Duncan isn't a substances kind of person. He enjoys the feeding, but that's also like something he has to do to survive. [He's] having a pretty good time. Doug 00:24:29 Are you saying I don't need to booze up to survive? Katie 00:24:29 ...Anyways, Doug 00:24:29 I'm being judged. Crow 00:24:36 Me taking a sip of alcohol. Doug 00:24:39 You're drinking alcohol? Crow 00:24:39 Mm-hmm. Doug 00:24:39 And didn't invite me to partake. Crow 00:24:43 I mean, do you want some? Doug 00:24:44 No, I gotta drive. Crow 00:24:45 Exactly. Doug 00:24:46 The offer would've been fucking nice. You big old bitch. Crow 00:24:49 I just offered you some. Crow 00:24:49 Thank you. I take my big old bitch comment back. Please clap. I meant 'snap'. Katie 00:24:57 What would Wolf and Duncan like to do? Because I know what Duncan would like to do. Crow 00:25:02 Duncan's just going to be vibing. Katie 00:25:04 Yeah. To be fair, it doesn't look like he's hurt at all. It also doesn't look like he's sick or possessed. Just having a good time. Crow 00:25:13 Luke is probably going to want to get there with him. He could see what's happening. Katie 00:25:17 Roll for me. Roll me Plus charm. Doug 00:25:20 Charm? Katie 00:25:25 I see one 1. Is that snake eyes? Crow 00:25:29 Snake eyes. Katie 00:25:29 That's snake eyes. Holy shit. You found fucking... You have found Avalon. You're getting under there. You don't have to lay next to your brother because there's a bunch of fucking space. Nothing else matters. This is the best place you could ever fucking be. And it's filled with so many pretty, pretty things! Like, you don't know how close you are to Louis. But you know what? This would be nice- this would be a nice gift for him. But right now, just gonna stay underneath here. Just going to stay here. Katie 00:25:29 Cow will try to get in. You don't know where Wolf is. You don't know where Duncan is. Doug 00:26:00 I'm trying to gently stop the cow without getting in front or behind it. Katie 00:26:00 Roll me a plus charm to- Doug 00:26:00 Manipulate the cow? Katie 00:26:08 Animal handling. Doug 00:26:10 It's not on my sheet. Katie 00:26:12 Roll me plus charm. Unless you think you can use anything else. Doug 00:26:16 I will tough this asshole. Katie 00:26:18 If you can convince me to use plus Cool, I'll let you use plus Cool. Doug 00:26:24 Yeah, no. Katie 00:26:25 Okay. Doug 00:26:25 Seven. Katie 00:26:28 Okay. On a seven, I'll give you this. You get her to stop focusing on the thing that she wants really badly. Doug 00:26:39 I don't like that start. Katie 00:26:40 Your positioning isn't the best. Doug 00:26:43 I don't like that ending. Katie 00:26:47 You're going to get a heavy hoof kick to the stomach. Doug 00:26:49 Jesus fucking Christ. Katie 00:26:51 You take one harm, but she decides, 'All right, well, maybe not right now, maybe later.' She gets up and she slowly trots off. A little bit of a huff. Doug 00:26:51 Mahaur: *pained grunt* Katie 00:26:51 "Oh, shit, dude. Are you okay?" Doug 00:27:05 "Yeah, it was just my stomach." Katie 00:27:06 "Oh, fuck." Doug 00:27:07 "There was no bones in the way." Katie 00:27:08 "Oh, my God. That looked like that really fucking hurt. Then I heard a really heavy thud." And also the sound of, like, all the air leaving your body. Doug 00:27:15 I roll over so my face is on the ground. Katie 00:27:18 "Oh, fuck. Are you.. Oh, dude." Doug 00:27:20 "I need a minute." Katie 00:27:21 "Okay." Doug 00:27:23 "I wish I didn't eat breakfast." Katie 00:27:28 You have a lot of heaviness in your stomach considering you didn't really eat a lot of pancake. ...It's almost like you've also have eight pounds of food in you. Eight pounds of the Rack-Hack-N-Tash. It's coming back around. Doug 00:27:28 Mahaur: *more pained noises* Katie 00:27:28 You should have just ate that fucking cow. Doug 00:27:46 "...Fucking knew it looked delicious. Bastard cow." Katie 00:27:53 He says, "Ah, fuck." Doug 00:27:54 "I'll be fine." Katie 00:27:55 "Do you need to get taken somewhere?" Doug 00:27:56 "No." Katie 00:27:57 "Okay. All right. I mean, we don't really have any doctors in the nearby area, but I mean-" Doug 00:28:01 "I heard there's a vet around, but I'm not- I don't think I'm a cat." Katie 00:28:05 "...Oh, shit," Doug 00:28:06 I'mma sit up. Katie 00:28:08 "I think the vet's the one that brought us coffee." Doug 00:28:10 "Really? " Katie 00:28:10 "Real nice. Are you okay? You look super pale. Fuck, I'm going to get you some water. Hold on." He's going to jump up and he's going to like. I don't know, for whatever fucking reason, he's going to take his hands. He's going to jump up and put his hands on top of the twelve foot drop and he's going to lift himself up and go over. Just, Ease. Doug 00:28:10 "What a cool guy." Katie 00:28:10 According to context, because it is 2016: You're younger. You should not be this young. He is maybe... 32 right now? Doug 00:28:42 I'm really bad at guessing. Katie 00:28:44 If you're 36 or you're 38 and it's 2014, you would be 40. This guy's 40! Doug 00:28:44 Hey, listen. Katie 00:28:44 Not the other bandmates, like a couple of them, the newer ones are just younger. That other guy that was like, on keyboard and synths? He did not look the same. This is just like, a thing. Doug 00:29:04 Listen, there is always that one older guy who thinks he's in the prime of his youth when he's just in the prime of his oldness, but he doesn't want to feel old, even though he's still cool. Katie 00:29:13 And that's Mahaur? Doug 00:29:14 No, that's the guy. Mahaur is just fucking old. Katie 00:29:21 Yeah. Fit for a forty year old, in general. Doug 00:29:22 Maher is just aging. Katie 00:29:28 Yeah, he's starting to get that thing now where he's not losing any hair, but he's starting to get that gray within his stubble and his sideburns and stuff like that. Doug 00:29:35 I pray for him to not suffer Male-pattern baldness. Katie 00:29:39 Yeah. But he's going to come back down, he's going to bring you some water. He's like, "Fuck. Is there anything we could do for you? Where did your cousins go?" Doug 00:29:47 "I don't actually fucking know." And that's a terrifying thought considering I look around and there's like nothing else around, isn't it? It's just- Katie 00:29:56 Roll me a plus Charm with a plus one, cause you're in fucking pain. Which is probably the only time that I would have that because the pain is probably helping you focus. Or, 'not focus' in this case. It's distracting. Doug 00:30:09 13. Katie 00:30:10 You don't even smell anything. Nothing. You're having a bad fucking time, you just got kicked in the fucking stomach. What do you give a shit about, fucking... Doug 00:30:23 Tummy hurt. I drink the water. Katie 00:30:25 All right. Cleo's gonna bring you a towel. Doug 00:30:28 "It's a bit much, but thanks." Katie 00:30:31 She just wants to help. Doug 00:30:33 All right. I get up and I start looking. Katie 00:30:36 Okay. All right. Investigate a Mystery. This is a joint 'Investigative a Mystery' and inevitably, in case you find them, a "Plus Charm". So if you want to use your higher stat to roll this one, and we'll see how this just peters out in general, because. Doug 00:30:52 The charm is the highest. If it just plus Charm, that's a ten. Katie 00:30:57 All right. On a ten, you're going to be able to get in there and you're going to be able to resist the effects- Doug 00:31:06 -You're under the assumption that I'm seeing the big hole and climbing in. Katie 00:31:09 Okay. You're seeing the big hole. Doug 00:31:11 Okay. I'm climbing in. Katie 00:31:12 Okay. Fucking dickhead Doug 00:31:14 I just want my character agency, damn it. Katie 00:31:16 Okay, alright. Fair. Big hole. Climb in. It's dark as shit. Doug 00:31:22 I take out my trusty, dusty- Katie 00:31:25 Gas station flashlight? Doug 00:31:26 No, my phone. It doesn't have a flashlight function. I just use the screen. Katie 00:31:30 It's the boys. What are Luke and Duncan doing? How do they enjoy the nice smelling, sweet place? Crow 00:31:39 Luke is probably just rolling around as Duncan's just laying there vibing. Katie 00:31:46 *laughter* Oh, man. Every day, I wish I had a Go-Pro. Doug 00:31:48 Do I see any- do I see anything else? You said something was growing out of the ground. Katie 00:31:54 There are some really pretty lily like flowers with waxy petals. Doug 00:32:00 Alright, "Come here, you little fuck." I crush one. Katie 00:32:01 There's a bunch of them. Doug 00:32:02 I crush one. Katie 00:32:02 Roll Charm. Doug 00:32:02 ...Won't fucking seduce me, Lily-bitch. Twelve. Katie 00:32:09 Very pretty. And you are very aware that these actually would make a very nice gift. Not that it matters right now because you're on the job. No time for sentiments. Doug 00:32:18 Professional. The professional. Katie 00:32:22 It's not that you're not aware, it's not that you're ignorant. These are beautiful. Cows are going missing, and potentially people. Doug 00:32:29 Neat. They're fucking wigging out. Katie 00:32:31 These could be like the poppies from the Wizard of Oz. Doug 00:32:34 That's exactly what I was thinking. Katie 00:32:34 Yeah, he is old enough to like the Wizard of Oz. Doug 00:32:34 I saw the original. Anywho. Katie 00:32:42 Yeah. You crush them. Doug 00:32:44 They didn't react violently, right? Katie 00:32:44 No. Doug 00:32:44 Okay. Katie 00:32:46 Because there's a bunch of them as well. They're not like "Oh, my precious." They're like, "Well, [can] always find more." Doug 00:32:51 Okay. Katie 00:32:52 They're all over the fucking stage. Doug 00:32:54 I have my handy dandy pocket knife multi tool. Katie 00:32:56 Okay. Doug 00:32:56 I'm going to take out a little scissor function. Katie 00:32:58 Okay. Doug 00:32:58 I'm going to start cutting them. Katie 00:32:59 Okay. Doug 00:33:00 I'm literally under the stage arm, just *clipping noises*. Katie 00:33:03 Alright. Doug 00:33:04 How many of them are there? You said there's a shit ton. Katie 00:33:04 Mm-hmm. Doug 00:33:04 I'm going to be under here a while. Katie 00:33:07 You're going to be under here a while. How long do you stay under here, until you- Doug 00:33:10 Until I'm done. Katie 00:33:11 Until you're done. Doug 00:33:14 I'm hurrying a little bit as well. Katie 00:33:16 All right, roll me one more plus Charm, and that'll be the last one because this is a lot of fucking flowers that you're cutting. This is a lot of pollen that you're releasing. You, like, Duncan and Luke, there's not much we could do for you right now. Unfortunately. Doug 00:33:31 I am unseducable. It's not as high as I'd like the first die to be. Please be high. At least a two. No, wait. Yeah. Katie 00:33:43 Can you roll that again for me? Doug 00:33:45 Yeah. ...Yeah, baby! That's a ten. Katie 00:33:49 That's another ten. No fucking way. Doug 00:33:52 Stupid fucking flowers. Katie 00:33:53 You cut all of these flowers, and you do feel a little bit of that feeling kind of lessen. As everything stills. You still have that residual feeling of feeling good, but you're also like, I think we're supposed to be doing something else right now as the last flower is kind of cut, but it's more so because, you're just starting to feel it less. You may also be growing a tolerance to it, rather than any sort of magical fuckery. And as you are cutting underneath the flowers, there is a sound of a car that pulls up. And [Mahaur]'s too busy focusing. You guys are blitzed out of your mind. So there's the sound of, like, somebody up on the stage talking. They sound a little not stilted, but hurried. They're like, "Okay, I want to know about this, and I want to know about this." And it's like, "Yes, it's good to see you, pleasantries," but you just hear the kind of question like, "But where are they?" And you think you might know that voice. But right now, nothing fucking matters. You cut all the flowers. Doug 00:35:07 I've been collecting them, by the way. Katie 00:35:08 You've been collecting them. They're beautiful. Doug 00:35:08 "Fucking-" I'm gonna stuff them in my jean pockets. Katie 00:35:15 They're, like, wonderful looking, and you don't have the urge to smell them or eat them or anything like that. But you're looking at these and you're like, 'someone would really enjoy having these'. Doug 00:35:23 They're definitely magical. Fuck it. The more I want to like them, the more I'm actively going to resist it. Katie 00:35:30 Okay, that's totally fine. Good on you. Doug 00:35:33 I don't like magic fuckery. Katie 00:35:34 It's kind of funny, too, because it feeds into the constant thing that happens where- and this is almost accidental- Mahaur does not really react to mind control or mind control like things. I think it may just be because every time that you're against one of them, it just adds on to this barrier that you have, where it's not even like that it can't affect you. It just doesn't get through in the first place. Doug 00:35:34 I'm built different. Katie 00:35:34 But, yeah, you get all of the flowers and they're, like, brimming from your coat pockets and your pants and everything else like that. What do you do? Because the boys are still kind of rolling around a little bit. They're just, like, starting to be like, 'Oh, maybe we should go do something else. I think there was something more important we-' Doug 00:36:14 Well, I crawl over to Duncan. I crawl over to Duncan because he's not actually, like, rolling. Katie 00:36:19 *to Duncan* I'm not gonna make you do it. Doug 00:36:21 I come over with my phone thing and I get close to you and I flash it in your face. "You good now?" Katie 00:36:28 You were enjoying the darkness. Crow 00:36:30 He's gonna slap the phone out of your hand. Katie 00:36:34 That sounds like you guys are going to start wrestling. Doug 00:36:37 No. That'd be too homoerotic for cousins. Katie 00:36:42 Jesus Christ. No. Doug 00:36:43 We're underneath the stage. It's pitch black. Katie 00:36:43 No! Doug 00:36:43 There's magical flowers- Katie 00:36:43 No!! Doug 00:36:43 -that make you feel nice. Katie 00:36:52 Okay, this goes on too long, I'm going to send somebody else underneath the stage. Doug 00:36:56 Anywho, so, yes, I just pick up my fucking phone and I'm like, "What the hell? Dick." Katie 00:37:00 'Don't do that.' Doug 00:37:01 "I take it you're back now." There's not a lot of headspace, right? Katie 00:37:06 There's not a lot of headspace. Doug 00:37:06 Okay, so were fucking scrunched. Katie 00:37:06 You're covered in flowers. Doug 00:37:06 Fucking dirt-dragged. Katie 00:37:13 Yo, he smells really good. Mahaur does not usually smell that good. He smells really good, at least to Duncan. Crow 00:37:20 Duncan: "I guess I have to go face the sunlight now." Doug 00:37:23 "Yes. Yes, you do." Crow 00:37:24 "Okay." Doug 00:37:25 "Sorry to drag you out of whatever fucking spell this had you under. I know it's not magic. It was a figure of speech. Hey, before you get out, can you, uh..."? I point to the noise of Wolf rolling because I don't have a flashlight. Katie 00:37:41 Just rustling. He's in such bliss. He's so happy. Doug 00:37:44 "You got to calm him down. And I'm going to get out of here-." Katie 00:37:46 Rolling around. Crow 00:37:46 "I guess I'll find your phone. " Doug 00:37:49 "-and draw attention out. Yeah. Please find my phone." Crow 00:37:57 I imagine Duncan has an easy time finding his phone. Katie 00:38:01 Yeah. Duncan finds the phone. Doug 00:38:01 And I'm crawling out. Katie 00:38:04 Okay, we'll do that in a second. In the meantime, because we'll do that in a moment. Luke is still rolling around. It's almost, like, you know. I'm not going to tell Duncan how he feels. It is a little adorable, and it is going to be kind of sad when we have to bring him back into his gremlin phase. Because this is probably, like, the most innocent happy he's been. And then you're going to bring him back, and he's going to start fucking setting off magic nukes again. Crow 00:38:35 Yeah, he's probably going to go over to Luke and just, like, do the motion of slapping him several times very lightly. Katie 00:38:47 *light papping noises* It takes a little while. Crow 00:38:50 But when Luke comes back to it, he's like, "Oh, wait, what was I doing?" Katie 00:38:56 'Oh, that's right. I was rolling around.' Crow 00:38:59 "Why am I here? I was looking for Duncan." Doug 00:38:59 You're Duncan Katie 00:39:06 It's Duncan. Crow 00:39:08 Duncan's going to be like, "Yeah, let's go. I don't know how much time has passed." Katie 00:39:12 He just like, bring your hand over. *paps the hand Homestuck-style* Katie 00:39:12 Alright, you come out of underneath the stage. You're covered in flowers. Doug 00:39:27 -[and] fucking dirt. Katie 00:39:29 And fucking dirt. And there's another cow. And it's just kind of like it was thinking about getting under there. And now it's just like- you're going to want to take- okay, how does this work? Because you're going to want to take a step back because this cow is like, "Oh, you're covered in the Lovely Thing." Doug 00:39:50 Throw a bunch of flowers at it. Or rather, like, crushed flowers. Katie 00:39:53 Good decision. It's going to start just like, catnip, just rubbing its nose in it and just, like, rolling around it a little bit like that. Doug 00:40:01 I love seeing cows roll like that. That's adorable. I got to burn these, and take a shower. Katie 00:40:06 So while that goes on and that goes on, you hear some voices from the other side. And they were saying, like, "Yeah, he got, I think, kicked in the stomach. And then he went back underneath the stage to find the other guys." He's like, "Wait, how do you know these people?" And she's like, "I don't. Just, fucking," She's like, "I'll be right back." And she walks around the corner. Doug 00:40:06 Cleaning myself off. I'm, like, brushing all the spare dirt off. Katie 00:40:35 Every time you brush it off, the cow just kind of looks up and just, like, sniffles it and just, like, [gets] really close to you, but [is] also just kind of rolling around. Margaret walks around the stage. She's got kind of more of a Dr. Robinson like lab coat, but... different. She looks old. She does not look older than what she originally was, but most definitely she looks the way that she was before the "19 spell" happened. And she walks around, and I don't know how this is going to resolve because she's going to walk around. She's gonna see you. She's gonna see the cow. And she's gonna be like, "I was looking for you." Doug 00:41:17 My pockets are also Full. Katie 00:41:20 She's going to walk over to the cow. The cow is going to roll around and move around and [there's] just low groaning. She's like, "Okay, all right. You've had a lot of fun. What the fuck is this?" Doug 00:41:34 "It's not only cows that like it." Katie 00:41:37 "O-kay, alright." Doug 00:41:38 "I'd be a little careful." Katie 00:41:39 "Are you doing okay?" She doesn't- You know her. You're not sure if she knows you, and if you're under the assumption that you're abducted and this is the real world, then she should know who you are. So this is a little weird. Doug 00:41:55 And she's old, so something fucky's going on. It's definitely an illusion. Katie 00:42:01 Something fucky is going on, but also, like... I'm going to say roll a Plus Sharp for me. That's the best way I can describe it. Doug 00:42:09 Plus/Minus Sharp again. Katie 00:42:10 Yeah. Doug 00:42:13 Four. Katie 00:42:14 Yes. She's behaving as normal. Doug 00:42:16 Mind control effects? Fucking get that shit out of here. Deducing anything? COULDN'T BE ME. Katie 00:42:22 There's a lot going on right now. You're still thinking about the flowers because they are really pretty. You at least know: this has got to be her. But you're also like: But she's also acting like she doesn't know me. Doug 00:42:33 And she's older, and I'm not older. Katie 00:42:35 Not older and I'm not older. Doug 00:42:37 The other dude's also old, but no one else is. Katie 00:42:39 So you're like, 'This is either the real world and something really strange has happened, or this isn't the real world, but either way, Why She Not Know Me?' Doug 00:42:50 "Do cows like anything like catnip? Because it seems to be this." And I pull out, like, a bunch. Katie 00:42:57 She's looking at it. Just kind of like, picking it up. "I've never seen anything like this before." And the cow kind of, like, moves its head up and then she's like, "No, no, no, no, no, no..." she just pets it for a second. She's just, "...Okay. All right. Not that I am aware of, but I suppose that comes with being a vet tech and not a vet yet. Um, are you okay? You mentioned plural. Is there anyone else that's... under the effects of this?" Doug 00:43:27 "Yes." Katie 00:43:28 "Okay, where are they?" Doug 00:43:30 I look at the hole. "They should be coming soon. I dealt with it all." Katie 00:43:35 "Okay." Doug 00:43:36 "I plan on burning them and coming back with some Roundup." Katie 00:43:40 "All right, well, that explains the cows. Hm. I hope there's not more of these." Doug 00:43:48 "Well, you'll figure out soon enough when they start following the new source-" Katie 00:43:48 "Sorry, have we met? " Doug 00:43:48 "...I'm just a professional." Katie 00:43:58 "Okay. All right." She, like, blinks and shakes her head and she just, "Okay. Well, I'm going to get-" Doug 00:44:06 I'm glad she accepted that as a normal person answer, because that is not something anyone in a good mindspace would ever say. Katie 00:44:12 You think Margaret is anything other than sheltered? She has had a weird fucking upbringing. Doug 00:44:16 I don't know who she is, though, in this wacko universe. Katie 00:44:18 Yeah, that's fair. She could be normal. Oh, that's right! She's also a vet tech, which is what she wanted to be in the first place. Doug 00:44:25 She could have been a preppy girl in high school, and that would have changed her whole outlook on life. Katie 00:44:29 That's fair. She says, "I'm going to get Daisy back to her farm, but I believe," she says, "there's a flower shop down on Main Street. I don't know. It's the only thing I can think of. I'm not a scientist." Doug 00:44:47 "I'll check with them." Katie 00:44:48 Okay. You notice, like, she holds it and she moves it over and she studies and everything else like that; she really gets her hands in it. No change. She doesn't even hold onto it. She just kind of like brushes her hands off of it and leaves. Doug 00:45:00 I'm glad. She left it, right? Katie 00:45:01 Yeah, she left all of it. Doug 00:45:02 Okay, pick it up and put it back. Katie 00:45:03 Yeah, you got it! They're really pretty. :) Doug 00:45:05 No, they need to be destroyed! Katie 00:45:05 They're really pretty! Doug 00:45:05 It's like the Ring. Katie 00:45:05 Give the best gift to somebody! Doug 00:45:05 Call me Sam because I'm not affected by the Ring. I will yeet this shit in a volcano! Anyways, now I wait for them to come out. Katie 00:45:20 Okay. All right. They're going to crawl out. Doug 00:45:23 I help them out. Katie 00:45:25 Duncan, you smelled the familiar person. Crow 00:45:25 Duncan: "Who was here?" Doug 00:45:28 "Margaret. Although a strange wacko version of her, where she followed her dreams or some shit. And now she's normal age, but also doesn't know who I am." Katie 00:45:37 You don't have to sound so bitter. Doug 00:45:39 It's just strange. Katie 00:45:40 It's just strange because she doesn't know you. Crow 00:45:42 Duncan: "That is very weird. " Doug 00:45:42 If you don't remember; We were socializing on the daily for like two days in a hotel, trying to figure out how to be young. And now I'm a stranger. Katie 00:45:53 I'm aware that's weird. If this was happening to me, I'd feel 100% wacko. And two, kind of offended? Like, and a little, like... not mad, but like, 'Hey, what the fuck?' Crow 00:46:05 "So how'd it go?" Doug 00:46:05 "Fucking, um... strangely. We should get out of here. We got... There's things to be done." Katie 00:46:13 It clicks with you: This was your old band. Doug 00:46:17 "We got to get out of here." Crow 00:46:19 "Okay." Katie 00:46:20 This is really bad because if those are the same people that you remember and that's, like Dustin and Jesse- Doug 00:46:20 They really are bad. We got to get out of here. Katie 00:46:20 -Dustin and Jesse and the rest of them, they all knew Linda as well. Cause Linda and Amy were friends. Doug 00:46:20 *whispering* "We gotta get out of here right fucking now. " Crow 00:46:20 "Alright. " Doug 00:46:20 "I have a past to run from, thank you." Crow 00:46:40 "Okay." Katie 00:46:42 That car that had driven by is gone, cow inside of it. Doug 00:46:47 There's a cow in there? In a Subaru, just *speeding cow on a highway noises*. Katie 00:46:50 Got to do what you got to do. Vet-tech van, ready to go. Doug 00:46:54 The back of the Subaru is like... All the seating is torn out. Fit one cow. Katie 00:46:54 So. Doug 00:46:54 We got to walk around the stage and face people socially. Katie 00:46:54 Got to walk around the stage. They ask if you're doing okay. Doug 00:47:06 "Yeah, I'm fine." Katie 00:47:07 Dustin: "Hey, uh, what's going on with- why are they covered in dirt? Are-are you okay?" Doug 00:47:12 "I'm fine." Katie 00:47:13 "Okay." Doug 00:47:13 "I'll see you tonight, though." Katie 00:47:13 "You got flowers." Doug 00:47:13 "We got something to do." Katie 00:47:16 "They look really nice." Doug 00:47:17 "They are nice, but something came up, so I'll be back for the show. Don't worry." Katie 00:47:21 "Oh, okay!" Brightens up immediately. "We're going to make it the fucking best. We got that good mojo now. Got those good vibes." Doug 00:47:28 And I'm walking to the van. Katie 00:47:30 Okay. Alright. Crow 00:47:30 All to the van! Doug 00:47:33 "Is there like, a fucking bag in here somewhere? I don't want my pockets filled with flower petals and shit." Katie 00:47:38 Mahaur smells nice. Doug 00:47:39 "If any of you try any more wacko shit with this..." Katie 00:47:39 One of you should sit in the front seat. Doug 00:47:43 "I will freak out." Crow 00:47:44 Duncan will. Katie 00:47:44 Duncan will sit in the front seat. Doug 00:47:46 I assume- because, by the way, I was going to look in the glove compartment for anything, like a Walmart bag or something. And I assume he opens the passenger door, ignores me trying to open it, and just sits down. Crow 00:47:46 Yes. Katie 00:47:46 Yeah. Gets in the way. Doug 00:47:59 "Fucking. Alright. You got a lighter on you?" Crow 00:48:05 Duncan: "Um, no." Doug 00:48:06 "How about you?" I look in the back. Crow 00:48:08 He's going to smile. Katie 00:48:11 Pretty flower. Crow 00:48:12 Luke: "I am the lighter." Doug 00:48:14 "Oh, good. This is going to be easy, then." Katie 00:48:17 You will be able to successfully burn these flowers and the effect will fade. There's no resistance to it. Katie 00:48:17 But they are very pretty. And you would like one of them. Doug 00:48:26 Well, I'm going to save *one* because we got to go to the florist- Katie 00:48:30 Yeah, you got to give it to a gift. Doug 00:48:30 No. Katie 00:48:30 Yeah, it's a very nice gift. [to Luke] He's saving it for you so you can give it to someone as a gift. It's very pretty and it smells nice. Crow 00:48:39 ...Luke would like the flower. Katie 00:48:39 *snickering* Doug 00:48:44 ...I put it back in my pocket. I start the van. And we go to the florist. Katie 00:48:52 Oh yeah. If Luke wants something, he's gonna get it. Crow 00:48:57 "So have all the flowers besides that one been burned?" Doug 00:49:00 "Yes." Crow 00:49:04 You know what I'm doing? Katie 00:49:05 Yeah, I know what you're doing. 'What if you just replaced it with something else?' ...Oh, that's a- One of those is a six! Crow 00:49:12 That's an eleven. Katie 00:49:13 Ohh, okay. Are we doing what I think we're doing? Crow 00:49:15 I think you're doing whatever- Yes. Katie 00:49:17 You have the flower. Crow 00:49:17 Okay. Katie 00:49:17 There is no change in weight within your pockets. Doug 00:49:23 Okay. What about shape? Katie 00:49:23 Hmm? Doug 00:49:23 It's a flower. Katie 00:49:26 Oh, shape? Different. The flower kind of like- it almost feels like it collapses or wilts in your pocket. Doug 00:49:33 ... Doug 00:49:33 What's in my pocket? Katie 00:49:33 *mischevious giggling* Crow 00:49:33 *somehow even more mischevious giggling* Sand. Katie 00:49:38 It's sand. You have sand in your pocket. *laughing* Actually, your other pocket is a little heavy, too. And you were wearing, like, business slacks that had, like, I would say, not the back pockets, but the front pockets. And they also feel a little heavy. Doug 00:49:55 I look in the rear view mirror. Katie 00:49:59 There's sand, just comes down from your hand. You go to put- do you put your hand back in your pocket? Doug 00:50:02 No. Katie 00:50:03 Okay because there's going to be more sand. It's not going to go away. Doug 00:50:12 "Wolf, you're an adult now." Crow 00:50:12 "And?" Doug 00:50:12 "We have to have a discussion." Katie 00:50:18 You got the pretty, pretty flower and you got to do the thing that you were thinking about. Doug 00:50:21 "Please give me the flower back so we may do what we have to do. " Crow 00:50:21 "I wanna give it to Louis." Doug 00:50:21 "I will kick your ass." Crow 00:50:29 "I will burn you." Doug 00:50:31 "I. Will win." Katie 00:50:34 How dare you try to take the flower away from Mahaur? He was going to give it as a gift. Doug 00:50:40 "Wait a minute. You know what? Keep the damn flower." Crow 00:50:45 "Thank you." Doug 00:50:47 "You're lucky I love you, cousin. " Katie 00:50:47 That is a nice gift. Doug 00:50:47 "By the way, I also got us somewhere to stay." Crow 00:50:55 "Okay." Doug 00:50:56 "We're staying with my friends. Hopefully, we can get out of here before we have to go to that room." Katie 00:51:03 So you don't put sand everywhere. Doug 00:51:06 We're going to go to the florist. Katie 00:51:07 Okay. All right. You go to the florist. There's a little chime when you enter the door. I'm going to give you two guesses as to who's in the floral shop. Doug 00:51:18 It's Mr. T. Katie 00:51:18 It's not Mr. T. Crow 00:51:21 I can't remember her name. Doug 00:51:23 Is it the other vampire? Katie 00:51:24 It's actually not. So one of them, nobody's going to recognize. Doug 00:51:28 Wait. He has one more guess. Katie 00:51:30 Yeah, he does have one more guess. One of them nobody's going to recognize one of them. Yeah. They're definitely one of those familiar smells. Crow 00:51:36 I love how my brain went. Dr. Robinson Katie 00:51:36 Would be funny if it was Dr. Robinson. Doug 00:51:41 That would be a very funny turn of careers. Katie 00:51:43 He's tall. He's got scraggly hair. He's got dark circles under his eyes, which may or may not be intentionally put there. And he's got a giant apron on and he's- Doug 00:51:51 It's Louis. Katie 00:51:51 -cutting the flowers. It's Louis. Doug 00:51:54 As soon as I heard the dark circles under his eyes. Katie 00:51:56 Yeah. Crow 00:51:56 Fair. Katie 00:51:56 And he's just getting things ready and getting stuff together. Doug 00:52:02 I see Louis. I recognize Louis. Katie 00:52:04 Yeah, you recognize Louis. Doug 00:52:05 I made the right decision today. I did not have to figure out whether or not I was right when I said I will win. Katie 00:52:11 When he looks up and sees you, he recognizes both of you. He's like, "Oh, hey, what's going on? I didn't realize you guys were in the area." Doug 00:52:22 You mean Duncan and Wolf, right? Doug 00:52:22 Yeah. He doesn't recognize you. Doug 00:52:22 Okay. I was gonna say, if he recognized me, I'd be a bit terrified. Katie 00:52:31 There's a woman in this floral shop. She's got... no one recognizes her. She's got long blonde hair and grayish blue eyes. And she's a little short. And she's wearing a lot of light, kind of like flowy silk kind of clothing, but it's like just a little bit of a white and blue aesthetic. And she just kind of like moves flower pots around and arranges things. And, you know, she's rather pretty. Doug 00:53:02 Anywho, I'm going to walk up to the counter. I assume Louis is manning the counter. Katie 00:53:02 Yeah. Alright. Katie 00:53:02 Louis: "What can I do for you?" Doug 00:53:08 "I have a flower question." Katie 00:53:09 "Okay." Doug 00:53:10 "All right. So, say... Is there any flower that cows enjoy similar to catnip?" Katie 00:53:21 "Uhh, cows in particular," Doug 00:53:21 "If it helps-" Katie 00:53:21 He says, "I don't think they're really attracted to alfalfa. I think they just need to eat it. The composition of what they eat on a farm can really directly affect their health. I don't know how, though." Doug 00:53:34 "Yeah, no, we're talking more like a compulsory thing. Like really attracted." Katie 00:53:42 "Wait, why?" Doug 00:53:43 "So you know how the cows have been disappearing?" Katie 00:53:45 "Oh, is that That?" Doug 00:53:47 "Yeah." Katie 00:53:48 "Okay. Alright." He says, "I was worried something like this would happen. You're probably going to want to talk to Melody." Doug 00:53:55 I point at her. Katie 00:53:56 "Yeah." She's at the other side of the shop and she's getting things together, she's putting things together. Looks nice enough. Says, "One of her flowers that she was working on got stolen a couple of weeks back. We couldn't find out where they went." Doug 00:54:18 "Neat." I walk away from that conversation. Katie 00:54:19 Okay. Doug 00:54:20 I don't respect this dude at all. Katie 00:54:20 Louis: "Fuckin', okay." Doug 00:54:20 He's a werewolf. And a small one. I've seen a big werewolf. That was impressive. Him? No. He's a tiny man. He has two wolves inside of him. The tiny man and the tiny wolf, they stack on top of each other to make a normal sized human. Katie 00:54:37 I hope Louis bites you and I hope you die from the 75% chance mortality rate of actual lycanthropy. Doug 00:54:43 I am too damn lucky. Katie 00:54:45 Too many luck points. Get rid of them. Crow 00:54:49 So, Luke is definitely going to stay and talk to Louis. Duncan is definitely going to go with Mahaur to talk to Melody. Doug 00:54:56 "Hello." Katie 00:54:59 She greets the both of you. She says, "Oh, hi. What can I help you with? ^_^" Doug 00:55:03 "Hi. We were told you were working on a flower. I don't know what that's supposed to mean, but it was stolen. Can you describe it to me?" Katie 00:55:10 "Oh, I breed flowers. One of the ones that I've been working on for a couple of years- it's supposed to have kind of like a sweet tart kind of smell. It looks a lot like a bigger Tiger Lily with, like, the orange petals." Doug 00:55:10 "Has waxy leaves?" Katie 00:55:10 "Melody: Yeah, like those!" Doug 00:55:28 "Okay." Katie 00:55:29 "Did something happen?" Doug 00:55:30 "Yeah." Katie 00:55:31 "Oh, no. :(" [She] puts her little hands together. Doug 00:55:36 "So, I don't want to alarm you. Did you plant them? Do they seed naturally?" Katie 00:55:41 "No, no, no. I, uh, I kept them in a very small container inside of the locked, refrigerated closet for the other arrangements. And they're supposed to be, like, manually seeded because they were really, really nice, but I thought they were hard to cultivate. I worked really hard on it." Doug 00:56:03 "Well, I have good news and bad news. Good news: They are very beautiful. You did a good job." Katie 00:56:03 "Thank you. :')" Doug 00:56:03 "Bad news. They seem to have some sort of catnip-like effect on not only cows, but some humans as well." Katie 00:56:19 "Oh. Well, I... Hm. I guess I thought it was going to be good for business, but that doesn't sound very good." Doug 00:56:22 "It'd be fantastic for business if they weren't seeded wildly somehow." Katie 00:56:27 "I don't know what happened. When I came in a couple of weeks ago, the entire closet door, it was just like- It's a glass closet, so it makes sense that it would have shattered, but that was the only thing that was gone." Doug 00:56:39 "God damn it. I don't have my little notebook. That's future Mahaur." Katie 00:56:43 "I have pieces of paper if you want." Doug 00:56:45 "Yes." Katie 00:56:46 "All right. Here. Take a piece of paper and a pen. This one has a little flower shop on it." Doug 00:56:50 "Ah, nice." I'm taking notes. The Professional's back. Or just beginning, I suppose, due to the timeline issues. Katie 00:57:00 "Are you guys, like...?" Doug 00:57:02 "We're in a strange profession of solving issues that other people can't. " Katie 00:57:02 "Oh. :o" Crow 00:57:02 "Yes." Katie 00:57:02 "That's pretty cool. You guys don't have a dog or anything, right?" Doug 00:57:12 "No." Katie 00:57:14 Melody: "Oh, okay." [To Duncan]: "Hi. c:" Crow 00:57:16 Duncan: "Hello." Doug 00:57:17 "We didn't introduce ourselves. They call me- I'm Mahaur." Katie 00:57:21 "Okay. Alright. Nice to meet you." Doug 00:57:23 "Alrighty, so." Katie 00:57:25 Introduces herself as Melody. Crow 00:57:28 "I'm Duncan and my twin brother over there, he goes by Wolf." Katie 00:57:32 "Okay." Crow 00:57:33 I do want to say at one point in time, while Luke is talking to Louis, he's just going to hand flower [over]. Katie 00:57:39 Louis: "Oh, shit. Thank you. Wait, is this the flower that was underneath the-" Crow 00:57:44 Wolf: "Yes." Katie 00:57:44 He's just like in the middle of him talking, he's just like "That was really nice." Katie 00:57:44 Louis: "Here you go." Crow 00:57:44 *laughter* Katie 00:57:44 *laughter* Doug 00:57:54 "So by the way, this refrigerated closet." Katie 00:57:58 She says, "Oh, it's upstairs. We haven't gotten it replaced yet, so it's just covered with tarping. But, yeah, you can go see it." Doug 00:58:05 Okay. Crow 00:58:08 I imagine the flower exchange happens a couple of times. Katie 00:58:11 It happens a couple of times. And he's like, "You know what? I'm going to put this in a vase." Doug 00:58:14 As we turn around, do we see that? Katie 00:58:16 Yeah, at least twice. That's not how many times it happened, but at least twice. Doug 00:58:24 "The sample size of humans that it seems to affect has increased by one." Katie 00:58:31 Doesn't seem to have any harmful effects but apparently, if you find the perfect loop... Doug 00:58:37 Fuck you mean 'harmful'? Katie 00:58:37 I mean, only potentially- Doug 00:58:37 They would starve to death there! Katie 00:58:42 I mean, if Louis gave it to someone else, that would be... Doug 00:58:43 Murderous anger. Katie 00:58:46 But at some point he just kind of put it in a vase. It looks like while cut, the effects don't last forever. Doug 00:58:53 Thank God. Katie 00:58:54 It does happen a couple of times, though. Doug 00:58:57 "Melody, is that the flower?" Katie 00:58:59 "Yes, yeah." Doug 00:59:00 "Okay, I thought so. Just making sure." Katie 00:59:03 "Definitely." Doug 00:59:04 "All right, let's go upstairs and see that break in... or not." Katie 00:59:07 She's going to come up with the both of you guys. Who's all going? Crow 00:59:11 Luke will probably stay with Louis. Katie 00:59:13 Okay. Alright. Doug 00:59:13 "Enjoy your time." Katie 00:59:16 She follows the both of you, er- She goes first, you guys follow her up, leads into a room that's had most of the dirt and glass cleared away. And you can tell some of the flowers had to be thrown out, a lot of things had to be moved. But for the most part, other than the tarp, it's cold up here because there isn't that quite same sort of isolation- uh, insulation. But, yeah, there's some arrangements in there. Kind of a little stand where you imagine that flower may have been. And anyone can roll investigative mystery if they'd like. I'm going to piss. Doug 00:59:57 I'm a roll to help out. Katie 00:59:59 Okay. Doug 01:00:07 I, uh... trying to fucking math. That's an eleven. So you know what you get, motherfucker? Plus one. Doug 01:00:19 What'd you get? Crow 01:00:19 With your plus one, I get a total of eight. Doug 01:00:24 It was completely unnecessary, but it could have been necessary. Crow 01:00:32 I do appreciate the help. Doug 01:00:34 Anytime. I saved you. Not gonna let you starve. That's not what I do. No one dies in a Scooby Doo mystery, I think. Crow 01:00:45 They did last time. Doug 01:00:50 Well, and we were forewarned, actually, that someone will probably die in this Scooby Doo mystery as well. Katie 01:00:55 So what's going on? Crow 01:00:57 I got a total of eight with their Help Out. Katie 01:00:59 Okay. So on a total of eight, you're going to find a clue, but you're not going to find much else. Doug 01:01:04 Pretty good. Katie 01:01:06 You're pretty sure- Doug 01:01:07 What do you mean we won't find much else? Because I'm going to 'Oops'. Katie 01:01:10 You're going to 'Oops'? Doug 01:01:10 I'm gonna 'Oops'. Katie 01:01:10 It's not necessarily related to who stole the flower, but something's up with Melody. Doug 01:01:25 Su- *already giggling* Katie 01:01:25 Yeah, he was almost gonna say it. Doug 01:01:25 Among Us. ... Alright. Katie 01:01:28 Duncan may not be aware of this, but it's actually kind of funny that it's Duncan that doesn't see it. Crow 01:01:35 No. Katie 01:01:36 She's got a bit of her eye on the both of you. And she just kind of gets distracted every once in a while. But she's also just mainly got her eye on Duncan. Katie 01:01:36 Put those eyebrows back down. Katie 01:01:36 But that's not the only odd thing about her. She's kind of got a little bit of. Not a floaty kind of quality to her, but she's got a bit of a presence, especially since she's kind of a tiny girl. She's got a little bit of, like- not quite the air of a trust-fund child, but someone who knows that they've got a decent amount of power behind them and just chooses not to do anything. Doug 01:02:22 So to like, a level of not only confidence, but also just a ton of arrogance. Like they could get away with something. Katie 01:02:29 Not necessarily arrogance, more like someone who doesn't- Like, they realize exactly how powerful they are, but they don't want to do anything malevolent with it. So they're just a standerby. This is not the person you're looking for. Doug 01:02:43 I thought I was basic. At least I'm normal and have no power. Katie 01:02:49 On an eight, you find- And this is a little weird- It's a pair of... You're almost pretty sure this isn't supposed to be here. Enough to where, like, Duncan is in a very interesting position where he finds this and he feels... He disassociates for a moment? It's hard to explain the quality of it, but you see a pair of, it looks like a surgical steel set of prongs. Tweezers, almost. They're not regular tweezers. They're meant for pulling small objects out. Which... wouldn't make any sense, if you're trying to pick up a flower or break into something or anything like that. It wouldn't have any of these uses. And you're pretty sure there's... residue on it. Katie 01:02:49 And you feel for a moment like you're not supposed to be here. At all. But you pick it up, and it's got a very distinct kind of smell to it. And it's an unfortunate kind of smell, but it also may be a good lead, considering you are the smells guy. You also get an incredibly big, foreboding kind of aura from this. This is not... You don't just find bloody tweezers in a floral shop. Doug 01:02:49 Bloody? Katie 01:04:09 Yeah. Not fresh. Doug 01:04:12 Oh. Old. Okay. I hate to bring the tension down a little bit, but I just realized something. I can't read anything I've written. Doug 01:04:12 *both laugh* Katie 01:04:27 Oh, if this has to get cut into episodes, I just want to know right now, I really hope I could get it to where it cuts at that. Melody's looking at you like, "Are you doing okay?" Doug 01:04:40 It's shaped weirdly because every time I look away and have to rewrite something, it's changed the letters. So the sizing is all weird. Katie 01:04:48 It reflects whatever's going on in your subconscious, and it changes every time. Doug 01:04:52 "That cow looked good- What the fuck?"