Session Zero Heroes - A TTRPG Actual Play Podcast
Speaker A: Jasmine, oolong, green and white. Long ago, these four teas were skilfully brewed at the blissful brew. Then everything changed when the shop's popularity threatened its existence. All Mr. Okuron, the shop's owner and tea master, could do was to recruit four teenage orphans to learn his trade and and staff his shop. A year has passed since the orphans were hired, and although their skills have progressed, they still have a lot to learn before they can brew anything. But I believe that they have the potential to make the blissful brew the greatest tea shop in the world. Last time on Benders and brews, an Avatar Legends podcast.
Speaker B: Mika, you've got a big old voss of muddy duck and fish poop water.
Speaker C: I want to find a way to put my water into those pots.
Speaker B: I'll walk up to hot leaf juice in the car, just act like I own it. Walk up, um, grab a box. So, sure enough, nobody really questions anything that you're doing. You just grab a box. I want to take the two tea boxes. I'll earth bend the cart for them.
Speaker D: I'm going to wheel it around the.
Speaker B: Building and just catapult them over the hedge maze. Uh, with my crates now in the maze, I just nonchalantly walk inside and I take a post up at the hot moon juice stand. You see this woman walking towards your friends who are setting up the booth for the blissful brew.
Speaker E: Well, uh, the blissful brew. I, uh, wasn't expecting to see your company here. My name is Madame Yang, owner and CEO of Hot Leaf Juice. I'm sure your, uh, boss, Mr. Okuron, probably mentioned me.
Speaker D: Can't two companies coexist at the same?
Speaker E: Hmm? Well, I suppose we have no choice now, don't we?
Speaker B: You suddenly see the familiar face of Mr. Okaron making his way down towards you with a small cart filled with.
Speaker E: Various M. Well, well, I was told he would show up eventually.
Speaker B: Oh, Madam Yang.
Speaker E: Oh, you can say it, you old fool. You're not happy to see me. And believe me, the same can be.
Speaker B: Said for no, no, it's good to see you. We used to study together under a tea master. She was from a wealthy family. I very passionate from a young age, even about tea. Her parents were not happy with the fact that a tea master that they had hired to tutor her were allowing me to sit in on those lessons and also learn. And so they did everything in their power to make sure that I was unable to do so. She stabbed me in the back, fairly literally. So I had to flee. But thankfully, uh, that's where I was.
Speaker F: Able to travel around the world and.
Speaker B: Learn the tea skills and ods of so many different cultures and groups.
Speaker E: I think it's you who wouldn't understand, given that you're little more than an employee at a dying tea shop after all.
Speaker B: And, uh, welcome back, everybody, uh, to benders and Broods. The Avatar Legends. Real play or actual play podcast. I've heard both ways. I don't know what you guys think as far as that goes, but I hear actual play a lot more, so now I'm feeling a little silly about it that I've said real play this whole time.
Speaker G: I don't know.
Speaker B: It works either way as far as I'm concerned. Anyways, uh, all that being said, uh, just a quick little bit to our intro here. Ah, Connor, aka Broccoli, is out for the day. Um, so he was unable to make it, which is okay. See him next time. But that's all right, because now that he's thrown the tea into the maze, as you might remember from last time. Yeah, um, he's going to, uh, just be working away undercover for hot leaf juice for the time being. So that's where we're going to have him at. Um, and by next episode, when he's back, we should see where that ends up taking us. Uh, other than that, let's kick things off with our intro. We got a couple of announcements as well along the way, um, one of which is that we have a discord now. So if, uh, you pull us up on any social media or inside of our episode information, things like that, you should be able to find a link. You can head on over and join our discord channel. You can talk to some of the cast I know myself, and Cameron, who plays Bill Dore. We're both on there, so. Yeah, come on over. Oh, uh, we have our voice actress, who is voicing Madame Yang and doing a phenomenal job of it. She is also over there, so definitely say a hello to her because, uh, we're excited to have her as part of the cast. Uh, other than that, yeah. Let's jump into the intro. So the question for today is, and this one actually comes from our voice actress. She goes by eclectic Wendigo on the, uh, Discord Channel, and she asked, what animal do you feel each of you feel like represents your character? And, uh, we're going to go in this style of avatar style animals. So nothing is just itself except for a bear. There is a bear, but other than that, everything is some sort of amalgamation of two animals or three animals know some other obscure take. So, uh, Guo, do you want to start us off or. Dave?
Speaker H: Sure thing. This is Guohan the adamant, playing an earthbender. And I would say Han is most like a top hat squiddle.
Speaker B: Uh, the top hat squiddle, just like our good friend, as some of you.
Speaker H: Who follow the Facebook group may know, is what Dilbert.
Speaker B: That's right.
Speaker H: Who we refer to as a squid is actually. So a top hat squiddle is like a turtle crossed with a squid. Like Guohan, he's clever. He can get into the chinks in the enemy's armor. Um, but also he's had a bit of a rough past, like I think many of our group have. So he can take it, but he can also kind of dish it.
Speaker G: Sure, sure.
Speaker B: He's kind of a little bit protective. So he's got that shell that he might hide. Right. All right. I like it. I like it. Bringing it back to good old Dilbert, who we all know and love. Um, Bill Dore, you, uh, got one in the canon, so to speak. What do you got?
Speaker D: Uh, the rare and elusive tiger crane. It is a crane, uh, but its feathers are orange and black and stripes of a tiger and it has a long tail.
Speaker H: Okay.
Speaker B: And how do you feel like this kind of coincides with your character?
Speaker D: It's both elegant with fierce colors.
Speaker B: Okay, because he's a dressy guy.
Speaker G: Yes.
Speaker A: Right.
Speaker B: So that's the elegant side. And, uh, maybe soon we'll get to see those fierce colors really come out.
Speaker H: Maybe, I don't know, see those true colors.
Speaker B: That's right.
Speaker H: Shining through.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker D: Maybe my true feelings for tea might shine through.
Speaker G: Maybe.
Speaker B: I know Mr. O'Ron would love that. Mika, Michaela, what do you got?
Speaker C: Um, I would say Mika is most like a bear cat.
Speaker B: A bear cat?
Speaker C: Yeah.
Speaker B: Tell me what it is about a bear cat that really says Mika.
Speaker C: M. Um, well, the bear part, she's grizzly on the outside. She has lost experience foraging, kind of being a loner. Um, the cat part, I don't know if I can really say. Cats are sweet and cuddly, but they have a softer side to them. A little bit of sass.
Speaker B: Oh, yeah. So it's a bit of a survivor fighter, but then also kind of a little bit like a softer but also kind of. What would you say the word is? Like a crafty side? Problematic, probably. Problematic. Definitely a bit.
Speaker D: At least how I describe cats.
Speaker B: Yeah, no, that's true. They sometimes can be. Every cat is different, as we know. I've got two very opposite cats in this house for sure.
Speaker G: Awesome.
Speaker B: All right, perfect. Well, I think it's time that we get started. All right, so as we left off last time, we've got two individuals, Bill and Guo, who are both helping Mr. Okuron set up. And soon, once the party begins, start serving their tea to, uh, the various partygoers. The party, of course, is happening at. And we hadn't talked about the name of the family that's hosting the party. We talked about the Yang or, sorry, uh, the Shifu family that helped set up all the preparation and stuff like that for vendors. Uh, uh, or not vendors, rather caterers, um, and the house itself. And you guys probably would have caught onto this either by talking to Mr. Okaran or, uh, either just seeing their name on things or something at the house. But the family is the Utoko family that is actually hosting this. Why the party is happening, you're not 100% sure yet. Um, you could maybe ask Mr. Okaron about that. Maybe he knows. But, uh, whatever the case, they haven't revealed that yet. On the other hand, we have, uh, Brock and Mika, who have disguised themselves and sort, uh, of made themselves seem like members of the hot Leaf juice, which is their competition, which is who they are, uh, splitting the sort of catering, uh, needs for tea with. Uh, during this event, Mika, um, you just headed back or. Well, you headed away from the booth, uh, the blissful brew booth. You had been talking with Mr. Okeron and the other two, um, they kind of made sure to say things to know, pass off the idea that you necessarily work there. Although Mr. Okara might have said a couple things, but nobody was around. So, um, I don't think your cover is broken by any means. Uh, but you walked away to, quote unquote, go change. So, uh, what is your plan? Where are you off to?
Speaker C: I'm going to walk around.
Speaker B: Okay.
Speaker C: What were they doing inside again when I left them?
Speaker B: Uh, you had tried to sort of mess with the water supply that they had in there and in the process you had caused a bit of a leak and they were currently in the process of cleaning it up, trying to find where the water was coming from and things like that, um, and fix whatever that problem was. Otherwise, there's a handful of other employees that are just kind of generally just setting up the cups and setting those out or if there's any, uh, whatever tea ingredients haven't been thrown into the maze, never to be seen again, allegedly, uh, by Brock. Earlier on today, they're prepping those ingredients so just kind of finishing touches before the party. Begins.
Speaker C: And what do I see as I'm walking back inside? Because obviously that's where the bathroom would be.
Speaker B: Okay. All right, so you, uh, walk back inside. Like I said, most people are just, uh, rushing around putting the finishing touches on anything. Um, you, uh, notice that there are a lot less staff members that are out and about because many of them have rushed off to the kitchen or kind of behind the scenes kind of areas to basically ready themselves for service during the party. Um, whether that be running, uh, dishes out to the people out there, or, um, could be anything. Could be grabbing towels for somebody or grabbing something for somebody's needs or whatever the case. So it's pretty light as far as staff goes. Um, aside from obviously anybody that's there as a caterer, they are finishing any touches. There's a few foods. Um, there's some people that are serving these, just several variations of meatballs. Um, there's somebody that's serving or your, or d'oeuvres, ordeo orbees, the orde orte. Um, a lot of it's mostly like, or d'oeuvres, little things. Uh, there's like, stuffed mushrooms. Um, there's. Man, I'm trying to think of, like, more ancient style. There's like, lady finger cookies, uh, um, some small cake, lots of dessert item kind of things. Like small desserts. Um, things along those lines. Parfaits. They've got fancy parfaits.
Speaker C: Are there any, um, fruit?
Speaker B: Just straight fruit?
Speaker C: Yes.
Speaker B: Um, so the staff, like I mentioned, that was kind of running back. There are a handful of them that are doing things in the kitchen. Um, and you kind of get the vibe based on some of the, like, you might even walk back there and they're not going to say anything about it. And as you kind of walk through the kitchen, you notice some of the things that they're preparing, and most of what they're preparing is very basic stuff. So things like sliced fruit or whole fruit, if it's something like a strawberry or something like that. Um, sort of small things that someone could just kind of pick off a plate. Um, not so much anything that needs to be cooked or baked. They're leaving most of that kind of stuff to the, um, caterers.
Speaker C: A banana? Yeah, I'm going to take a banana.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker C: And I'm going to eat it while I'm walking back towards the hot leaf booth.
Speaker B: All right, perfect. So, yeah, you're eating away at this banana. Uh, as you make your way back to the hot leaf booth, um, one, uh, of the employees sees you and they're like, what are you doing? You're supposed to be over here getting things ready, and you're just walking around eating a banana. We are running behind over here.
Speaker C: I needed a little energy.
Speaker B: Oh, my gosh.
Speaker F: Well, hurry up and get started.
Speaker B: We need help with the cups. We need help with, uh, the water is a whole mess of a situation. We're trying to get that dealt with, but that just means that we've got other people that have run off and they're dealing with that. And then all of a sudden, as he's kind of like, berating you about things that need to be done, Madam Yang and one of her employees come walking in very, uh, quickly. They seem a bit anxious. And they come walking in, and Madame Yang looks around at everybody that's there. And she sees you standing there. She sees the person that's yelling. Well, the semi yelling at you standing there. And she looks over at the employee that's standing there with her and she.
Speaker E: Says, you and you, I need you to go with Coval into town and bring me back some very important tea ingredients immediately.
Speaker C: Okay? She points at me.
Speaker G: Yes.
Speaker C: Oh, man. Okay. I'm going to, um, look for a trash can to throw my banana peel in. And while I'm turning, I'm going to drop my banana peel and I'm going to accidentally step on it. And then I'm going to be very dramatic in falling in hopes that I knock some of their tea glasses over.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Um, I'm going to call this a trick. So roll for trick, which is creativity.
Speaker G: Always.
Speaker C: Two, nine.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: So on a seven to nine, you pick one. Uh, and you can make this. Well, I guess it would still be that. So I'm going to assume that they overcommit and they are deceived. I would assume that's kind of what you're going for, right out of the options that are here. So they're deceived. They believe that you legitimately slipped on a banana peel unintentionally, and you're able to pull it off. So you slip on this banana peel, you widen your arms out plenty wide to make sure that you really knock down a handful of stuff. And yes, sure enough, you come crashing down, knocking down a handful, a pretty hefty handful of cups, small, um, plates, those little, um, saucers and things along those lines, uh, spilling a little bit of water as you do, which is ironic because you're really messing with their water supply this whole time. And she's infuriated when she sees that.
Speaker E: She'S liKe, what are you doing? Who left a banana peel laying around? We don't even serve banana peels.
Speaker B: She starts yelling at one of the staff members that are, like, walking by. She sees that they have, like, a platter of fruit.
Speaker E: You there with the fruit. How dare you leave one of your filthy banana peels lying around near my stall for my employee to slip on? Do you not see how much damage you've caused me and my business?
Speaker B: I swear, we weren't cutting any bananas out here. I don't know where it could have come from. Um, and she says, you, one more.
Speaker E: Slip up like that, and you're fired. Now get out there and get me those ingredients.
Speaker B: And she hands a piece of paper. It looks like a list of some kind to the employee that's kind of walking alongside her.
Speaker E: And she's like, I'm putting coval in charge. He has a list of ingredients. You follow him and do exactly what he says. If I hear from him that either of you were slacking or not taking this task with the utmost of urgency, you will not be riding back to your jobs in buzzing se.
Speaker C: Okay, I'll walk out with him.
Speaker B: All right, so the three of you head out. You start walking into town. Um, as you're walking, uh, the other two start. It's pretty quiet, honestly. They don't seem like they want to talk. Um, in fact, they even try to push for everybody to kind of jog a little bit, uh, to really move the situation along.
Speaker C: And where is this list that he has?
Speaker A: It's just in his hand.
Speaker B: He's got it rolled, ah, up, and he's just kind of holding it in his fist.
Speaker C: So no pockets?
Speaker B: No. Well, I mean, he might have pockets. It's just he doesn't have it in his pocket.
Speaker C: And what's around on the path?
Speaker B: Um, we'll see a few trees here and there. It's not, like, super heavily wooded. Um, and then otherwise, it just kind of turns into, um, a little bit of a field on either side. But it's pretty short lived because this house is not too far from town. It, um, is like a big, ornate, fancy house. So it's a little bit on the outskirts, uh, just because, uh, there's so much to this, like their yard and everything like thaT. So they want to have enough space to kind of separate from the poorer people. Um, so it's not too long before you're in town.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker C: And there's lots of people in town, I'm assuming?
Speaker B: Kind of, yeah. Um, I would say it's probably getting towards kind, uh, of like dinner time. Uh, so probably around like maybe five or 06:00 in the afternoon. And yeah, there's a pretty decent movement m of people either leaving work or maybe heading to go get something for dinner. They're with their families.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker B: So there's a pretty good amount of people that are running around or walking around.
Speaker C: All right, I'm going to turn to the guy who has a list and I'm going to say, why don't we divide up, uh, things on the list so we can get more work done faster?
Speaker B: And he said, that's good thinking.
Speaker G: I like that idea.
Speaker B: And then the one that was kind of berating you earlier, he says, well.
Speaker F: I think myself and what's uh, your name?
Speaker C: Mika.
Speaker F: Mika?
Speaker G: Yes.
Speaker F: I think we should go together.
Speaker B: And he kind of has this look in his eye that he doesn't exactly trust you. Um, given know he saw you eating the banana. So he kind of knows, like the banana was on you, but he didn't say anything in the moment because it was really crazy. And the guy says, sure, that works for me. Um, he kind of just tears the paper in half and then hands you guys one and then he takes the other.
Speaker C: Does he hand it to.
Speaker B: I, uh, guess he just holds it out. I take it, uh, roll. Someone give me a dice. We'll see who grabs it first.
Speaker C: Just one?
Speaker B: Uh, yeah, we'll roll one.
Speaker C: Okay. Six.
Speaker G: Oh, okay.
Speaker B: Yeah, you grab it first. You grab it before he does. Here you go, Cameron. He kind of like glares at you ever so slightly. Um, but otherwise, yeah. Uh, you have the list.
Speaker C: Okay, so as we're walking towards the shops, Booths, wherever we need these ingredients from, I'm kind of going to walk fast and I'm going to kind of interweave in between people to see if I can try and lose him.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Uh, let's call that, but I don't.
Speaker C: Want to make it obvious I'm trying to lose.
Speaker D: He was just trying to grab it faster than her because he's worried she's just going to buy a bunch of bananas.
Speaker B: Let's call this a push, uh, your luck, because again, he's already suspicious of you. So, um, he might catch on to the fact that you might be trying to lose, uh, him. Unless of course, you succeed. It is passion.
Speaker C: I got a four.
Speaker B: You're not able to lose him.
Speaker C: Dang it.
Speaker B: And he's kind of catching on to the fact that you seem to be up to something.
Speaker F: And he says, hey, I think you should give me the list.
Speaker C: There's really no need for that. And I put it in my dress.
Speaker B: He kind of looks at you angry.
Speaker F: And he's like, by the way, where are you from, anyways? I don't remember seeing you when we all got in the cart back in bosing Se.
Speaker C: Where am. Yeah, you know, from around here and there. I kind of travel a lot. Probably why you haven't seen me, because I kind of hop from place to place.
Speaker F: So you're not even from our location?
Speaker C: No, I am from your location. I'm just, like, a new guy girl gal.
Speaker B: You, uh, have an ability that refers to lying, don't you?
Speaker C: Would it be my roguish charm?
Speaker B: Yeah. Do you want to roll your roguish charm and see how well you're able to kind of convince him that? No, I'm with you guys. I'm just new, so I'm going to.
Speaker C: Give myself a fatigue so that I can roll with creativity instead of harmony. I got a six.
Speaker F: He says, no, see, I remember everyone getting into the cart back embossing, say, and I don't remember seeing you.
Speaker C: I came in my own cart.
Speaker F: What? There were only two carts.
Speaker B: Who are you really?
Speaker C: Madame Yang doesn't like the new know. She doesn't really trust them. She's like, oh, find your own way. So I did.
Speaker F: No, something's off about you. You're not with our company at all.
Speaker C: You want the honest answer? I'll give it to you.
Speaker F: Okay.
Speaker C: I really was just looking for a job because I'm in need of money. Because, like I said, I travel from place to place, and I need a little extra cash to travel to the next place. So I decided to try and secretively employ myself with you guys so that I could get a paycheck at the end of the night.
Speaker F: That doesn't even make sense. If you're not signed onto a contract, then there's no obligation to pay you. Not to mention, you haven't gone through Madame Yang's special training, which is necessary for anyone who wants to work at hot leaf juice, the finest tea establishment in all the world.
Speaker C: I mean, she did send me to go get these items off her list, so I feel like she'll pay me.
Speaker F: She has a lot on her plate at the moment with the party, but I think you need to give me that list right now.
Speaker C: Uh, like I said, I can't really do that.
Speaker F: Give me the list.
Speaker B: And then he takes up a fighting stance.
Speaker G: Whoa.
Speaker D: Combat. In this game.
Speaker B: Combat. So he is initiating an exchange because he doesn't trust you. So I need you to pick one of the three, uh, moves that you want to move forward on combat moves.
Speaker C: I, um, think I'm going to defend and maneuver.
Speaker B: Okay, sounds good. And he is going to advance and attack, obviously. Uh, so for defend and maneuver, you are going to roll your two dice. What?
Speaker D: You get focus.
Speaker C: I got a three.
Speaker B: Uh, I think that means that you do nothing.
Speaker D: You stumble, but you can shift your balance away from center to use one basic technique.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: So you can shift your balance towards one of those two sides based on, uh, kind of the situation and what you feel like relates this.
Speaker C: Um, I shifted towards survival.
Speaker B: So you can ready, you can retaliate, or you can seize a position.
Speaker C: Um, I'm going to seize a position.
Speaker B: Okay, so you move to a new location. Um, you can engage or disengage with a foe, overcome a negative status or a danger, or establish an advantageous position or escape the scene. Any foe engaged with you can mark one fatigue to block this technique.
Speaker C: Um, I want to escape the scene.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: He is definitely going to mark a fatigue in order to keep, uh, you, he blocks you. So what happens is you turn to run, seeing that he's about to take a fighting stance against you, and he rushes over and blocks you just as you're about to run. Uh, then he is going to advance an attack, and he is going to use a forceful blow. So he's going to swing in an enemy with all his might, sending them flying. He marks fatigue and inflicts two fatigue, or one condition of his choice. Uh, he's going to hit you and do the fatigue. So you take two fatigue, he takes an additional fatigue. But after all the running and everything, he is looking kind of exhausted, Mommy.
Speaker C: I kind of am, too.
Speaker B: When he does this, he gets to push you to a new position of his choice. Unless you mark two fatigue.
Speaker C: Well, then I'd be at zero fatigue.
Speaker B: Okay, so you're going to let him?
Speaker C: Yes.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: He just knocks you down. He just pushes you onto the ground.
Speaker F: And he's like, give me the list.
Speaker C: Um, you're not very convincing. Maybe you would have said please or something, but you're just shoving me around. That's not very kind.
Speaker B: All right, well, he looks at you and he growls angrily, and he's going to continue this exchange. What would you like to do?
Speaker C: So I choose one of the three again? Uh, yeah, I'm going to evade and observe.
Speaker B: Okay, go ahead and roll for it.
Speaker C: Well, evade or observe, it says I can clear a fatigue and roll with creativity.
Speaker G: Okay, cool.
Speaker C: So I'm going to roll with creativity. And that puts me at a nine.
Speaker B: Nine. All right. Awesome.
Speaker C: I get choose one.
Speaker G: Yes.
Speaker C: I'm going to, um, test balance. Okay, so mark one. Fatigue. To challenge an enraged Foe's balance, ask what the principle is. They must answer honestly if you already know the principle, instead of shift, instead shift their balance away from center by questioning or challenging their beliefs or perspective.
Speaker B: Okay. All right. So once again, he, uh, is going to advance an attack, but this time, he's going to pressure. He's going to intimidate his foe. Or actually tell me how it is that you test his balance. Like, what are you saying to him to try to figure out what it is that his balance is? Because you'll know it's loyalty. But what are you saying to him.
Speaker C: To kind of like, well, I didn't know it was loyalty.
Speaker B: Right, right. So you were trying to test him and be like, what's your deal, man?
Speaker G: Or.
Speaker C: Yeah. Why? Uh, I don't know. Why is this so important for you? It's just a list of ingredients.
Speaker F: BecAuse, unlike you, I actually work for Madame Yang, and what Madame Yang wants, Madame Yang gets. So give me that list so I can get her what she wants.
Speaker C: Does she also beat you into submission? Because it doesn't really work that way.
Speaker G: No.
Speaker F: Madame Yang gives us the opportunity of a lifetime by allowing us to work in her fine establishment. She pays very well. There are benefit packages, combat and bending training. Which is why I know that I can take you out if you don't give me that list.
Speaker C: Well, if you wanted to take me out, we can just go get the items on this list.
Speaker F: What?
Speaker G: No.
Speaker F: Look, I don't trust you, so stop playing games. I know you're not with us.
Speaker C: I literally said I wasn't. I was just trying to find a job.
Speaker F: Yeah, hence why I don't trust you.
Speaker C: Help a poor, unfortunate soul.
Speaker F: I don't owe you anything. I only owe Madame Yang something, and it's what's on that list.
Speaker C: Well, why can't you show me the servitude? Uh, that you show Madame Yang? That's not what I meant.
Speaker H: Before me, Pessy, pay me tribute.
Speaker F: What are you talking about? I don't work for you.
Speaker B: You were trying to take on a no pay servant, I think.
Speaker D: Hit you across the head, I guess.
Speaker B: No, I was trying to woozy.
Speaker C: I was trying to say Madame Ying obviously showed him some sort of support. I mean, uh, when she hired him, he was down on his luck at some point, so I was hoping to relate with him on that level of. That's what I was trying to say, not what came out of my mouth, I guess.
Speaker B: Here's what I would say. Okay, so you're trying to get at his. Like, Madame Yang took you in and she could take me in, so let's work together. Kind of a situation.
Speaker C: Yeah.
Speaker B: So you're kind of calling him out to live up to his principle of loyalty. Know, you work with Madame Yang, and I could work with Madame Yang, so I could follow you in your sort of principle of loyalty.
Speaker C: Yeah.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: So you shift your balance away from center and then name and roll with their principle, which in this case is loyalty.
Speaker C: Okay, I got a six.
Speaker G: A six.
Speaker B: Okay. He calls her out for her survival, essentially. Yeah, principle, basicaLly.
Speaker D: Like, I see you want to survive.
Speaker B: All right, so this is one that. Yeah, you would want to roll high on. You roll low on. So he says to you, nah, nah, nah, nah.
Speaker F: You're just some kind of scammer or something. I don't know what you are, but you're not with us, so give me that list.
Speaker C: Uh, okay. Um, since we're in combat, can I still use my water bending knot on him? Yeah, so I can use my sweat and kind of muddle up the ink on the paper.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: All right, but you're going to get to him.
Speaker C: Yeah, I just want to make it less legible.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Yeah. Uh, okay, so he calls you out and he says, you better give me.
Speaker F: That paper and then scram. And I better not see you back at the party either.
Speaker B: And so you use your sweat and you subtly bend it underneath you to make a puddle of mud of some kind. And you slap that paper into the mud and then you hand it to him.
Speaker C: How about I just slap it into the mud and run away?
Speaker G: Oh, okay.
Speaker B: That works, too.
Speaker C: I mean, since he doesn't want me around anyway.
Speaker B: No, that's fair. Um, yeah. Okay, so you slap it into the mud, uh, roll me a push your luck, uh, as you try to get out of there without him, m because he's already pretty upset. So if he sees you slap that into the mud, he might try something.
Speaker C: I got an eleven.
Speaker B: Oh, wow. Okay, so, yeah, you very much just, uh, slap it in the mud and then threw it on the grave.
Speaker H: Can't buy me leaf juice, man.
Speaker B: Okay.
Speaker G: Yes.
Speaker C: What other lucky opportunity falls into my lap?
Speaker B: Um, a whole group of. There's a small parade of people celebrating the art of pebble juggling that are walking by, juggling pebbles and small rocks in the air, very excitedly. There's some music as they come through. And you run, like when you slap it in there and then you jump out of the way just as they're walking through. And so they cut off the, uh, possibility of him being able to chase after you without going around the whole parade at this point. So he picks up the thing in the mud, he looks at it, and then here's kind of a bonus opportunity too, is it is a mess. There's no way you could read that. And it's already soaked into the paper. It's completely illegible at this point.
Speaker G: Mhm.
Speaker B: All right, perfect. So I'm going to cut over to our two boys over at the blissful brew stand back at the party. All right, so you guys are setting up, you notice that it's getting a little bit towards, uh, the time that the party is going to start. So you start noticing as guests are kind of filing in, um, on carriages, uh, maybe on foot, a couple of them, not too many. Uh, some of them are on those rickshaw. Yeah, they got some rickshaws. There's some people coming in on rickshaws with those nice little, um, they're like roofed because obviously these are all pretty wealthy people for the most part. Um, and uh, so as everybody's filing in, you guys are finishing up, putting those finishing touches. Mr. Okaron is nimbly and expertly going through the ingredients, chopping things up, putting them into like a mortar, pestle situation and grinding things up, putting it all together inside of the big old barrel that he's, or I guess it'd be a metal pot more, um, that he's got a little fire going, he's getting the tea starting to, uh, boil and stuff like that. And he's just really getting everything ready. You guys are getting everything ready. Everything's looking really good, honestly, for you guys. You guys are doing a great job. And then, uh, as everybody seems, or as the increase of guests is starting to kind of wane out, um, the guy from earlier that you had talked to, who told you where you guys could set up and everything, that kind of like manager, uh, of the servants, if you will, comes approaching you and he says, if you would, if you.
Speaker G: Could come with me.
Speaker B: We are having the opening ceremony. And, uh, the Utoko family requests that all individuals that are involved in any way be present during this opening ceremony. He has a few words he'd like to say and thanks to, uh, everyone that has made this party possible. Before we kick things off, do we have to? Well, I, um, know some vendors feel if you want one person to stay behind, tHat's fine, uh, at the very least, Mr. Okaron. But, uh, it would be nice to have an employee present or something.
Speaker H: I look over to Bill, uh, Doyami, thinking, I don't want to get stuck with all the work here.
Speaker B: Sure.
Speaker H: I'll go if I guess.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Are you going to?
Speaker D: I'm fine staying.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker D: Someone's got to watch this place. I'm sure Mr. Okaron wants to, so I'll stay and defend this thing.
Speaker G: All right.
Speaker D: Because he leans over to Golan, he's like, I don't want them to do, uh, to this place, what we're doing to them right now.
Speaker H: Oh, good looking.
Speaker B: Right?
Speaker D: And then as they walk away, as they get their stuff and walk away. Bill.
Speaker B: Door.
Speaker D: Um, ready? He gets his bow staff, and he kind of puts it at his feet under the table.
Speaker B: Ready.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: To grab it. Well, since you explicitly said that, um, I'm going to have you mark that you are ready, uh, which is a condition.
Speaker D: He's putting it on his foot so that if he needs, he'll flick it up with his foot straight into his hand. So he's just ready automatically.
Speaker G: Okay, perfect.
Speaker B: So basically, um, I'm not going to make you mark a fatigue for it, because, um, you're not really doing anything.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker B: It's outside of combat. Um, but what I am going to say is that you will get a plus one, ah. At any point to assess a situation.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Given the tea area, that you're just kind of the immediate area surrounding the blissful brew booth.
Speaker G: Gosh.
Speaker H: Um, is there any difference or, uh, what would be, like, the differences between our setup and the hot leaf juice?
Speaker G: Sure.
Speaker H: I guess I'm, like, picturing theirs is more of like a Starbucks. Very professional. And ours is more of like a home feely.
Speaker G: Yes.
Speaker B: No, you are 100% correct. So he brought everything in on a hand cart, which is kind of sitting behind you guys. It's just got a couple of barrels and crates, um, inside of it, just with a couple of residual ingredients or something along those lines. And that's just kind of sitting maybe a few feet away from your little stand setup, uh, which is sort of like just maybe three kind of tables with a cheap tablecloth kind of thrown oveR, um, them. It's got cups that aren't necessarily marked with the Bristol blue logo. They're just kind of generic plain cups. Um, like I said, there's the large. So he's boiling the water off onto the side on a little, like campfire almost. And he has a large barrel with a spigot in it and that's what he's going to pour it into once it's steeped, um, and everything like that, and it's ready to go. So then he puts it in that and then he drips it into it. He, um, has chopped fruit that's kind of laid out really nicely because that is used to. Some of it goes into the tea directly and then some of it actually just kind of decorates the cup. So they take a slice of this fancy looking, it's, uh, called a cherry mango. And he kind of sets that on the cusp of the cup to kind of decorate it and things like that. So that'd be the major difference. But as you go inside, which is where they're leading you for the opening ceremony, um, you can kind of see. So you walk in and it's just, uh, the very ornate entry room with the two giant staircases kind of curving around. Very Cinderella esque, almost, uh, very, just decorative. Uh, obviously, everything's there that's themed for the party and everything like that. Um, there are a lot of bright colors, very summer feel, and there's a reason for that, which I'll get to here in a moment. And you can kind of see off to the right, which is big. It's not like a doorway, it's just a big opening into the next room. That's where the ballroom is. And you can kind of see out of the corner of your eye the hot leaf juice set up, which, like you had said, it's a very much more, uh, fancy, ornate. Um, these aren't just card tables that are kind of like casually made. These are like fancy display booths. They have like roofing over the booth that kind of decorates it and things like that. It adds like an awning. Um, all their cups are all marked with the hot leaf juice logo. All this fancy stuff. They have very ornate serving jugs, so they're not even serving it out of a barrel and a spigoT. They'd like fill the jugs themselves and then from the jugs they'd pour that into the cups. So, yeah, it's just a lot of, like you said, very decorative, comparatively.
Speaker G: Uh.
Speaker B: Uh, as you step inside with Mr. Okuron, who seems very excited. Oh, don't worry. Well, uh, this is very normal. Uh, the Yotaku family definitely always likes to, uh, make a big thank you out of everything that they do and uh, for these parties and such like that. So, uh, they're very good people, uh, minus, obviously, the, uh, strange, uh, contract incident, I guess, that, uh, happened involving our original contract. But I think that was more of the Shifu family. I think it's less to do with the, uh.
Speaker D: Yotaku.
Speaker B: Yes, Yotaku family, and more to do with the Shifu family, I hope. But anyway, this is a know, powerful and wealthy family, so, uh, it'll be very nice to be recognized.
Speaker H: Yeah, for sure. I mean, looks like they pay pretty good.
Speaker B: Oh, absolutely, yes. Uh, they have money to throw away. Uh, as you guys are gathering and all the guests have gathered and stuff like that, it seems like most, uh, of the staff is kind of pushing for the, uh, caterers to kind of stand on the sides of the room, whereas the guests are all kind of in the center of the room. And a, uh, very, uh, kind, uh, of hefty built, kind of a chunky guy, uh, in a very nice, uh, robe. He comes stepping up. It's in, again, a bright color, kind of a red, maybe towards purple. So kind of close to a magenta color. Uh, he comes stepping up onto the stage and he says, welcome one and.
Speaker I: All, to the annual summer bash, where we take time to celebrate and welcome in the warmer season as it graces us with its natural beauty. To kick things off today, I want to take a moment to thank all of those who have made these festivities possible by calling onto the stage all of the vendors and caterers who have taken the time to come here and grace us with their time and talents.
Speaker B: And so, sure enough, he has everybody, like, file up. It's mostly either just the owners or the chef or whatever, uh, from Each caterer. Uh, and then they might have an employee with them. So in your case, um, Mr. Okaran, he looks over you, he's like, oh, do you want to come up on stage with me? Uh, yeah.
Speaker G: Solid. Perfect. Wonderful.
Speaker B: So, of course, you guys file up. Uh, uh, Mr. Yotaku kind of announces everybody as they go through the line with us today.
Speaker I: We have M Kel's meatballs, M shake.
Speaker B: Hand does kind of that, like, classic where you shake hands and then Michael sort of waves like he's shaking hands with the present. That kind of overused picture kind of situation.
Speaker I: Sally's soy snacks, uh.
Speaker G: Uh.
Speaker B: I believe it was kind of more of a brown and green theme, sort of a traditional, like, earthbender color, having come just from basing, uh, se. And now she's changed into a very much more fitting to this party with the summer theme. So brighter colors, reds, uh, maybe some greens, but more like lighter greens, uh, things along those lines. Yellows for sure. And she shakes hands, she smiles. And then all of a sudden, uh, next to him this whole time has been the head of the Shifu household. And he's just standing there in his suit. And then, um, he sort of leans forward to the Utaku family head and he starts whispering and you can kind of hear.
Speaker I: What? What do you mean? There's another one? Blissful brew. Well, they weren't supposed to be here. Well, what was the mix up? I don't understand. But this party needs to keep going. So, uh, just keep this on the download. We'll play along. And I'm told that in addition to their wonderful tea we have a local, much more quaint tea shop. Some of you may recognize Mr. O'Haron's blissful brew tea shop.
Speaker B: And he comes up, he's know you hear a little bit of clap. Everybody's kind of just doing like a courtesy clap for each person that's gone. Just like really care that much, but it's the right thing to do. And, uh, so he steps up and he shakes hands with them and he waves at everybody and then he gestures to you, like, feel free to come on over and shake hands with the, uh, Yotaku head of household.
Speaker H: Yeah, I walk over and I shake his hand and like kind of raise my fist in a.
Speaker B: Know, people kind of dig the energy. They're like, okay. The applause kind of grows just a little bit, a little bit louder. Awesome. And then you guys go back to, um.
Speaker I: And then he's like, once again, thank you to everyone that we were able to get on our roster to be here and to serve all of you fine guests. Now onto the festivities. As many of you know, I am an avid mask collector. Spirit masks, festival masks, masquerade masks. I'm truly smitten with the things. So as a special event tonight and as ah specified on your invitations you've all brought a secondary outfit to this party. Those outfits have been taken to rooms throughout my mansion. Once again, as, uh specified on your personalized invitations. Now please head to the room where you will find your secondary outfit and change into it. You will also find in that room a variety of masks that you can choose from from my personal collection. Take yourself a mask and put it on. The game will play like this. Each person will now be disguised so that no one knows who they are as they will have on a new outfit and a masked face. It is your duty. Through clever clues, vocal recognition and even the potential slip up from others to determine those behind their masks. If someone calls you out, you must remove your mask and you are out of the game, but not out of the party. Of course, feel free to enjoy yourself and socialize with those around you. For those still in the game though, the participants will whittle down gradually throughout the night until only one masked member remains. That individual will be pronounced the winner and take home a nice bag of 250 yuan. A ah, small prize I understand, but this is meant to be fun and I didn't want to spoil that with actual riches. Now get up there and get to guessing. May the summer festival begin.
Speaker B: And so uh, the party starts to head out and you and Mr. Okaron rush back over to the booth. In the meantime, while you guys were doing that, um, Bill, I'm going to have you make that assess the situation role 1111.
Speaker G: Wow. Okay, awesome.
Speaker B: Uh, so you can ask uh, two questions and you also get a plus one.
Speaker D: I have a minus one and I added one, so helped out with that. I'm worried that ah, what we're currently doing to hot leaf juice, hot leaf juice may do to, so I'm what the biggest threat to our.
Speaker B: Sure, sure. So yeah, the ingredients that you guys have for backup, obviously, um, the extra ingredients because you know, it's going to be a long night. There's a good chance that we're going to probably need those ingredients, uh, just because they're not in the know right now. Uh, plus, you know that uh, knowing that Brock, or at least knowing Brock was attempting to sabotage their ingredients, if they run out, you guys are going to be the ones that will have to step up and supply the rest of the tea for the night.
Speaker D: That was the.
Speaker B: Exactly, exactly. Um, alternatively, I would say obviously your dishes, that's a big hazard. If anything happened to all your dishes and you weren't able to serve tea in something, that would be a problem. You would assume that hot leaf juice would be the greatest threat for sure.
Speaker D: Oh, do I not see any hot leaf juice hanging around? Hanging around?
Speaker B: Well, I was going to get to, I wasn't sure what your second question was.
Speaker D: Oh, I was just, the last one was what here can I use to. Okay, that's what I wanted to fill in the blank.
Speaker B: I wanted to.
Speaker D: What can I use to help protect the tea?
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker D: Or to ward off.
Speaker B: Sure you do. Um, have your bow staff, which is obviously that was a good prep right there. Moving the hand cart in such a way that would allow you closer observation of it.
Speaker D: Also like not behind me, just beside me.
Speaker B: Either beside you or even closer behind it, because it's, like I said, a couple of feet away or a few feet away.
Speaker D: Am I near like the edge or am I in a complete open?
Speaker B: You are pretty open. You're not too far away from the, uh, gazebo that has, like, the pond around it.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: There are some hedges around you, uh, that alongside the path, there's like a sectIon. You're off the path.
Speaker D: Because I'm imagining we're facing into the party. So I'm imagining to my right would be like the edge of the party, like the wall or the hedge maze or whatever. So I want to push the hand cart and I want to slide that. So it's between me. So the order would go, hedge maze, cart, me, table.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker D: So basically it's right beside me, and the only thing that's closest is, like, between me and the hedge maze.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker D: Not the hedge maze, though. The hedge maze in here. The bushes.
Speaker B: Yeah, the bushes.
Speaker G: Okay. Ah.
Speaker B: Um, so, yeah, you do that. Um, as you're moving this, you notice, uh, there's an individual. He's dressed in, uh, the hot leaf juice garb, which is like that bright pink with their logo on it, uh, aprons. And there's like a light emanating from his hand. And he was kind of walking semi nearby, kind of like between, um, your booth and the gazebo. And he was looking at you, and then you move stuff. And then he kind of looked away and kind of just was like casually walking away. And he just kind of, he's kind of like whistling a little bit as he goes.
Speaker D: Did that light in his hand look familiar?
Speaker G: Yeah. Okay.
Speaker B: I mean, you kind of get a, ah, feel that he might, you don't hold like a candle in your hand, necessarily. You would have to hold it in a sconce. But the way that he was holding like this, you wonder if maybe he might be a firebender.
Speaker G: Yeah. Okay, got it.
Speaker B: Um, like I said, he doesn't look like he's necessarily making move, or rather, whatever you did kind of threw off what his plan was. And so now you know that he's there. M But he seems to be distanced enough that he's not doing anything at the moment.
Speaker D: Obviously, Bill's just going to stand there.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker D: And he's just going to stare at that guy.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: All right. You stare at him. Um, is there something for, like, I'm trying to think if there's something for intimidation. Oh, there is. There's an intimidate. Yeah, do an intimidation.
Speaker D: That's a to.
Speaker B: Okay, so you made a hit. He chooses one. He chooses to back down, but, uh, keep watch. So what he does is he goes over to the gazebo. He goes into the gazebo, and, uh, he turns with his back towards you. So he's looking out into kind of the, uh, further yard, uh, to be the east side of the mansion. He's just kind of looking out there. But you do notice that every once in a while, he kind of glances backwards, and then he glances forward again and he glances backwards every once in a while. But, uh, he's definitely pretty far distance from you. And by the time that all this has gone down, the whole opening ceremony has ended. And now Guo and Okaran are headed.
Speaker G: Back over to you.
Speaker B: So you've definitely kept a threat away for the time being.
Speaker D: Bill just gets back to. He's just kind of finishing setting up stuff at the party. Well, he sees the guy back just watching him while setting stuff up still.
Speaker B: Okay, sounds good.
Speaker D: The whole time keeping the bow stuff on his foot.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Perfect. All right, so go. You're back. You and Mr. O'Ron managed to get back people, uh, from the party. Uh, there's some obviously staying inside, but there's a lot of them starting to flood outside. And, uh, a pretty decent handful of them are heading over towards the blissful brew booth. You guys are open for mean business in the sense that you're not selling tea to people right now. You already got paid, and you'll get paid more.
Speaker G: Nice.
Speaker B: But anyways, so I assume you guys are just going to start slinging cups of tea.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker H: I go over to Bill, I'm like, you know, that was a lot, actually more fun than I was expecting. Everybody was looking at us up there. It was kind of neat. Seemed to be excited for us to be around. Um, although it looked like the head of the whoever from the Otako, the taco guy, he wasn't too happy that we were here, but they didn't kick us out. So I guess we're good to get going here.
Speaker G: That's right.
Speaker H: All right, now, where's the honey at? We got to make sure our tea's not too bitter. Some people got different tastes here at the party.
Speaker B: And, uh, Mr. O'Connor goes, oh, yes, of course. And he rushes over to the hand cart and, uh, he grabs out a big old jar of honey, and he runs it back over, and he's got.
Speaker G: Like, a little bowl.
Speaker B: And so he starts kind of scooping it into the bowl, and he's got one of those, uh, I don't know what they're called, but you use them to get the honey, and then you drill through the lines. He's got one of those things. It's just inside, so somebody can just.
Speaker H: The honey nut Cheerio wand?
Speaker B: Yes, the honey nut Cheerio wand.
Speaker G: It's delicious.
Speaker B: So he's got one of those that he puts into the honey dish so that people can kind of self serve themselves some honey. Or he could do it too, whatever the case. Whoever's kind of like, um, handing the cup off to the customer, I guess. Uh, so people start coming over and they're, uh, drinking your tea, and they're tasting it, and it's good.
Speaker G: It's good.
Speaker B: They seem to be very happy. They're very positive about it. Uh, they'll take their tea off in a different direction, um, to go hang out at a gazebo or maybe take it around the house. Uh, they're chatting with each other, just having a good time. It's a very chill party. It's not a rave. It's not any kind of like a wild party of any kind. It's a very dainty.
Speaker H: Just imagine a rich garden party atmosphere.
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker H: What's, like, the weather like?
Speaker B: Yeah, so it's really mild. It's starting to cool down a bit, for sure. Um, as it gets a little bit darker here and the sun is starting to set, um, the temperature is definitely not extremely dropping by any means, but it's starting to get into maybe the 60s, maybe mid 60s.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: Um, so it's getting nice and cool, which actually obviously starts bringing in more customers. They want warm tea. Mr. Um, O'Gron continues to stoke the fire so that his next batch of tea can really, uh, steep for a good amount of time before he pours it into, uh, the barrel, which he then serves from. Or you guys serve it. I guess we'll, uh, cut back over to, uh, Mika really quick. So now that you've escaped and you've kind of sabotaged half of their ingredients list, where were you planning on heading?
Speaker C: Um, well, I would head back either to the party or back to blissful Brew.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker C: Because if I go back to the party, then I run the chance of meeting the guy again.
Speaker G: Sure.
Speaker C: So I feel like if I'm leaning more towards survival, then I probably would just hide out in the blissful brew until. But then I also want to communicate to my teammates that I'm exposed.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker C: So I guess I'll hang on the outskirts of the party to see if I can try to talk to them without being seen.
Speaker G: Sure.
Speaker H: Yeah, you can try to find your way through the edge.
Speaker C: Maybe I'll find broccoli.
Speaker B: There you go. Okay, so, yeah, uh, you kind of take the long way around, um, town and then make sure that he doesn't catch back up to you, the guy that you kind of had an exchange with earlier, and you finally, uh, make your way to the outskirts of the party and you see the blissful brew crew. Um, and, yeah, you can head over to them. They do look like they're serving some customers. It's not, like, wildly busy. They're not, like, rushing to get everything done. But there's a handful of customers, and they're, like, happily pouring, and you can see smile on both of Bill and, uh, Guo's face and Mr. Okaron's faces. Um, people seem to be chatting with them a little bit. Like, oh, someone sips it and goes, oh, you see them, like, their face perks up and they're like, oh, this is very good. And Mr. O'Girl's like, oh, you're so know some of that kind of stuff. You can just see that in the faces.
Speaker C: Okay, I, um, guess I'm going to nonchalantly, whatever, walk over to who's ever closer, preferably not Mr. Okaran, because he doesn't know our plan.
Speaker B: Mr. Okaran is pouring the tea, so one of you would need to keep making sure that the fire is being stoked. And then the other one is, um, maybe asking customers, uh, what they want in there, like if they want honey or something. And then handing it off to him. So he's pouring it, hands it to you, one of you guys. Which one?
Speaker D: I'd be the one serving customers. That's already what I do.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker B: Perfect.
Speaker G: Perfect.
Speaker B: So, Guo, you're over there kind of stoking the fire, making kNow, mixing the tea, stirring that and everything like that. So I assume you might go over to him.
Speaker C: Yeah.
Speaker G: Okay. Perfect. All right.
Speaker C: Hey, Guo. Hey, bro.
Speaker H: Oh, hey, Mika. You're back.
Speaker C: Yeah, my covers have been plumb just a little bit. Tiny bit. A ah, lot of it.
Speaker H: Like your apron ripped or something. I noticed you're not wearing it.
Speaker I: Don't let Mr. Ogara.
Speaker H: Or are you wearing it?
Speaker C: No, I never put it back on.
Speaker D: If she was wearing it, I think.
Speaker B: Uh, the guy who beat her up.
Speaker D: Would definitely know that she was lying.
Speaker B: About who she was working with.
Speaker C: And Madame Yang would not have sent me to go get the ingredients.
Speaker B: Hot leaf juice. Just ignore my blissful brew apron.
Speaker C: I just found it on the ground.
Speaker H: No, but what happened?
Speaker C: Well, I was posing as a hot leaf juice employee. Well, they know that I'm not and they know that I'm trying to sabotage them.
Speaker H: Oh, no.
Speaker C: Yeah, that's what I meant by my cover has been blown. Not that my apron is torn.
Speaker H: I see. What were you guys able to do so far?
Speaker C: Um, I don't know. Broccoli went to go help unload their ingredients and not all of them came back inside, so I'm assuming he did something with that. Um, I accidentally tripped on a banana peel and broke some of their cups.
Speaker B: The old banana peel smash.
Speaker C: So they had to deal with that and a water mishap. That there was water all over the ground. I had to go into town and get some more ingredients and that's when I was discovered. I ruined half of the list, though.
Speaker H: Um, well, sounds like you did cause some ruckus. Maybe they'll be behind on their orders or stuff since they're distracted with all that.
Speaker C: Yeah. So, um, I'm not going to really help with the tea. I don't want them to find me and then know that. Then have it come back on Mr. Okuron.
Speaker H: Gotcha. It sounds like you might have trouble getting close to them anymore. Maybe there's something you can do to mess with them from a distance. Like, I don't know, there's any animals, uh, around here or could trip their waiters or something. I'm sure you'll think of something.
Speaker B: Okay, but don't get caught.
Speaker C: Well, I feel like a lot of people are going to be looking for me, so I'll try not to.
Speaker G: All right.
Speaker B: Be careful out there.
Speaker C: Okay? I might go hide in the maze.
Speaker H: Let us know if there's anything we can do to help.
Speaker C: Okay. I'm going to go find broccoli and maybe he can.
Speaker H: If you get into trouble, you should, I don't know, signal us somehow.
Speaker C: Okay, I'll yelp for help.
Speaker B: Yelp for help. The old Yelp for help.
Speaker D: As she, uh, turns around to leave. Uh, Bill Dor turns around to go get more honey out of the cart and he sees Mika, goes, oh, Mika losing another apron, I see. Grabs his honey and he turns around and goes back to serving people.
Speaker B: Mr. Ogron's pretty focused on the customer, so he doesn't notice anything, so. All right, sounds good. Uh, so are you heading inside then to go? Because you know that broccoli's inside?
Speaker C: I do know he's.
Speaker G: Yeah.
Speaker B: Yeah, because he's still helping with the setup. You saw him before you left.
Speaker D: He hasn't blown his cover like someone else.
Speaker G: I didn't mean to.
Speaker C: Okay, then. Yeah, I guess I'll go inside, but I'm going to kind of hang out by the walls and corners and stuff.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker C: Um, actually, I'm going to go to the bathroom because I'm sure I'm kind of covered in mud, so I'm just going to try and clean myself up.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: So you head into the bathroom. Look, my apron. And, uh, you get cleaned up a bit and stuff like that. You manage to get most of the mud off for the most part, especially because you're a water bender. So you're able to do some kind of interesting techniques where you put the water into the cloth and then you use it to, you bend it in such a way that it kind of pulls the dirt out with it. And then it's also dry afterwards, which is really cool.
Speaker C: Who needs a washing m machine or dryer?
Speaker B: Exactly. Not you. Um, and so, yeah, sure, you're able to clean up, like, really well, actually, to be honest with you. And, um, as you step out and you kind of walk into the party, um, you can see from a distance, the two individuals that you had gone to go get ingredients with seem to be talking to Madame Yang, um, who's over at the hot leaf booth, and they're chatting and stuff, and she just looks like she's getting infuriated. And, um, as you're looking around, I mean, there's a lot of people in here, so you're not too worried about them spotting you, at least not at the moment. But you know that now that they've passed on the information and they know what you look like, uh, they might be on the lookout for you.
Speaker C: Okay. I'm going to go back outside then. I don't want to hang out inside, um, enclosed quarters per se.
Speaker G: Okay.
Speaker B: As you're walking outside, you overhear a conversation of a couple of the people. You don't know who it is that they are because you've been gone. So you don't really know who all's involved in this party. But one of them is saying, uh, he seems to be the owner of the house. By, based on what he's saying, I.
Speaker F: Must say, Mr. Yotaku, this party you've thrown is quite lavish this year, and this mystery mess game seems to be quite the hit.
Speaker I: Oh, well, thank you, my friend. Um, yes, it was a clever notion I came up with all by myself. I figured it would be a good social deduction game to play, keep things lively in the party. I simply hope no one attempts to cheat at my game, though.
Speaker F: Oh, well, how would you figure someone might do that?
Speaker I: M. I don't rightfully know. I'm not a dishonest person myself. After all. You know, I wear my heart on my sleeve. I don't hide behind some mask, well, outside of for this party. But I, uh, must show you my other mask collection, especially my finest mask, which features alleged spirit gems aligning it.
Speaker G: Ah.
Speaker F: Uh, yes, you must show me. And with that, they head out, leaving you with a solution to help you lay low during this party.
Speaker B: There's a table set up with a whole bunch of, uh, sort of spirit masks. There's, um, all portraying kind of a different type of animal. So there might be one that kind of suggests maybe kind of a panda esque creature or one of them that has a very bird esque feel with some feathers coming out of it. I mean, they're pretty standard masks. They've all got the little, um, strings on the back so that you can attach them over your head.
Speaker C: Well, obviously, we have to steal one.
Speaker D: Not really stealing if they're handing them out.
Speaker C: Okay, so I'm going to do that. And then I also feel like since they know what I look like, my mask isn't going to be enough for the disguise because obviously my Waterbender outfit is going to be, um, gray Waterbender outfit. Yeah. Um, either way, I'm going to kind of stick out, I feel like. So I am going to go into some of the rooms of the house looking for, um, a different piece of clothing.
Speaker G: Okay. Yeah.
Speaker B: And as, uh, you go off to go look for that, I think we will close out the episode for today and come back next time.
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