Session Zero Heroes - A TTRPG Actual Play Podcast
Skylar: Jasmine, oolong, green and white. Long ago, these four teas were skillfully brewed at the blissful brew. Then, everything changed when the shops popularity threatened its existence. All Mister Okaron, the shops owner and tea master, could do was to recruit four teenage orphans to learn his trade 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. You guys step through the portal on the outskirts of gowling. The people that you contacted are right here waiting for you, so you're able to get kind of a nice look over. Over a decent chunk of the city. those earth nation guards seem to have been replaced with Fire nation guards, hot leaf juice elites, a handful of members of the bloody porcupine pirate crew.
Cameron: Our goal is we need to get to the maze. We have a map to where the will for a tea shop is in that maze. We're here to save that tea shop. That tea shop is very important to the three of. Well, the four of us.
Skylar: What's so special about this tea shop?
Cameron: This is our home.
Dave: It's my home.
Cameron: At least once we get this will, we're gonna have to take it to that mayor's office.
Skylar: all right, so you guys are there in front of the maze, and you've got this map. The pieces of the map to get you through the maze to where Mister Okaran hid this will. You all enter the maze, and following the map, over the course of maybe ten minutes, you are able to reach the very spot. There is a box, and inside is a very fancy document, Mister Okaron's will. There is a group of four pink dressed, hot. Ah leaf juice elite employees that seem to have just been waiting for you. We serve Madame Yang's orders. All of a sudden, an arrow comes flying out from behind you. Coming out from the mansion are a group of well dressed individuals, all wearing masks. It is Mister Yuutaku, and he says, I said I'd help you out when the time came. You kids know that you're quite outmatched, so it would be in your best interest to just come with me quietly.
Mikayla: And that's when my dad says, not my favorite daughter.
Skylar: Not my favorite and only daughter. And he leaps forward and slams his fist into the face of, bongo. Going without me. M I'm gonna finish these pirates off myself down kind of another dark alley here. Over here. Hey. Peeking around the corner, you can just barely see chikra, my BFF. Yeah, we wanna help. So my dad's office is also in there. You're able to make your way across and your friends kinda help you, grab you at the end and kind of pull you over. You guys have made it across. Can open the window to the mayor's office. And eventually you're able to find Mister Wu's office and you open the door. And inside, Madam Yang and General Wang long.
Mikayla: What, ah, are you going to do now? What does Wang Long have to do with this? The whole tea shop? Oh, general Long. He and I have been friends for quite some time. 20 years, 25 perhaps. So getting the aid of him and his soldiers was simply a matter of asking.
Skylar: And he just kind of nods and he's like, what? Helps hot leaf juice. Helps the fire nation's efforts.
Mikayla: Their tea is repulsive.
Skylar: Says you.
Mikayla: Have you tried it?
Skylar: Of course I drink it.
Mikayla: She must have you under her spell too. I'ma slap him, see if it gets.
Skylar: Him out of it.
Cameron: Are you actually going to slap?
Skylar: Wait, wait, wait. Are you doing a, ah, hand slap or a water slap?
Cameron: Man, you ain't messing around.
Skylar: Hand slap to wake him up. How dare you call her.
Mikayla: You have to do the hand touch, don't you?
Skylar: Or. No, we.
Mikayla: I guess we just hurt them and then they're.
Skylar: Yeah.
Mikayla: Oh, what's. Yeah, so I guess it's fine. I'll. I committed.
Skylar: Okay. Do a push your luck.
Mikayla: Passion.
Skylar: Yeah, man.
Mikayla: Like 6777.
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Skylar: Okay, so you're able to do it, but it's gonna cost you. you slap mister, wang long across the face and he turns to glare at you and he, I imagine he probably like, grabs you by the collar and just starts to lift you up, bro. And he says, nobody touches me.
Mikayla: Too little, too little, too late for that.
Skylar: I really had to stop myself from saying, like, nobody touches me unless I want.
Cameron: Another thing.
Skylar: I just stopped myself from saying, no.
Cameron: One touches Wang long. No one touches me.
Skylar: Wang.
Cameron: I like to step up. I'm calling back an old friend. Earth sinking. Something Madame Yang is much acquainted with. I don't even need to roll because I can just mark two fatigue. But can I roll to see if I just do it successfully without fatigue?
Skylar: Is that an option?
Cameron: Oh, Synchafa mark two fatigue. To trap an enemy well and we.
Skylar: Would jump into a combat exchange.
Mikayla: Well, my slap didn't well work that.
Cameron: If we're rolling for it. I got a twelve.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: And so I go to sink. So I rolled a twelve.
Skylar: Yes.
Cameron: So I will first Earth sink Madame Yang into the ground.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: She is effectively now marked as trapped.
Skylar: Yes.
Cameron: And so she is about, like, her waist is only sticking out.
Skylar: Yes.
Cameron: So now for dealing with Wang. Okay, I'm gonna walk up to him, and I'm gonna just try. And without the earth gauntlet, mind you, I'm gonna go up and I'm gonna try to knock him off balance. So, essentially what I'd like to try and do is just kinda still keeping at a distance. He essentially sticks his foot in the ground and, like, a little ridge comes up, like, a little ramp comes up and sweeps him off his feet.
Skylar: Okay, so. Okay, perfect. So are you trying to get him to mark a condition, basically. or you're trying to give him a status effect? I would say.
Cameron: I would say he's probably in hair at the very least.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good.
Cameron: Or marks a fatigue if he falls.
Skylar: Okay, so, yeah. Okay, so we're gonna say that this is a smash, because you're disabling something in the environment by something. We're talking about Wang long, and it is going to force him to be. You said impaired, right?
Cameron: impaired or mark of.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. so, okay, so that's what will happen. you sink Madam Yang into the floor, causing her to become trapped. She now will have to, expend some fatigue in order to break herself out of this trap, as she currently is. But we'll get to that later. Whatever the case, once you get that, meta, or I would say Wang Long is kind of surprised. He looks over, and as he looks over, you take that as a opportunity to jump forward and slam into him, knocking him backwards. He drops Micah, and he hits the back of the wall. He is now impaired. Books are probably falling down all over him or something along those lines. So he's a little bit off, at the moment, not necessarily taking any fatigue, but he is impaired. Is anybody else taking advance and attack? All right, Guo.
Cameron: I am as well.
Skylar: Oh, okay. Guo, what are you doing?
Dave: Oh, that's not great. I got a. Still got a seven.
Skylar: Oh, well, hey, you still get to take one move.
Dave: You said mayor. you.
Skylar: and it's not mayor. He's just. This is, the office of deceased possessions. And then in parentheses, parentheses, not possessions that are deceased, but the possession. Yes. He's tied up over in the corner. Yeah.
Dave: Tied up, like, to the chair.
Skylar: Yes. Yep.
Dave: Perfect.
Skylar: Okay, perfect.
Dave: I'm going to smash the chair.
Skylar: Oh, all right, sounds good. Okay. so, Guilhan, you leap over the desk with some, some circus level deftness, and you, I'm, I don't know, punching the chair.
Dave: yeah, I guess I'll like, put my hand in my rock collection bag.
Skylar: Okay.
Dave: And punch the chair.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. So you're kind of doing like a, maybe a lesser version of the earth gauntlet. Yeah, that Brock does.
Dave: A bag assisted version.
Skylar: So you're doing, smash then, I'm assuming.
Dave: Yeah.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. So you, mark a fatigue and you smash, you destabilize the environment around you by destroying this chair. And thereby, I would say, let's call it empowering the individual that was inside of it, which is, woo, the office person, for lack of better terms. So wu is free. He starts to kind of, he kind of pushes off the, the ropes that they had tied
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Skylar: him in because now they're loose because he's not being held to a chair anymore. And he's like, oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. We'll jump over to ash.
Cameron: Yes. So I walk over as this is happening, and I pull out my bo.
Skylar: Staff, start beating, man.
Cameron: I mean, and I pointed directly at Wang Long's face, okay.
Skylar: As he's kind of picking himself out of the books and wiping off all of the books off of him.
Cameron: And I look at him and I say, you recognize me. Recognize me now?
Skylar: And he kind of pauses for a second and he looks up at you. And then as he looks, his eyes start to get wide and he says, all the burton he boy.
Cameron: And as he says that, bill, like, turns his bo staff and fire, like, comes at the end of it.
Skylar: Oh, yeah.
Cameron: Like going at him, it just starts burning at the end of the bo staff. And he goes, I would stand down. You know what I've done before. You know what I'm willing to do, and I'm now willing to do it again.
Skylar: Dang. Oh, are you using pressure?
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: All right.
Cameron: I rolled a seven and I'm using pressure. And I don't want him to advance an attack.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. Yeah. you see this fire that's coming out of your hands, reflected in his eyes, as his eyes grow wide. And whether it's be from the thought that, I would go as far as to imagine that I think a lot of people in the Fire nation, or at least the community that you were from, might honestly think that ash is dead at this point. I mean, he just disappeared. They don't know where he went or where he is. I think there are a lot of people, especially, you know, someone as callous as General Wang long probably saw the posters and thought, yeah, you know, that boy's. That boy's gone. He's probably dead. And so whether it be just an instance of realizing that you're not dead, you're still alive and you're standing there right in front of him and, holding the staff and the flames to him. I think all in all, is just a lot of shock going through his head. And in his terror, he is unable to, push himself to advance and attack. Madame Yang is definitely going to remove herself from the trapped position, so she's going to take some fatigue for that.
Cameron: But how does she do it?
Cameron: I need to know.
Cameron: Okay, so eating them alive.
Cameron: Is she an earthbender?
Skylar: No, she's an earthbender. She's the avatar, because she just established that she's a firebender a couple episodes ago. Oh, yeah.
Cameron: So how did she get out the first?
Skylar: Because minions or something stupid.
Mikayla: But how did they know she was in the ground?
Skylar: I don't know.
Mikayla: How can you hear somebody screaming under 6ft of dirt?
Skylar: That's why they have bells of stone. She just started clawing her way out. But I gotta. I gotta finish what she's doing this time. Okay, so she breaks free, from it. She's obviously furious. She, too, calls forth her flames as she rushes towards, probably Brock who put her in the ground in the first place.
Cameron: I'm a put her in the ground.
Skylar: Again, and she is going to take three strikes against you.
Cameron: Now, why would you go and do that?
Skylar: well, that's just, you know what it is. so you are going to have to make a set of either two fatigues each or mark conditions. So.
Cameron: Well, what about balance ship?
Skylar: nope, that's not an option.
Cameron: Well, I guess I'll be angry.
Mikayla: That makes sense.
Cameron: Insecure and troubled.
Skylar: All right. As she strikes out with sort of these, like, flame fist attacks, slamming into you, you feel all these sensations of burns across your body, possibly reminiscent of your time in the prison camp.
Mikayla: Well, I was going to do defendant maneuver.
Skylar: Okay, and then what are you taking within there?
Mikayla: I'm gonna seize a position, okay. Which means I can use my slippery eel hound, which means, reminder,
Cameron: Foes.
Mikayla: must mark an additional two fatigue to stop me, and I can take, I can bring any alleys within reach when I retreat. So, mister office boy. Oh, be within reach.
Skylar: Yeah, sure. Now that he's out of the chair.
Mikayla: And, like, who has the will?
Skylar: Oh, that's a good.
Mikayla: I don't think that was ever determined.
Skylar: I am gonna say that because he was leading the group. Great rock has the will.
Cameron: You made him later.
Skylar: It's true.
Mikayla: Is brought by me as well.
Skylar: yeah. Getting beat to crap.
Mikayla: Okay, well, then I'll take Mister man,
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Mikayla: and we'll go to the, like, opposite.
Skylar: End of the room.
Mikayla: Yeah, he's at least away from the evil people.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. All right, so you pull him away, said he's out of the situation, safe. away. He just turns to you and he's like, thank you. Thank you. He just keeps saying thank you, whether it's to guo or to you. Just turns to you, just starts kind of like, bowing and saying thank you.
Mikayla: He's in choc.
Skylar: Yeah, he is.
Mikayla: Maybe he'll extend our.
Skylar: Oh, yeah, 24 more hours. you do, actually, it's a good thing that you pointed that out because as you look outside, it is starting to, sunset is about to begin. You see the colors of the sky start to begin changing into their various tones. as far as business hours go for this office, you're running out of time.
Mikayla: Can I say I yell at Brock as I'm running?
Skylar: Yeah, as long as you say what you're saying.
Mikayla: No, I'm just saying Brock to try and get his attention, to see that, hey, I have Mister man.
Skylar: He looks over and immediately gets just punched by Madame Yang again, not like, in addition, it's like one of them gets distracted.
Cameron: Do I, like, fly back, or am I still.
Skylar: No, no, no, she's not. It's not those kind of punches. It's not like, big, huge.
Mikayla: It's just like, you know, boxing punches.
Skylar: Yeah, yeah. Okay. Then we get to, Wang long. So he is staring up at bill directly into his eyes, and he says, and this is kind of an interesting use of this move, I think. he says, so you kill your brother, and then you run away, abandoning the family, leaving them to mourn. And he is doing a move called seek vulnerability. So he's looking for a weak point, in this case, kind of emotionally. and this will apply to the next time that he is able to deal fatigue or a condition to you. it allows him to shift your balance as well.
Cameron: Okay. Yeah.
Skylar: So that's what he's doing. And then aside from that, because he gets a couple other moves as well. he's basically just gonna bolster himself, to stand up, and he's going to become pre paired for whatever comes next. So then we go into the next exchange. Who is taking defend a maneuver. Defendant maneuver. Okay, sounds good. Bill, what are you doing with.
Cameron: Defendant Manu, am I the only one taking defendant maneuver?
Cameron: Like, is this the next exchange?
Skylar: Yes. Yeah, yeah.
Cameron: I mean, I'm advanced.
Dave: I'm going to.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good.
Dave: Defended.
Skylar: Yes. All right, let's start with ash. That was quite the roll there. 15, correct. Holy crap. Wow. All right. Sounds good. Yeah, absolutely. That's insane. All right, well, you get two. Two, techniques from the defendant maneuver approach.
Cameron: well, I need to get Brock out of here, so I'm gonna be like, Brock, you gotta go again. Get out of here. I can take both of them.
Cameron: That ain't gonna happen. I'm not gonna.
Cameron: You've got you know what, and I'm like, you're insecure. And I, like, shove him. Like, I kind of, like, back into him.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: Like, kind of take a power stance between basically the two of them. I see is, like, coming at us, and Brock is, like, kind of between both of them. So I'm basically taking a stance where I'm, like, between both of them and Brock.
Skylar: Yeah.
Cameron: And I am just, I'm gonna divert.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: Which is any attacks that Brock, I will take.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: And then I'm going to use a retaliate. So each time a person hits me while I'm redirecting that, they'll take damage.
Skylar: Nice. That's a good combo. That's a really good combo. Like, you're forced to attack me, and then I'm gonna deal damage to you when you do. That's. That's a solid one.
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: Awesome. Okay, sounds good. And then, Guo Han, you are also using a defendant maneuver.
Dave: Yes.
Skylar: oh, yeah. What did you roll?
Dave: I got a seven.
Skylar: Seven. Okay, perfect. You can take a move.
Dave: So I guess I want to go over to Brock, and I don't know what would, like, when you move to.
Skylar: A new location, is that a full season position?
Dave: What does that entail?
Skylar: I think, like, within a small room like this. It's not really that big of a deal, you know, I gotta run over.
Dave: To Brock, and I'm going to take cover in the form of, like, pulling up a small earth wall.
Skylar: Yeah, absolutely.
Dave: I'm going to say, brock, do you have the will?
Cameron: I think so.
Mikayla: In the way?
Cameron: Yeah, it's right here.
Dave: Quick, hand it over.
Cameron: I'll give it over to go.
Skylar: Okay.
Dave: And then I'm gonna, like, dash. I'm gonna, like, hide the will, tuck it in my robe and run over to Micah.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. Awesome.
Dave: And hand it and say, I've got the will.
Skylar: All right. All right, sounds good. I'm, gonna say that
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Skylar: because he cannot take the advance and attack, General Wang Long is also taking Caesar position. He, is readying himself to give himself. So he's gonna give himself favored. as he kind of prepares himself to take this attack, he's kind of shaking himself off of this sort of intense realization, this surprise and so on and so forth. as far as. As Bill goes. And then he is also going to retaliate to prepare himself for incoming attacks from whoever that might be. I think that's. I think he is. He is pretty well focused on Bill at this point, given the sort of attention grabber that Bill has used, or ash, rather. is anybody using advance and attack?
Cameron: I'll be using advance and attack.
Skylar: Okay, sounds good. What are you. Oh, did you roll to?
Cameron: Well, yes, I rolled a twelve, but I would also like to invoke my winning is everything.
Skylar: Oh, boy. Here we go.
Cameron: Where, pray tell, are Wang Long and madame Yang in relation to me at this very moment?
Skylar: well, madam Yang, is. Oh, man. I like to think that Madame Yang is right behind a rock wall that Guo just threw up between the two of you. And then Bill is also standing there, kind of by your side. And I would say that Wang Long is to his left in front of him, and madam Yang, again, is to, like, just off to his right behind this. This wall that guo just put up.
Cameron: So. Okay, roll with me on this.
Skylar: Okay, I got my dice.
Cameron: Roll. Roll with me on this. So I would like to take the earth bending abilities that I have, okay, to essentially form small spheres, right? That will pin them to the back wall of this room.
Skylar: Pin both of them if possible, and.
Cameron: Then if they're next to each other, the next plan would be to then dropkick them both through said Wallace, because with this condition fit, I am then favored in the next exchange, right? And, I am m able to add an additional basic or mastered technique. And I would imagine that falls under smash because I'm destroying said wall, right? So essentially, I plan to ninja star them to the wall, right. Rocks, and then drop kick them out of.
Skylar: Okay, kind of jump up and just so your. Your, whatever it takes to win or whatever it's called, move. I mean, it's gonna apply to one person, so you get. You get your pick. I mean, I'm all for this plan, for sure, but you're gonna have to take your pick on who it is you're gonna do this to.
Cameron: Well, it makes most sense for me to do it to Wang long. However, madam Yang seems to be the more prevalent threat at the moment. I should probably do it to Madame Yang. Okay, so from behind the thing, I kind of pop up ninja star over the top of the wall.
Skylar: You could probably lower it if you really wanted to. I'm not gonna stop you from doing that.
Dave: Or use it.
Skylar: Or use it. Or. Yeah, you use the wall itself, and then just, like, push out.
Cameron: Push her and pin her against the wall using just the wall.
Skylar: Oh, yeah.
Cameron: Then I drop the slab.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: Essentially forming a. Madame Yang shaped the.
Skylar: Slab, replaces the wall perfectly. But, yeah, there's a hole behind it that got created. As you hear her go, whoa. She gets thrown into the other room. Okay, perfect. So, you use your first move to your sort of, like, dirty fighting. this is going to shift your balance twice, I believe.
Cameron: Yes, my balance twice, I would imagine it goes towards force.
Skylar: Yes, I would agree. And then the second move that you're using, I'm guessing, is smash.
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: Okay, perfect. So you're gonna take a fatigue for that. And you are. Let's see.
Cameron: Well, I mean, if I'm taking a fatigue regardless, then I'll use my earth gauntlet, because then that marks two fatigue on Wang long. Because if a smash only charge.
Cameron: Smashing.
Skylar: Well, she's gonna take it.
Cameron: Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I think I'm all set.
Skylar: I'm gonna say that she's once again trapped because she's not even in the room anymore. So in order to get back into the room, she's gonna have to exert herself in some way, shape, or form, whatever that looks like.
Cameron: I imagine she just, like, if I keep doing this, she's just gonna try and, like, claw her way and just collapse.
Skylar: Yeah, something like that.
Cameron: She's gonna keep using all this fatigue just to get back in the fray.
Skylar: Yeah, she's gonna. She's gonna weaken herself for sure. and so, in fact, she does, because it's her turn. Nobody else is using advance and attack. Right? Okay, perfect. Yeah, yeah,
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Skylar: but she's gonna do different. Different. Yeah. I put my pencil.
Cameron: She can take the mayor, mister Wu, and get out of there.
Cameron: Just gets it stamped, and we're done.
Skylar: Yep, that's true. okay, so madam Yang is taking three fatigue once again. what you see is that from the other side of this wall, similar to, like, Star Wars Episode one where Qui gon Jinn and Obi Wan Kenobi stabbed through the door with their lightsabers. So does Madame Yang. Stabbed through a chunk of wall with her incredibly hot, firebending, skills and just kind of carves out a circle, exerting a lot of her bending ability and energy in order to do so. But, she cuts a hole through the wall and kicks it through and steps through. She just looks ragged. I mean, her hair is a mess. Her outfit is filthy at this point, covered in dust from your attack. and of course, she looks royally upset. so she basically, she used that, to get through, and then she is going to rush forward, and once again, in her rage, in her insanity, she is going to strike three times. these are going to be headed to Bill. so, Bill, you're going to take a combination of three sets of either two fatigue or conditions, but you are dealing how much back to her?
Cameron: Six.
Skylar: Six fatigue.
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: So you expertly and nimbly, fight back with your bo staff, able to maybe not necessarily dodge her attacks because obviously you're taking them, but every time she hits you, you're able to return that blow with another blow. she is now angry, and I would say troubled, as well as incredibly exhausted. Fantastic. last but not least, we have Mika. Mica, what are you doing? You're doing evade and observe. All right, so you clear a fatigue. Did you roll?
Mikayla: I'm pretty sure that's just a five.
Skylar: You wanna take the ex. The fatigue.
Mikayla: It's not the six, but still not.
Skylar: Do you have any fatigue right now?
Mikayla: Yes.
Skylar: Okay, so you clear a fatigue, and then you would gain a fatigue if you would like to use. So you could just leave it as is. Yeah, yeah. if you'd like to use a move. Anyways, so what are you doing?
Mikayla: I am going to, I think, both or hinder.
Skylar: Okay.
Mikayla: Which means I can aid or impede a nearby character in an appropriate status.
Skylar: Okay.
Mikayla: Which the only ones near to me.
Skylar: Is Guo and the guy, this guy, mister Wu.
Mikayla: Can I make him inspired?
Skylar: Mister Wu?
Mikayla: Yeah, he's a little chicken right now, so I want to get his head in the game. So he'll sign the stupid will.
Skylar: So he just, like, snaps out of it. Okay, so what are you saying to him?
Cameron: Not very good.
Skylar: Yeah, I was gonna say or do. What do you say? Or do I like that actually. That'd be hilarious.
Mikayla: I would. Yeah, I'll slap him. And they said, I'll say, dude, focus.
Skylar: oh. yes. What?
Dave: What?
Mikayla: Sign the will, bro.
Skylar: The will. And he looks over at the paper. guo han has it, right? And you gave it to Mika. Okay, so, Mika, you slapped down the paper in front of him.
Dave: But I said I had.
Skylar: And he looks at it and he goes, oh, yes, of course. Mister Okoran's will. You're the kids. I remember you from the funeral. Yes, of course. and he's looking around, he's like, I need a pen.
Cameron: What?
Skylar: Somebody get me up.
Mikayla: I have one. I draw on the hem of my dress all the time.
Cameron: Oh, yeah. Fun fact.
Skylar: Oh, my gosh. A fun fact coming into play.
Mikayla: Suck it.
Skylar: You hand him the pen.
Mikayla: Do not.
Skylar: I'm saying he's taking it. He's taking it. And see what happens.
Cameron: Okay, we're gonna do another exchange.
Skylar: We'll do one more exchange just to see where things go from here. who's taking defend and maneuvered?
Cameron: I am.
Cameron: I probably should.
Skylar: Okay. All right, that's two. All right, guys, roll for it.
Cameron: What do I roll with again?
Cameron: Eleven.
Skylar: focus.
Cameron: Nine.
Cameron: nine.
Mikayla: Okay, so I think. Can I.
Skylar: Sure.
Mikayla: Because could I, like, ready myself for oncoming? Like, if he's gonna sign it, like, I would like to watch and make and, like. And, like, prevent damage coming our way.
Skylar: Yeah, no, absolutely. Go for it. Roll. roll with focus as well.
Mikayla: 13.
Skylar: Holy cow, you guys. Saving all these big rolls for the very end? Okay, so, Brock, you're getting. That is a phenomenal roll. Geez. Especially for right now. Okay, Brock, you are. We'll start with you. You get one move, I will seize a position. Seize a position? What position are you seizing?
Cameron: I will get into a place where I can protect Mister
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Cameron: Wu.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: In this exchange.
Skylar: Okay, I, will just sort of.
Cameron: Ready myself over there to.
Mikayla: You don't even know what's going on, mister. I'm gonna throw people out the wall.
Cameron: I mean, it's working.
Skylar: Okay, so you're. Okay, so you're gonna do ready then? Well, I mean, you can. You can move over there.
Cameron: I'll say.
Cameron: Sees the pit. Well, I would imagine he sees. Well, if Guo Han took the will from him and went over towards Nisha, he would. I would imagine he ain't that smart, but he would probably at least know that.
Skylar: Oh, okay.
Cameron: Some importance going on over there.
Skylar: All right. you get to overcome a negative status effect if you have one.
Cameron: I have several.
Skylar: You have conditions, but not necessarily a status. Like doomed.
Cameron: Yeah.
Mikayla: These are your statuses?
Skylar: Yeah.
Cameron: No, I ain't got none of those.
Skylar: Okay, you're safe from those. But that's okay. You take up a position and you are guarding, anyone from getting. You know, somebody would have to definitely exert a little bit extra energy if they wanted to get past you and attack mister you or stop him, what he's doing, so. Awesome. Fantastic. ash, you had a 1011. Okay, perfect. So you get two.
Cameron: I'm doing basically the same thing, diverting into retaliate, but I'm like standing a little more like. So Brock moves out of the room, and now everyone is out of the room room. So Bill's basically. And take a defensive stance, like right at the doorway. And it's like anyone who wants out of this room has to go through.
Skylar: Oh, okay. So we're saying, okay, perfect. Awesome. And then are you doing anything else as well?
Cameron: So you had retaliate and to divert, which is if my allies were to get attack, it goes to me.
Skylar: Sounds good. Awesome. Very good, very good. So, you take up a stance, probably like right next to Brock, basically. I would say so, yeah. Yeah. The two of you are basically blocking anyone from getting to mister Wu. And then who else? Mika, you said you were also gonna do a defendant maneuver.
Mikayla: Yeah, yeah.
Skylar: And then you rolled a 13. You get to pick two moves.
Mikayla: Oh, well, I was gonna. Ready.
Skylar: Okay, so you are ready. I would say that you are prepared.
Mikayla: Yeah.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: Inspired.
Mikayla: Yeah, I am inspired.
Skylar: Oh, wait. Yeah. Ah. Oh.
Mikayla: Remember?
Skylar: Yeah. Yes. The hug had left you guys inspired.
Mikayla: Can I, like, ready and retaliate?
Skylar: Yeah, absolutely. So you ready? So basically, the three of you all take a stance next to each other. Yes, it was absolutely. Just to make sure that this man can sign this. Dang will. just out of curiosity, Wohan, what approach were you planning on taking?
Dave: they didn't observe.
Cameron: Okay, so that's gonna write this on his memoir.
Skylar: That's right. That's gonna be bottom of the list. So, obviously, I would say that both Madame Yang and Wang Long are both going to do advance and attack, and they are going to. I mean, all they can really do at this point is all just full strikes. So I would say that between Mika and Bill, they're both gonna strike three times. So that means between the two of you, however you guys decide, there's two fatigues. Each of these.
Cameron: These strikes take four of them.
Skylar: Oh, wow.
Cameron: And basically Bill, well, I'm taking any attack to make. Okay, so four of the six go to Bill, and Bill, like, stumbles to the ground.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: Hands on his knee.
Skylar: Right, okay.
Cameron: And then as, like, they're starting to. To make like, a break past them to go towards, like, micah or whatever. I'm gonna use a move I haven't used yet. Called not done yet, I ain't heard no bell. Which is basically once per. In exchange or in full encounter, I basically, once I lose all of my condition, everything.
Skylar: Yeah.
Cameron: I can basically recenter myself, stand back up, and just can go until the end of that exchange before I knocked.
Skylar: Wow. Okay.
Cameron: So I basically stand back up, and as they try to, like, rush through, I take the final two blows. Oh, wow.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: And each blow is six. So I deal six more fatigue. Back to both.
Skylar: Back to. Holy cow. Okay, so I should have done something different.
Cameron: Well, in case of.
Skylar: Yeah, if anything went to crap, you've.
Cameron: Guys have never seen build do this, so.
Skylar: Okay, so I, I imagine that both of them kind of come at you guys just straight away, and maybe my.
Cameron: My friends catch me. Yeah.
Skylar: They.
Cameron: Scott Sterling, me. They pick my limp body up and.
Skylar: Force me to pulling it. Toby Maguire. So I like that. I like that.
Cameron: So he can take it.
Skylar: Madam Yang and Wang long leap forward. And before Mika can even step in and start, you know, taking these blows, Bill immediately jumps in. He's used to this. This has kind of been your thing pretty much this entire game, is that you have stepped forward and taken the blows for somebody
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Skylar: else. So immediately, the two of them in an angry rush, seeing Mister Wu behind the three of you, this wall that you've created, created, starting to reach down with this pen. And he's about to sign these papers. And all they have to do is they need to stop him from doing this. They rush forward and just with reckless abandon, start wailing on Bill, who's not only taking every blow, but dealing some back, until all of a sudden, Bill falls to his knee. He starts to lose his balance. He falls backwards, but behind Bill is Mika, Brock. And he looks over, and he can see, whoa. Over in the corner of the rooms as well, doing his part.
Cameron: And mom was here too.
Skylar: And they pick him up off the ground. And he shakes himself a little bit. He kind of brings himself back. He recenters himself as he thinks about his amazing friends that he's had this entire time, who always have his back and are at the ready to bring him back up again. And he takes another fighting stance. Madame Yang throws another punch. Bill takes it, just takes it straight up, right in the chest, and immediately uppercuts with his bo staff, knocking Madam Yang backwards, who just falls to the ground. Her hair a mess, she's crazed, her eyes moments ago, just with this horrifying look of just anger and, sort of villainy, honestly. Evil, maybe. And she falls to the ground, and she does not get back up. He looks over at Wang long, someone that's kind of been a villain in his eyes ever since he was a kid. Wang long strikes out again. Once again, Bill takes the hit in the shoulder and returns it, putting Wang long in a difficult position. Not unconscious like his, associate, but definitely weakened. Wang Long is still up, but we do still have Guo Han with his evade and observe. What are you doing? Or what did you roll?
Dave: I guess, first of all, I rolled a 13.
Skylar: Holy hell, you guys with your high rolls at the end. All right, so what is Guo Han doing? Who's still in the room?
Dave: So, Guo Han seeing, Wang long still up in attack. He's kiddehe. Eat dirt.
Skylar: A classic Guo Han line.
Dave: You flamin leaf steamer.
Cameron: Wait, she's, she's dead, though.
Dave: I know it would have worked better for.
Skylar: No, it's good. It's good.
Cameron: I like it.
Skylar: Oh, he's an associate of a flaming leaf.
Dave: He drinks the tea.
Skylar: That's true. He's a part of the problem.
Dave: So that move causes him to stumble and lose his footing.
Skylar: What is, what is the move you're doing? Just out of curiosity? Ah, what is it called?
Dave: it's called eat dirt.
Skylar: Oh, okay. You weren't kidding. Okay.
Dave: Yeah.
Skylar: It's called eat dirt leaf steamer.
Dave: So he's impaired and unable to choose, defend, and maneuver in the next exchange.
Cameron: Oh, wow.
Dave: So you, like kind of trips?
Skylar: Yes.
Dave: Brawls on the ground is, like, wide open for counter attack.
Skylar: It's kind of like, the classic. What's, what's the bard. Typical bard move. And, yes, it's a classic vicious mockery. Guo, like, shouts this insult at him, and for a moment, he's just so thrown off at this point, he just got wailed on. And then on top of it, you know, he's feeling insecure. And I'm gonna mark that as such, because he's feeling insecure, because he's getting wailed on by a group of kids. And not only is he insecure and therefore vulnerable, then all of a sudden, this other kid from the back of the room shoots an insult his way, and it's just that little tipping point to just really slap his ego into place. And he kind of steps back just a little bit, maybe out of physical exhaustion, but also out of just a sense of mental exhaustion as, he's slammed by this insult, this one's more just for fun.
Dave: I'm gonna bolster mister, you woo. I keep saying mister wu, and I gotta open my pouch, take out Dilbert. Say, Dilbert need some ink. Dilbert squirts some ink into my hand and I hold it up.
Cameron: What an unexpected.
Cameron: We got Dilbert in the finale and.
Skylar: You rush over and sure enough, as he's touching down to the paper, initially he's like, oh, no, there's no ear.
Cameron: And then all of a sudden, Guo.
Skylar: Reaches, like I like to imagine you don't even come out of the room. You just reach between, like Brock and Micah or something, and there's a handful like a palm full of just eight. And he just kind of looked at it.
Cameron: He goes, oh, thanks.
Skylar: And he dips his little quill pen in there and he goes, he reaches down and he signs Mister Okaron's will.
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Mikayla: Mica's definitely not crying.
Skylar: Oh, she's just bending the water, really quick out of her eyes so that nobody can tell.
Cameron: I'm pretty sure Bill's knocked out.
Skylar: Bill is probably unconscious or like barely awake. Yeah, and he's crying for many reasons because I've been so.
Cameron: I've been hurt.
Skylar: As the sun comes to a rest over the city of Gaoling, causing the shades of Orlando orange and Violet to drift into darker, cooler colors, notifying the city citizens at the time to turn on the various lamps and lanterns that float above their streets and storefronts. Four exhausted teens step out from the mayor's office, their goal, one that only spanned the last week, but possibly influencing the rest of their lives, finally complete. A new sheet of paper is clenched firmly in Bill, or should I say Ash's hand, one that symbolizes the entire life of the teen's old friend, now passed on to the rightful recipients. As the team walks the streets of the city they've begun to call home. They watch as the light of the Fire Nation soldiers disappears in the distance, their proverbial tails between their legs, the pirate crew nowhere to be seen, and Madam Yang being thrown out of the city by the local guards along with all her cronies. Slowly and wearily, they approach their friends who help them along the way and stand at attention with gleaming smiles, knowing the final hour has come to a close with an overarching victory for their side. You all make your way to the outskirts of town where the spirit portals brought you, and awaiting you are new portals for your allies to return home. Sora turns to Brock before offering a hug to her old friend, a gleam of hope sparkling in her eyes.
Cameron: I can give her a bro hug.
Skylar: yeah, you give her a bro hug. Which almost adds insult to injury. Probably. She seems disappointed by this.
Cameron: Wouldn't be funny if we kissed that.
Skylar: She insists that the two stay in touch. She offers to write letters to Brock, to which Brock replies, I mean, I.
Cameron: Can'T really read, so.
Skylar: She'S like, I mean, I can.
Mikayla: Don't worry, Brock, we got you.
Skylar: She stands a bit flabbergasted at this as she looks the muscle bound man in front of her before suggesting a new plan. She offers to stick around for a little while, take some PTO from the exhausting missions of the rescue team squadron to dedicate towards an equally exhausting task, helping Brock learn to read.
Cameron: Yeah, we can use some extra hands around the blissful brew.
Skylar: Although woefully frustrated with the constant hit and miss of romance with Brock, Sora still retains hope that maybe Brock might catch on. Who knows? Even share these feelings with her. She informs Mactuk of her plan, and he agrees to pass the news along before he turns to his daughter. Oh, Micah. I. I mean, I. I obviously, I'd like to come back here. I'm gonna go kind of finish things up with the rescue team squadron and,
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Skylar: I mean, if you want me to, I can come back here and maybe we could set up a place and, I don't know, figure things out.
Mikayla: Play catch.
Dave: Sure.
Skylar: We could do that.
Mikayla: That sounds like a great plan, dad.
Skylar: Sounds good. And with that, Mactuk steps through the portal to head back to the camp and settle his business with the rescue team squadron. Two portals remain. Mayu Yinyu holds out his hand for a shake towards Guohandhe, who takes it and pulls him in for a hug.
Dave: Thanks for coming. To the continued dad tryouts. I mean, thanks for coming.
Skylar: Yeah, sure thing. You kids are great. love hanging out with you guys. You do, good stuff. And, hey, if you ever want to go on stage sometime, maybe we could do a performance together. I've, heard you play. Maybe do some acting.
Dave: That would be amazing.
Skylar: All right, well, I'll definitely come swinging by in gowling here in the near future. Maybe we can put on a show or even do one of those open mic nights or something.
Dave: I know a few good spots.
Skylar: Oh, perfect.
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: Yeah, that's what I'm always looking for. You know, good places to eat, get good food. You know, I try to stick with only the best. I'll see you later. And, he jumps into a portal, and he heads off. Bill stands before his brother, Ember. It's been years since the two had seen each other, and so many emotions swirl around their hearts and minds like stormy seas. Ember teeters on two ends of an emotional seesaw. On one side, he's ecstatic to know his brother is alive and to be here with him. On the other, he's desperate to return home to tell the rest of his family, who have feared for the worst for years. So, where do we go from here?
Cameron: I, was, thinking, we go home.
Skylar: You're gonna. You want to come back home?
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: Well, will the portal let both of us go through?
Cameron: I don't know. Some weird spirit animal opened it for us. I don't know if we can both go through the portal.
Skylar: Well, I'd hate to have it not work for you when you go through. Yeah, or try to go through, and then you have to make the journey by yourself on. On foot and see.
Cameron: I mean, if we want to play it safe, you could just come with me and just.
Skylar: Just go with you physically non spirit? Yeah.
Cameron: Just on a boat or something? Yeah.
Cameron: Yeah.
Skylar: I mean, yeah, that, that sounds great.
Mikayla: Plus, I think those pirates might get you.
Cameron: I've got connections with the pirates. Not good ones, but I've got connections.
Skylar: That sounds like a story you're gonna have to tell me on, on the way home.
Cameron: Yeah, but, I mean, I still gotta recover before we make a trip back home.
Skylar: Sure. I mean, we can get a night's rest.
Cameron: Yeah. I'm kind of beat up.
Skylar: You look pretty beat up. I don't think I'd want mom and dad to see you.
Cameron: look at both my black eyes.
Skylar: Yeah, so even if we could get through the portal, I feel like that would be a bad look on me and. And so on.
Cameron: Plus, I should help these guys get the shop all cleaned up so they can do their grand re reopening.
Skylar: are you sure you. You want to leave them here, or. I mean, I don't know.
Cameron: It.
Skylar: It sounded like this tea shop really meant a lot to you.
Cameron: It it does mean a lot to me, but I think the tea shop was. I was meant to be here, but I wasn't meant to stay here, if that makes sense. And I think I need to go back home and help dad fight the fight on the home front.
Skylar: I know everybody would be happy to see you back home. are your friends okay with you heading out? They know.
Cameron: No.
Skylar: Oh. Do you need to talk to him?
Cameron: M I probably should talk.
Skylar: Okay.
Cameron: Like, we're, like, right now. I should talk to them.
Skylar: Oh, I don't know. I mean, if we have to leave in the morning.
Cameron: Well, I could say goodbye to them then. Or I. We sneak out in the morning after, before it's too late.
Skylar: It doesn't seem like the right thing.
Cameron: That's not the right thing to do, but I know I need to go home. I'm done running.
Skylar: Alright, well, I'll travel with you.
Cameron: That'd be nice.
Skylar: All right. As Ash and his brother make this final decision, the final portal closes. And with tired eyes and heavy heads, the teens and Bill's brother and Sora finally reach their home. The blissful brew tea shop. It looks just as they had left it when they began their treasure hunt a week ago. With scattered, broken furniture and teacups fragmented across the floor, a mess that could wait until tomorrow. For now, it was time to rest. Bill finds a spot for his brother and the group takes a long and much needed sleep, letting the night wash over
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Skylar: them, relieving their pains and fatigue of their long adventure, calming their minds with pleasant dreams, and filling their hearts with the hopes of what is to come. Bill awakes the next morning with the hour nearly at noon. He felt a bit sore from all of yesterdays wounds, but with a good stretch and a bath, he already could feel his body rejuvenating. He comes down the stairs of the tea shop and finds a place tidied up, and the smell of hot cakes and citrus tea greets his nose. He was surprised to find the remaining members of the wild coyote boars were there, enjoying a hot breakfast that seemed to be made by Guo Han and ember, each with an adorable, blissful brew apron draped over themselves.
Cameron: The time is.
Skylar: Can't be that it's almost noon, bro.
Cameron: I, guess I'll grab some food and sit down next to all of them. I'm guessing they're all just out here.
Skylar: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I think everybody's either out there eating.
Cameron: Brock doesn't need to be in the kitchen cleaning up a thing or two.
Cameron: Honestly, I feel like Brock is looking at that gemstone that he got, like, six episodes ago, and he's like, dude.
Skylar: It was a season ago. It was a whole season two, like, episode.
Cameron: I'm. He's just kind of, like, tossing it up in the air, like, in his hand. I really want to know what this thing does. Imagine we get one last sitting next.
Skylar: To you as Sora, and she's got a piece of paper in front of you, and she's like, brock, Brock. Hey, you're not paying attention. It's an a. Say a. A says a. Or a. If it's next to, like, a y.
Cameron: A.
Skylar: Okay, good job. and then this is a b. It goes bdez.
Cameron: B. B.
Cameron: And a. Man, we're flying through this. How many more letters we gotta do?
Skylar: There's 26 in total.
Cameron: that's not that many.
Skylar: No, that's.
Cameron: I was lying. I wasn't doing it at all. Maybe I just.
Skylar: B. B. Hey, b is the first letter of your name.
Cameron: It is.
Skylar: Brock. It is. Whoa.
Cameron: Recognize.
Skylar: That's, like, one word.
Cameron: You knew how to read.
Cameron: Well, okay, you're eating hotcakes right now.
Cameron: I'm sitting right next to you, Brock.
Cameron: Yeah, well, shut up.
Skylar: Bill Ember comes over. I don't know if I should be calling you Bill or ash. I don't know. It just feels like the whole series has been Bill, but I'm the game master. So I'm outside of the world, per se.
Cameron: It's whatever feels right. But if it was my. The only catch is if it's my brother talking to me. Ah.
Skylar: well, yeah, if it's him talking to you, yeah.
Cameron: If it's just you, I don't care.
Skylar: Well, Bill Ember comes over and sits next to you, and he says, the, While you were. While you were sleeping, I snuck in, and I kind of got things packed for you to try to help kind of mitigate the whole process. Cause I figured you'd probably be pretty tired, so I got some. I got some luggage over there for you, ready to go.
Cameron: Does everyone hear this?
Skylar: Yeah, I think.
Cameron: Yeah. Oh. Did you tell them?
Skylar: No, I didn't tell him yet.
Cameron: Oh.
Skylar: I figured this was, like, the moment.
Cameron: Well, yeah, sorry.
Skylar: Maybe I overstepped my.
Cameron: No, that's fine. I had this, luggage.
Dave: What? We just got back. You going somewhere?
Cameron: Yeah, I.
Skylar: Can I come?
Skylar: I'm going.
Cameron: I'm going home. I mean, you want to come to the fire nation? Sure.
Cameron: But I figured, who's gonna wash the dish?
Cameron: Exactly. It's a fair play. So. Yeah, I. Yeah, I need to go home. I've grown a lot, but I've learned.
Mikayla: That you could continue to keep growing before you go back.
Skylar: I don't know.
Cameron: You look about the same height as when I met you.
Cameron: Actually, about two inches taller, but thank you. no, I. I was mostly running cause of fear and shame. But I feel like I redeemed myself and also forgiven myself. And now I don't feel scared to go home anymore. But this isn't against you guys. You guys are amazing. You're my new family, and I don't hate any of you guys. I love all of you, but I have a family back home with Ember and my mom and dad and my other friends. And to be honest, part of the reason I ran was because my dad was
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Cameron: being forced to work for Wang Long and make weapons for him. And he was using my dad and my family as, like, blackmail. Like, he was threatening to kill us. And so I kind of ran because I didn't want one more thing to be on my dad's shoulders. That's. That's how I knew him, Brock. So,
Cameron: Yeah, but, yeah, he just imprisoned me and my family. you know. Yeah. That's all he did to me.
Cameron: I think we got back at him.
Cameron: I'd say we did. You know, where is he, right? Where's Wang Long? Right.
Cameron: He's running away with his tail between his feet.
Skylar: Well, actually, it's really funny you mention that because he's been gone over the last couple of weeks from the Fire nation doing stuff over here, as we obviously saw. And dad's actually been trying to figure out a possible plan, so if we can get back before they do.
Cameron: That's a great idea. We have a head start on it, too.
Cameron: How about and, I hand bill the Gem?
Cameron: What's, this?
Cameron: I remember that rock monster. Remember that rock monster that I killed thanks to nobody else's help?
Dave: Oh, wow.
Cameron: All the way back on the trail.
Cameron: Yeah. Remember that guy? Well, this gem came out of him. I have no idea what it does, but it might be his poop. we don't know.
Cameron: Holds it tentatively, with, like, two fingers, grabs a napkin and stuffs it into his pouch. He goes, well, thanks, Brock.
Cameron: Yeah, there's no use.
Skylar: He's giving me worse things.
Cameron: Hey, you know what? I don't know what to do with this, but my dad's a super smart guy, and he's an inventor, so I'm pretty sure if anyone knows anything to do with it, it'd be him.
Cameron: Yeah, there's no sense in me keeping it. It's not gonna help dishwashing.
Skylar: Imagine if it did, though.
Cameron: Imagine mountain Golem, Washington.
Mikayla: You own, the shop now.
Cameron: Oh, you don't want me owning this shop.
Skylar: I can't do literally on the deed. Technically, all four of our names are even. Bill technically has, like, part ownership.
Cameron: Even though he'll be gone, he's not collecting royalty.
Cameron: We're gonna waive ownership. I'm gonna wave mine to Guo.
Cameron: so Guo gets 50% of stakes.
Skylar: And leaving the two of you at 25% each, which doesn't give you room to. For any power. Yeah, you get paid out, but you don't have power.
Cameron: Guo owns all, like, ownership.
Skylar: But Guo says. All right, now I'm gonna start getting some, some, orphaned children from the earth nation and put him to work in a factory.
Cameron: Or he's gonna need, like, he's gonna need a shop running hat.
Dave: No, I think what we need to do with that 25% is reinvest it into the shop to help it grow and also fund a charity.
Skylar: a nonprofit organization. Yeah, fun.
Dave: Like a charity for mister okra.
Cameron: oh, that's a good idea.
Dave: To keep him, to keep him alive and part of this community, you know, since he's had such a big impact on it.
Cameron: Yeah.
Dave: Maybe we could set aside funds for annual block party.
Cameron: He loved that. Okoran, block party.
Skylar: Great throwback right there.
Cameron: Imagine if we went with the block party idea.
Cameron: This whole campaign would be so different.
Cameron: We just be throwing parties.
Skylar: Word of the block party is a snapping contest.
Cameron: But I think it's time for me to go, and I'm gonna have to leave before I start crying a mess. So before I leave, though, I think I. I'll just go around the table. Brock. Yeah.
Skylar: Yeah.
Cameron: Don't stop being you. Nothing will stop you if you're being yourself.
Cameron: I don't know how to be anybody else.
Cameron: You're the strength that holds everyone here together and your ability to shake off anything what will keep them strong in any storm.
Cameron: So be their rock.
Cameron: Yeah. And I just. I go up to Bill, just give him a giant a hug that Sora wishes.
Cameron: I was more imagining. You're squeezing the life out of me.
Skylar: Yeah, like one of those, like, squeeze hugs.
Cameron: Like, bruised, like, like from SpongeBob, where Patrick just, like, is crushing squidward. One of them hugs.
Skylar: one of them good, good hugs, huh?
Cameron: Oh, thanks, Brock.
Skylar: Yeah,
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Skylar: bring it in, brother.
Dave: Yeah.
Cameron: and then Bill falls and kind of, like, gets back up. He's like, okay, Amika, you're the sister I've never had.
Mikayla: Oh, that's a lot nicer than I thought you were gonna say.
Cameron: I know we had back and forths, and when anyone was fighting, it was usually us two, but, you know, I.
Mikayla: Hear that's what siblings do. I never know. Cause I never had one.
Cameron: Like I said, you guys are my family, and. And you're the sister I never had, and I'm gonna miss you and. Yeah, I mean, I probably will. I was gonna say keep being you, but I can't really say that to everyone.
Skylar: I was waiting for you to say, mika, change. Literally.
Mikayla: Don't be you.
Cameron: Be anyone but yourself.
Mikayla: Not you.
Cameron: No, but I. In all seriousness, I hope that you and your dad can regrow your life here together when he comes back. I'm glad you were able to find him again.
Mikayla: Me too. I mean, thanks.
Cameron: You're welcome. And, I go in to give her a hug.
Mikayla: I do not care. Let him give me a hug. That's fine.
Skylar: It turns into one of those awkwardly, to be fair.
Cameron: To be fair, Bill was expecting that.
Mikayla: It was a half hearted, And Mika just weeps out.
Skylar: This is the hug that Sora does get from this.
Cameron: I hugged Bill enough for the both of us. Don't worry.
Cameron: And then when Bill turns to look at guo han, a tear is in his eye and he's like, guo, you were my baby brother. I lost my brother in the fires three years ago and, well, in a way, you replaced him for me. You can never replace blaze. But I felt like I could be that protector of you. Like, I wish I could have been for him. And growing and learning and seeing you.
Skylar: Grow.
Cameron: It felt like that part of me that I thought I was gonna lose was still there. So you didn't know it, but you did way more for me than you would have ever known. So thank you.
Dave: Hug me, brother.
Skylar: And I. If anyone were to notice, I think Ember watches u two hug and he has tears running down his eyes as well. And a little bit of a smile, just kind of like somewhat fulfilling. as he, as he watches that.
Cameron: bill releases from the hug and, goes. I know I probably just made it a lot harder for me to leave, guo, but I'm going to have to still leave.
Dave: Just make sure you come visit and feel free to bring your dad.
Cameron: Oh, yeah, no, I'd love to bring my family back here and show them the shop. I mean, I was here for so long, it's a part of me. And I think they'd be proud of what we did. Especially when I tell them and ember the story of how we got the shop back, I think they'll think that's pretty cool, so. But with that, Bill walks over and grabs his stuff and his bo staff, nice. And stands next to Ember and says, with that, I it's time for me to go.
Skylar: The refreshing morning mood turns to a somber tone as Ember assists Bill in packing up the last of his things before the two of them start to make their way to the city's edge. With the gang following close behind, Micah, Guo and Brock each force a loving smile to mask the pain in their eyes as they maintain a final goodbye wave to ash as he and his brother eventually disappeared over a hill on their way to the oceanside. Another week goes by back at the city of Gaoling as the wild coyote boars helped the three of the four original teens put the shop back together using the money they still had the same funds that, ironically, were intended to pay off. The gang are instead used to purchase new furniture as well as refresh some of the aging aspects of the tea shop, bringing it to a new, fresh state. The remaining members of the once villainous gang now begin working at the very tea shop they had once bullied for money, now making it the honest way by bussing tables, cleaning floors, and serving refreshments. Theres a grand reopening ceremony that sees practically all of the city of Gaoling in attendance as Guo Han rushes around the kitchen shouting orders to his cooking team and pulling a
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Skylar: variety of baked goods out of the oven while reaching over and pouring a glass of tea, just like Okaran used to do. Micah, feeling much more confident in her waterbending, keeps dishes clean, quickly moving from the kitchen to the guests and back again at record pace. Her new best friend Chikra, barely able to drive them as fast as Micah, can get them refreshed. While the other coyote board members bust dirty dishes from empty tables, allowing new guests to come in and sit down, brock lifts heavy serving trays filled with food and cups of tea and skillfully slides through the filled tables, dipping down to give each customer their orders while flexing his muscles, causing many of the patrons to swoon as he does while Sora glares jealously from her spot behind the register. A few days later, a small package arrives in the mail addressed from the Yotaku family, who is requesting their favorite tea shop to cater an upcoming party the head of the family is hosting. The gang begins the necessary preparations to prepare for this while still maintaining the day to day services of the tea shop. When the day arrives, the party and more importantly, the refreshments supplied by the blissful brew are a big hit, securing the tea shops popularity not only in gaoling but in the region. Many of the rich and wealthy partygoers who traveled from other earth kingdom towns and cities comment on how they wish they had a blissful brew shop instead of the dreadful hot leaf juice restaurants.
Mikayla: Still a thing?
Skylar: They still exist. Absolutely. On one particular night, as a handful of patrons finished the last few sips of tea, nothing but crumbs of scones and muffins left on the plates. As they sigh with contentment, the doors of the tea shop fly open as a disheveled looking man hobbles inside. Brock stops wiping down a table. Guo, mid count on todays profits, pauses and looks up from his stack of coins. Miek, in the back, has already finished cleaning the dishes and garnishes a quizzical look as she makes her way around the partition wall to glance at the scene unfolding. The man takes a step forward and stumbles, narrowly catching himself from ending up on the floor as he awkwardly straightens himself up and clutches at a nearby table to steady himself. He looks past messy hair and throws his hands into the air, bringing it down to point towards Guo at the register. I say, what does a guy have to do to get himself a drink around here? Hey everyone. Skylar, the game master for benders and brews and the creative director over at session Zero Heroes here. I just wanted to give you a quick outro before you head over to the next episode or call it a day. Firstly, thank you so much for listening to our show. It means so much to us to have such amazing people like yourself that enjoy the content that we produce. Without you, there really wouldn't be much point in all the work that we put into recording, editing and sharing our TTRPG sessions with all of you. With that being said, we would love it if you would throw some love our way and drop us a review or a rating or whatever it is called wherever you're listening to the show based on whatever platform that allows you to leave reviews and leave recommendations. It means a lot to us to get to hear why you love the show we make, and it also helps the show reach other listeners as well, allowing us to grow our community. So if you're feeling especially generous, you could even go as far as to share our show to your friends and family who also enjoy TTRBG actual Plague podcasts. It's really expensive for us to be able to advertise and we don't do much of it, so it's a lot more help to have you guys share it with people that you know will enjoy it and then they can join in the community that we're creating. That would make you a session zero hero yourself. And additionally, we'd love to have you stop by on one of our various social platforms and interact with the channel. There you can find session zero heroes on Facebook, X, Instagram, and Discord. We post all sorts of updates, clips, and even the occasional behind the scenes look at what we're up to. And if you're ever looking for information on SZH or you don't use a podcast streaming site but you wanna listen to our shows, you can do so by checking out our website@sessionzeroheroes.com, and while you're there, you can find out about the cast and the crew that make our show and provide the players voices in all of our various series. And if you're feeling especially cheeky, you can check out our merch store where we have a ton of designs and products to choose from, all of which help us pay the bills and keep the lights on. So once again, thank you all so much for listening. And remember to stay curious, stay heroic until we roll again.
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