ADR - Episode 544: The Last Day of October - Short Hoggers (Chapter 1-5)

[00:00:05] Oh hello and welcome to Al Dente Rigamortis. I'm Review Cultist.

[00:00:20] I'm Mikey.

[00:00:21] These stands for evil.

[00:00:22] And I'm the Gamer in Yellow.

[00:00:24] And we're here to discuss those internet stories, most creepy and most pasta, and be critically silly doing it.

[00:00:29] And tonight we have...

[00:00:31] For the last time, for the second time...

[00:00:33] Yeah.

[00:00:35] It's not the last time at all.

[00:00:37] No. No.

[00:00:39] So, um, The Last Day of October, Short Hoggers, Chapters 1-5.

[00:00:45] So, yeah, Last Day of October, Short Hoggers is by MMPrat99.

[00:00:50] It's on creephouse.wiki along with all the other Last Day of October stories.

[00:00:55] And all the other stories by MMPrat.

[00:00:57] So you can check it out there.

[00:00:58] Uh, and yes, as the title I said, uh, demonstrates, we are only covering chapters 1-5 in this episode.

[00:01:07] And next week, we will be covering chapters 6-9.

[00:01:11] Nice.

[00:01:14] Uh, but yeah, so...

[00:01:19] It's a fairly long one, uh, so we decided to cut it into two sections.

[00:01:24] Um, but, uh, yeah, before we get too far ahead, uh, I mean, initial recommendations in general for this one's gonna be a little bit difficult because, or a little bit wishy-washy because, like, we are...

[00:01:36] Yeah, so, like, yeah, so, like, for now, my initial recommendation is partial recommendation.

[00:01:46] Uh, mine is gonna be low partial.

[00:01:53] Okay.

[00:01:55] You know what, for full balance, I'll go high partial.

[00:01:57] Just because.

[00:02:00] Did you just say full high partial?

[00:02:03] Yes.

[00:02:05] No, I will go high partial.

[00:02:07] Okay.

[00:02:08] I guess it's alright.

[00:02:10] Yeah, like, yeah, yeah.

[00:02:11] Well, we'll dive into this story and find, uh, and find out, at least right now, why we're giving it that tentative partials of varying degrees.

[00:02:21] Uh, I love our system.

[00:02:24] I don't.

[00:02:25] It's just the best.

[00:02:26] It's not.

[00:02:30] Uh, but yeah, sorry, I guess we should, we should kick this off with a rundown.

[00:02:34] So, again, this covers chapters one through five of nine chapters.

[00:02:37] Um, the storm has kept up in Esgard and Kes with Dr. Ackern and the kobold kids, Duncan Skeeter and Pipsqueak McCone, along with Thomas Gregory, the owner of the Badger and Hare book and tea shop, and uncle to the McCone boys.

[00:02:56] Are discussing the strange gem that tried to choke Kes from the end of bookstore horror, and seems to have brought on the previous story's flashback from the young Gurdon woman, that being the unquiet past and present.

[00:03:13] Uh, that's the show.

[00:03:15] Um.

[00:03:15] Four commas and periods in your own rundown.

[00:03:18] Yeah.

[00:03:20] Um, they also appear to be keeping some thing at bay beyond some door in the residence, in the residence house area of the shop.

[00:03:31] Um, that same horrid phantasm that entered the bookstore previously and assumed different forms for different people who saw it.

[00:03:39] Um, they seem to be, they seem to believe it's, it's an Eastern European-esque undead creature known as a taxamere.

[00:03:48] Um, the kobold kids appear to have subdued it previously, bringing down some bookshelves and a ton of books on its head, at first supposedly killing it.

[00:03:59] However, it still seems to be stirring, likely from some healing amulet?

[00:04:07] Eventually,

[00:04:08] As they just dropped books on it?

[00:04:10] Yeah, yeah, they just, yeah, well they dropped it.

[00:04:11] It's like they double-tapped it.

[00:04:13] Yeah, exactly, yeah.

[00:04:15] It's clearly this healing amulet that, that, that, that, that was, that was probably dropped nearby it, that like, resurrected it.

[00:04:20] Not like, it's just a pile of books, like.

[00:04:23] Yeah.

[00:04:23] They tried to shredder it from, uh, TMNT2.

[00:04:26] Oh my god, they did.

[00:04:29] They tried to super shredder it?

[00:04:31] Yeah.

[00:04:33] Now we know the taxamere is played by Kevin Nash.

[00:04:35] Oh god.

[00:04:38] Taxamere!

[00:04:39] You'll kill us all!

[00:04:40] So be it!

[00:04:43] Well, now we know what the kids were seeing with the taxamere show.

[00:04:47] At least one of them.

[00:04:50] Oh god.

[00:04:51] I don't know if there's a good sign that we're on this much of a tangent in the rundown.

[00:04:54] Yeah.

[00:04:55] I can already hear the sirens.

[00:04:56] Yeah, I can hear the sirens of the, uh, of the tangent police arriving.

[00:04:59] Yeah.

[00:05:00] Eventually some, uh, eventually something breaks through the door, but it is revealed to be Mrs. Gregory.

[00:05:07] Though, she is also terrifying with her homemade beauty cream and cucumber eyes applied.

[00:05:14] Like, I think straight up one of the kobold kids just, like, faints.

[00:05:17] Yes.

[00:05:18] Uh, eventually things get sorted out in a way with authorities arriving, and though the weather is still quite terrible outside,

[00:05:24] Dr. Akron makes his way home to look into some research regarding the amulet.

[00:05:30] And as the horror from earlier is still out there, Kes remains in the guest room of the Gregories, and as she lies in bed, she begins to dream of another flashback.

[00:05:40] Similar to the previous, but continues on into the events of the Ellie Lambert story, which Mikey and I covered a couple weeks ago.

[00:05:48] Uh, it's mostly the same story thus far.

[00:05:51] Um, basically Kes was looking into the three missing British kids that Madam Mosley told her about back then.

[00:06:00] And that eventually brings her to the welcoming party at City Hall in Swanwick, and the strangeness surrounding Ellie Lambert and her shapeshifting ability.

[00:06:10] Uh, and Kes's history with the short hoggers, which is also a flashback moment as she falls asleep in her cottage later, thinking on those memories.

[00:06:23] In her flashback.

[00:06:26] Bwah.

[00:06:28] Ow, my brain.

[00:06:31] Uh, the fifth chapter ends with Kes asleep in her bed in the flashback as the short hogger or something singing the same song as it sings lurking in the woods near her cottage.

[00:06:44] To be continued.

[00:06:47] So yeah, that's what we got so far with, uh, the last day of October, short hoggers chapters one through five.

[00:06:54] So I suppose then we shall move on to...

[00:06:58] Everyone, tolerance the grandma inquisitions!

[00:07:01] At this point.

[00:07:02] So I've got a few for chapter one.

[00:07:05] Uh, again, I assume that we all did...

[00:07:07] We all cut this into chapters.

[00:07:10] Yes.

[00:07:11] Excellent.

[00:07:12] Uh, so in chapter one, I have this.

[00:07:14] Um, it was also known the gatekeeper's cottage, although in actuality, it was little more than a door tucked away in a stone archway.

[00:07:24] So, the issue here, as I feel that it should be, it was also known as the gatekeeper's cottage.

[00:07:32] It needs that as in there.

[00:07:33] Yeah.

[00:07:35] Uh, and then the next one I had...

[00:07:38] Dodging behind his startled twin, his pale face peed out over Pip Squeak's shoulder with wide, terrified eyes.

[00:07:46] That would be so gross.

[00:07:48] Did he really pee?

[00:07:49] No, it's supposed to be like his pale face peaked over.

[00:07:53] Oh my god, it did peed out!

[00:07:55] Yeah, it does.

[00:07:56] Yeah, it's just three E's.

[00:07:59] I did not see that.

[00:08:01] Yep.

[00:08:02] Uh, but that's all I got for chapter one.

[00:08:04] So, Mikey.

[00:08:06] I'm good.

[00:08:07] Okay, gamer.

[00:08:10] Uh, let's see.

[00:08:13] Okay, so, the start of it saying, like, the bookstore owner's, like, residence was the first house behind the chamber's main entrance.

[00:08:21] It was also known as the gatekeeper's cottage, though in actuality, it was more than...

[00:08:28] A little more than a door, blah, blah, blah.

[00:08:30] You said that already.

[00:08:31] Yeah.

[00:08:31] Um, however, it jumps down after that saying, seated in a plus chair, Kes took a glistening object, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[00:08:39] So, previously, Kes and everyone was in the bookstore.

[00:08:44] Yeah.

[00:08:45] And then, the start of this describes the owner's, uh, the bookstore owner's residence.

[00:08:51] And then, immediately, cuts to Kes and everyone else that has been talking to Kes lately.

[00:08:57] Which, at first, made me think, it's like, okay, is she all of a sudden in the owner's house now with everyone else as well for some reason?

[00:09:07] Which she is, I guess, because it is said that later.

[00:09:10] But, at the moment, it kind of confused me.

[00:09:14] Because everyone was already sitting down in relative safety talking about all this.

[00:09:19] And now, they decided to move over here to talk about this?

[00:09:23] Yeah.

[00:09:23] Don't worry.

[00:09:24] I was also confused.

[00:09:26] Because, yeah, so this story seems to take place in, like, media, like, start in media res.

[00:09:29] Or, like, starts in, like, um, like, some time has passed since, like, a few moments.

[00:09:34] At least a few moments or some amount of time has passed between, like, um, her, her having that poker chip-sized gem in her throat.

[00:09:42] And, like, all those people and some of that.

[00:09:44] And now we're in another part of the Badger and Hare book and tea shop.

[00:09:50] But it's, like, the, like, upstairs residence area.

[00:09:53] But it's also a house or, like, a liminal space?

[00:09:58] Like, a dimensional, like, a dimensional, like, space or something?

[00:10:02] No.

[00:10:03] It seems like they left the bookstore and went to the owner's residence, which is behind the chamber's main entrance.

[00:10:10] Like, up a staircase and in this liminal space area.

[00:10:14] Yeah.

[00:10:15] Yeah.

[00:10:15] Like, it's a separate building.

[00:10:17] Yeah, but they went upstairs from the bookstore or from the bookshop and went into this place.

[00:10:23] Yeah.

[00:10:24] Yeah.

[00:10:24] So, like, that's, I think that's what's catching us is, like, the, the, that, that liminal space aspect of it.

[00:10:30] It was all described, but there was no, like, transition to say that it happened.

[00:10:34] Like, even something as simple as it saying, like, inside, seated in a plush chair, Kes was blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[00:10:45] Yeah.

[00:10:46] Because then it's, like, okay, inside what was just described, that makes sense.

[00:10:50] Yeah.

[00:10:51] But because it just says Kes sitting in a chair, that could be a chair anywhere.

[00:10:57] Yeah.

[00:10:57] You know?

[00:10:58] Yeah.

[00:10:58] Yeah.

[00:10:59] Yeah.

[00:10:59] It could be, it could be outside or it could be, yeah.

[00:11:03] It does, it does eventually say, I think in the story that, like, all the, all the other, aside from, like, the kobold kids who are related to the, the owners of the bookstore, all the other people did, like, leave.

[00:11:15] Yeah.

[00:11:16] So they probably had to, like, shut the store down or something, but.

[00:11:18] Yeah.

[00:11:19] Yeah.

[00:11:20] They wanted to figure out what was going on, so they reconvened in relative privacy to discuss all this weird shit that's going on.

[00:11:27] Mm-hmm.

[00:11:28] But yeah, a little transition would be nice, in my opinion.

[00:11:31] Trust me, that, that, there, I have issues with that in the story, like, like, transitionary things in the story.

[00:11:36] Yes.

[00:11:37] So.

[00:11:37] For sure.

[00:11:39] Yeah.

[00:11:40] But my next one, um, I believe this is one of the, one of the kobolds, probably the Duncan guy, um, saying, organizing all the brand new merchandise.

[00:11:52] Uncle Greg just got today from the Mortal Territories, right?

[00:11:57] You see, um, rare vintage stuff like Mad Magazine, right?

[00:12:01] And you is Y-E-W?

[00:12:05] My problem here is, you, Y-E-W, sounds the exact same as Y-O-U.

[00:12:10] Yeah.

[00:12:11] So it should just be Y-O-U, because he's using it in the same context as Y-O-U.

[00:12:16] I, yeah, I guess so, yeah.

[00:12:18] Yeah.

[00:12:18] Because it doesn't sound any different.

[00:12:20] If you want to give them slang and make it like, yeah, like, you see.

[00:12:24] Well, well, you have to add the earnest E to it.

[00:12:30] So it's a Y-O-U-C.

[00:12:33] Y-O-U.

[00:12:35] Y-O-U.

[00:12:36] Exactly.

[00:12:37] It means like 15 more E's.

[00:12:39] Yeah.

[00:12:42] Yeah.

[00:12:42] I don't know about that.

[00:12:43] Or like, if you're going to go with that, you might as well just have it like Y-E-E-E,

[00:12:47] like E-C.

[00:12:48] Yeah.

[00:12:49] Like, if you want that accent, that kind of like British Gov accent.

[00:12:53] Or even just Y-E.

[00:12:55] Yeah.

[00:12:56] E-C.

[00:12:57] Yeah.

[00:12:58] Because yeah, Y-E-W just sounds like Y-O-U.

[00:13:01] Yeah.

[00:13:01] Sometimes Y.

[00:13:04] You know that Y-E-U, or Y-E-W is also the name of a tree.

[00:13:10] Yeah, it's a type of wood, right?

[00:13:12] Yeah.

[00:13:12] Yeah, a U-tree.

[00:13:15] Well, maybe you're just pointing out that there's a U-tree nearby.

[00:13:19] Maybe, yeah.

[00:13:21] Ever think about that?

[00:13:24] You know what, somehow it didn't.

[00:13:25] I don't understand why I missed that.

[00:13:27] Yeah, weird.

[00:13:28] Anyways, moving on.

[00:13:30] Yeah.

[00:13:33] However, unlike the Taksim, who is usually an ordinary person longing for justice and is only dangerous to those against whom it seeks revenge and only move during the nocturnal hours and on foot,

[00:13:49] the Taksim is usually a wizard or sorcerer, but sometimes a witch who has its magical powers to unnaturally to prolong its life.

[00:13:58] That's all one sentence.

[00:14:00] Oh my god!

[00:14:01] Wait, hang on, hang on.

[00:14:03] Oh yeah, however unlike...

[00:14:04] Yeah, no, holy shit.

[00:14:05] That is four...

[00:14:07] That is four lines.

[00:14:10] Yeah, seven commas.

[00:14:12] Yeah.

[00:14:13] It's a bit long.

[00:14:14] I mean, that is dialogue, but like, I have...

[00:14:17] I mean, I have been guilty of non-stop talking like that, but damn.

[00:14:24] Yeah.

[00:14:26] So like, it gets sort of a pass because it's dialogue, but...

[00:14:30] Yeah.

[00:14:31] I don't know.

[00:14:34] He'd be running out of gas, for sure.

[00:14:38] He was definitely taking a breath after prolonging his life.

[00:14:42] But usually they come from noble elfin families.

[00:14:47] It just keeps going.

[00:14:48] Yeah, and that breath would be a period.

[00:14:51] Yeah.

[00:14:52] So the way I rewrote it is,

[00:14:54] the Taksim are only dangerous to those against whom it seeks revenge

[00:14:59] and can only move on foot during nocturnal hours.

[00:15:04] Period.

[00:15:04] However, the Taksim air is usually a wizard, sorcerer, or sometimes a witch

[00:15:08] who has its magical powers to unnaturally prolong its life.

[00:15:13] Yeah.

[00:15:16] That works.

[00:15:17] And that's it for chapter one.

[00:15:19] All right.

[00:15:20] On to chapter two.

[00:15:23] This one I have.

[00:15:25] And this is also technically dialogue, but I'm going to go into it.

[00:15:29] At what moment I was longing for a stick or any other weapon,

[00:15:32] but we had none of those things.

[00:15:35] And we were too scared to go back.

[00:15:38] So I feel like it's supposed to be at that moment I was longing for a stick.

[00:15:42] Not at what moment I was...

[00:15:44] I guess like if it's got kind of an accented dialogue,

[00:15:48] I guess it could be like,

[00:15:48] at what moment I was longing for a stick.

[00:15:51] But I still feel like it should be at that moment.

[00:15:55] So.

[00:15:56] It's like early on when the Kabods are talking,

[00:16:00] you don't really get the thick accent until the uncle says

[00:16:05] that they're basically from the country.

[00:16:07] And then all of a sudden the accent's getting a little thicker.

[00:16:12] Yeah.

[00:16:12] It's almost like, it's like, yeah, don't worry.

[00:16:13] They're from the country.

[00:16:14] It's like, all right.

[00:16:15] Yeah.

[00:16:15] All right, golf.

[00:16:16] Right, bro?

[00:16:17] Right, bro?

[00:16:18] Yeah.

[00:16:19] Yeah.

[00:16:20] Yeah.

[00:16:20] Yeah.

[00:16:22] So.

[00:16:23] But that's all I got for chapter two.

[00:16:24] So, Mikey.

[00:16:26] I'm good.

[00:16:28] Gamer.

[00:16:29] I got one.

[00:16:36] I'm just rereading this to make sure I understand it.

[00:16:41] Okay, so.

[00:16:43] They talked about the song.

[00:16:45] And then.

[00:16:46] Says more lore about what happened and what he.

[00:16:49] What Duncan specifically saw when he was.

[00:16:52] Like following it or something.

[00:16:53] And then he says.

[00:16:55] Then it began singing that.

[00:16:56] Damn kids song.

[00:16:58] In this high pitched girly voice.

[00:17:01] I feel like at this point.

[00:17:02] It should say.

[00:17:03] Then it continued its song.

[00:17:05] Adding more.

[00:17:06] Because like.

[00:17:06] Yeah.

[00:17:07] Since hearing.

[00:17:09] Duncan starting to sing the song.

[00:17:11] The same start to the song again.

[00:17:13] I feel like the others would be like.

[00:17:14] Yeah, we know.

[00:17:14] We heard it already.

[00:17:16] Because like.

[00:17:17] He starts with the entire first.

[00:17:19] Like chorus.

[00:17:20] All over again.

[00:17:21] And then goes into the.

[00:17:22] The part that's actually different.

[00:17:23] I feel like someone.

[00:17:24] That also might be a good point.

[00:17:26] For someone to.

[00:17:27] Interrupt him.

[00:17:28] To say.

[00:17:28] Yeah, we heard it already.

[00:17:29] And then he'd be like.

[00:17:31] No, it said more.

[00:17:32] It said something different.

[00:17:32] It said.

[00:17:33] Blah, blah, blah.

[00:17:34] Yeah.

[00:17:36] To add on to it.

[00:17:37] And add.

[00:17:37] Actually add in some more of the.

[00:17:39] The characters interacting.

[00:17:43] Mm-hmm.

[00:17:45] But that's about it.

[00:17:46] Okay.

[00:17:48] Then.

[00:17:49] On to chapter three.

[00:17:50] I've got nothing.

[00:17:51] Mikey.

[00:17:53] I got nothing.

[00:17:54] Gamer.

[00:17:57] Okay.

[00:17:57] I guess I'm doing it.

[00:17:59] Run, run, run.

[00:18:01] I can be your backpack.

[00:18:02] While you run.

[00:18:03] Yeah.

[00:18:03] At least for grammar.

[00:18:07] After a brief scowl.

[00:18:09] At the sudden clatter of rain.

[00:18:11] Against the window glass.

[00:18:12] She drew the covers.

[00:18:13] Over the chin.

[00:18:14] And peered up.

[00:18:15] At the ornate.

[00:18:16] Scallop headboard.

[00:18:18] I feel like it should be.

[00:18:19] Drew the covers over her chin.

[00:18:21] Not over the chin.

[00:18:23] Yes.

[00:18:24] Yeah.

[00:18:25] Yeah.

[00:18:25] Yeah.

[00:18:26] I can.

[00:18:27] I can take it or leave it.

[00:18:28] But like.

[00:18:29] Yeah.

[00:18:29] Like.

[00:18:30] The.

[00:18:31] Over her.

[00:18:31] Her chin.

[00:18:32] Does like.

[00:18:33] Fit better.

[00:18:34] Yeah.

[00:18:35] Like.

[00:18:36] Whose chin is she referring to?

[00:18:37] I mean.

[00:18:38] It's clearly hers.

[00:18:39] But like.

[00:18:39] It's not.

[00:18:40] It's the.

[00:18:41] Yeah.

[00:18:41] But.

[00:18:41] It's.

[00:18:43] It's a flavor of writing.

[00:18:45] I don't know.

[00:18:46] Yeah.

[00:18:47] But yeah.

[00:18:47] I.

[00:18:48] I'm also like.

[00:18:48] Siding with you on this one.

[00:18:49] It was like.

[00:18:50] I.

[00:18:50] It probably prefer it to be your.

[00:18:52] Chin.

[00:18:53] Or.

[00:18:53] Or sorry.

[00:18:53] Her chin.

[00:18:54] Yeah.

[00:18:57] Over your chin.

[00:18:58] Yeah.

[00:18:58] My chin.

[00:18:59] I wasn't there.

[00:19:00] You read the story.

[00:19:01] So like.

[00:19:01] Just like.

[00:19:02] Some covers start like.

[00:19:03] Creeping up over your.

[00:19:04] Your chin.

[00:19:05] Because I'm scared.

[00:19:06] Yeah.

[00:19:07] Exactly.

[00:19:09] No.

[00:19:09] Just like a phantom blanket.

[00:19:10] It's like.

[00:19:11] Yeah.

[00:19:12] As you're reading the story.

[00:19:14] And he was never heard from again.

[00:19:16] Yeah.

[00:19:17] As they just smother you.

[00:19:18] It's like.

[00:19:21] Sorry.

[00:19:22] It's fine.

[00:19:24] Yeah.

[00:19:24] That's all I got for that job.

[00:19:25] Okay.

[00:19:26] On to chapter four.

[00:19:27] Which has.

[00:19:29] The bulk of my.

[00:19:30] My issues with grammar.

[00:19:32] Starting with this one.

[00:19:35] This is one of the strange.

[00:19:36] And rather.

[00:19:38] Annoying.

[00:19:38] Of.

[00:19:39] Swanwick customs.

[00:19:40] The whole notion.

[00:19:42] That to.

[00:19:42] Even speak.

[00:19:43] Of an unwholesome spirit.

[00:19:45] Would be.

[00:19:45] Would bring it.

[00:19:46] Visiting.

[00:19:47] Would bring it.

[00:19:48] Visiting.

[00:19:48] So I feel like.

[00:19:50] If you were.

[00:19:51] You should.

[00:19:52] I feel like the story.

[00:19:53] Should remove the of.

[00:19:54] There before Swanwick.

[00:19:55] So it's like.

[00:19:56] This was.

[00:19:57] One of the strange.

[00:19:58] And rather annoying.

[00:19:59] Swanwick customs.

[00:20:01] Not.

[00:20:02] This was.

[00:20:03] One of the strange.

[00:20:03] And rather annoying.

[00:20:04] Of.

[00:20:05] Swanwick customs.

[00:20:07] Uh.

[00:20:07] Or of.

[00:20:09] Swanwick's.

[00:20:10] Customs.

[00:20:11] Yeah.

[00:20:11] Or maybe even like.

[00:20:12] One of.

[00:20:12] Swanwick custom.

[00:20:14] Maybe.

[00:20:14] I don't know.

[00:20:14] I don't know.

[00:20:15] I feel like the of.

[00:20:17] Does need to get removed though.

[00:20:18] Because like.

[00:20:22] Like this was one of the.

[00:20:23] Strange and rather annoying.

[00:20:25] Swanwick customs.

[00:20:27] Yeah.

[00:20:27] That is how I would write it.

[00:20:29] Myself.

[00:20:30] Yeah.

[00:20:30] But it's not wrong.

[00:20:31] The way it is.

[00:20:33] So I'm gonna say.

[00:20:34] I could take it or leave it.

[00:20:35] I guess.

[00:20:36] Ah.

[00:20:36] The tables of turn.

[00:20:37] It was from.

[00:20:37] Yeah.

[00:20:38] Full page from your book.

[00:20:39] I learned it from watching you.

[00:20:41] Yeah.

[00:20:42] Yeah.

[00:20:43] Also that notion.

[00:20:45] Uh.

[00:20:45] That whole notion of like.

[00:20:46] Don't speak something's name.

[00:20:47] Otherwise you like.

[00:20:48] Inadvertently.

[00:20:49] Summon it.

[00:20:50] There's a little bit of actual thought time.

[00:20:51] It's like.

[00:20:52] That is a very common thing.

[00:20:54] Across multiple cultures.

[00:20:55] In folklore.

[00:20:56] Like.

[00:20:56] You sit.

[00:20:57] You try to.

[00:20:58] Avoid saying something's.

[00:21:00] Like name.

[00:21:00] Otherwise you might like.

[00:21:01] Draw its attention.

[00:21:02] Or its ire.

[00:21:03] And summon it.

[00:21:05] Yeah.

[00:21:05] I don't know what that could possibly.

[00:21:07] I've never seen that before.

[00:21:08] Me being the gamer in yellow.

[00:21:10] Yeah.

[00:21:10] Well yeah.

[00:21:11] There's the obvious like.

[00:21:12] Yeah.

[00:21:12] Like the gamer.

[00:21:13] The king in yellow stuff.

[00:21:15] But also like.

[00:21:15] There's like.

[00:21:16] I know like various Native American.

[00:21:18] Folklore.

[00:21:19] And legends of like.

[00:21:20] You know.

[00:21:20] There's a reason why like certain.

[00:21:23] Certain monsters and beasties.

[00:21:25] Um.

[00:21:25] Uh.

[00:21:26] They don't like saying.

[00:21:27] Like.

[00:21:27] They don't like their names being like.

[00:21:28] Uh.

[00:21:29] Mentioned.

[00:21:29] And stuff.

[00:21:30] Outside of like.

[00:21:31] Cultural appropriation.

[00:21:34] Like it's just like.

[00:21:35] You just don't do that.

[00:21:36] Because it.

[00:21:36] It'll.

[00:21:37] It'll bring that negativity.

[00:21:38] To the.

[00:21:38] To the surface.

[00:21:39] Yeah.

[00:21:40] They're just antisocial.

[00:21:41] And they don't want to be popular.

[00:21:42] Yeah.

[00:21:44] Um.

[00:21:46] And then my next one here.

[00:21:47] I'm not going to read the whole paragraph.

[00:21:49] I have like.

[00:21:49] It's like.

[00:21:50] Basically three paragraphs.

[00:21:51] I have.

[00:21:51] I have issue with.

[00:21:51] But I'm not going to read all of it.

[00:21:53] Um.

[00:21:53] But basically.

[00:21:54] It's like.

[00:21:55] Uh.

[00:21:55] Kess doubted.

[00:21:56] His.

[00:22:02] One.

[00:22:03] That was right now.

[00:22:04] Following her.

[00:22:05] As she towed.

[00:22:06] Her.

[00:22:07] Utility wagon.

[00:22:08] Cart.

[00:22:09] Along main street.

[00:22:10] And then it goes on.

[00:22:11] Like.

[00:22:11] It's like.

[00:22:12] It appears like.

[00:22:12] As she's like.

[00:22:13] Going down main street.

[00:22:13] With her cart.

[00:22:14] She has like.

[00:22:15] A couple of like.

[00:22:16] Freeloading.

[00:22:17] Faye hitchhikers.

[00:22:18] And.

[00:22:18] And this.

[00:22:19] Ellie Lambert character.

[00:22:21] Um.

[00:22:21] And then it says.

[00:22:22] It describes Ellie Lambert.

[00:22:24] Um.

[00:22:24] In detail.

[00:22:26] Um.

[00:22:27] And then.

[00:22:28] We are suddenly in a.

[00:22:29] In a part.

[00:22:30] At the welcoming party.

[00:22:32] So.

[00:22:33] With no transition.

[00:22:34] Yeah.

[00:22:34] Yeah.

[00:22:34] That's my big issue.

[00:22:35] Like.

[00:22:35] So there's like.

[00:22:36] There's a part here.

[00:22:37] Where in.

[00:22:38] One paragraph.

[00:22:39] Kess is traveling down main street.

[00:22:40] In Swanwick.

[00:22:41] In her cart.

[00:22:42] In her hunt for the three missing kids.

[00:22:44] And.

[00:22:45] Apparently has some tag alongs.

[00:22:47] Then it references.

[00:22:48] Ellie Lambert.

[00:22:49] In her description.

[00:22:50] And then we're just.

[00:22:51] At the.

[00:22:52] At the welcoming party.

[00:22:53] Uh.

[00:22:54] Being held by the mayor.

[00:22:56] Whom Kess.

[00:22:56] Previously expressed annoyance with.

[00:22:59] Like.

[00:22:59] These are.

[00:23:00] For three paragraphs.

[00:23:01] One after the other.

[00:23:02] That.

[00:23:03] And there's.

[00:23:03] No seeming.

[00:23:04] Segway.

[00:23:05] Between them.

[00:23:06] Except for.

[00:23:07] Ellie Lambert's description.

[00:23:09] Yeah.

[00:23:10] Uh.

[00:23:10] I feel like.

[00:23:11] This is a perfect spot.

[00:23:13] To have a chapter break.

[00:23:15] Yes.

[00:23:16] Considering we're using chapters.

[00:23:18] Yes.

[00:23:18] You're absolutely.

[00:23:19] You're goddamn right.

[00:23:22] Especially since like.

[00:23:23] Like.

[00:23:23] Cause it.

[00:23:24] Cause it's.

[00:23:24] It's not even like.

[00:23:25] Like suddenly we're.

[00:23:26] We're in a new scene.

[00:23:27] Suddenly we're in a whole new event.

[00:23:29] In the story.

[00:23:31] Time has passed.

[00:23:31] Yeah.

[00:23:32] For example.

[00:23:33] When she said like.

[00:23:33] Okay.

[00:23:33] I'm going to go out.

[00:23:34] And ask people around the town.

[00:23:35] I imagined her walking around.

[00:23:38] Knocking on doors.

[00:23:39] Talking to people.

[00:23:39] Sitting down with people.

[00:23:41] Talking to them.

[00:23:41] And then all of a sudden.

[00:23:43] It's described that she has been.

[00:23:45] Pulling a cart.

[00:23:46] Which I'm assuming.

[00:23:47] She has a car to do so.

[00:23:48] Yeah.

[00:23:49] Unless she's just like.

[00:23:50] Pulling the cart herself.

[00:23:51] Like a boss.

[00:23:52] Um.

[00:23:53] I don't know.

[00:23:54] And then all of a sudden.

[00:23:55] Yeah.

[00:23:56] She's at a party.

[00:23:57] That is just kind of dropped there.

[00:23:59] For.

[00:24:00] For reasons.

[00:24:01] So here's the thing.

[00:24:02] That whole party sequence.

[00:24:03] And then like.

[00:24:04] Basically everything moving forward.

[00:24:05] Into chapter four and five.

[00:24:07] Are basically the Ellie Lambert story.

[00:24:09] Yeah.

[00:24:09] Um.

[00:24:10] And everything before that.

[00:24:11] Was like actually like something new.

[00:24:13] And then it just sort of.

[00:24:14] There's no.

[00:24:14] There was no transition.

[00:24:15] Between like.

[00:24:16] Her walking around town.

[00:24:17] Doing her stuff.

[00:24:18] And then suddenly just like.

[00:24:19] Oh.

[00:24:20] I guess we're at the party now.

[00:24:21] And I'm just going to copy paste.

[00:24:23] This story in here.

[00:24:25] Just going to.

[00:24:25] So.

[00:24:26] This.

[00:24:26] I can just go wedge this old story.

[00:24:28] Into this new story.

[00:24:29] No.

[00:24:31] So here's.

[00:24:32] Here's the thing.

[00:24:33] Yeah.

[00:24:34] This is all happening during a dream.

[00:24:37] I.

[00:24:40] You know what.

[00:24:41] I actually have that.

[00:24:41] So it blending together.

[00:24:42] Yeah.

[00:24:43] It blending together.

[00:24:44] Without reason.

[00:24:46] Is.

[00:24:47] Logical.

[00:24:48] And reasonable.

[00:24:49] In a dream.

[00:24:50] You're absolutely right.

[00:24:51] Yeah.

[00:24:52] I would theoretically.

[00:24:53] Give it to this part.

[00:24:54] If that's.

[00:24:55] Intended.

[00:24:57] But it's still like.

[00:24:58] Adding an extra headache layer.

[00:24:59] On top of.

[00:25:00] Yeah.

[00:25:01] My already existing headache.

[00:25:02] Of like.

[00:25:03] Trying to figure all this stuff out.

[00:25:05] Yeah.

[00:25:05] Like there's.

[00:25:06] There.

[00:25:07] Obviously.

[00:25:07] You're right.

[00:25:08] Like this is like a dream sequence.

[00:25:09] So like.

[00:25:10] This is very dream logic.

[00:25:11] Like transition.

[00:25:12] Like they're.

[00:25:12] Like with no transition.

[00:25:13] You're just like.

[00:25:14] Oh I was like on the main street.

[00:25:15] And now I'm in a party.

[00:25:17] Like.

[00:25:18] Like that's very dream logic.

[00:25:20] But.

[00:25:20] I.

[00:25:21] For.

[00:25:22] For.

[00:25:22] For a story.

[00:25:23] That somebody is reading.

[00:25:24] And you want them to like.

[00:25:25] Have the best chance of understanding.

[00:25:26] Like the narrative.

[00:25:27] And plot.

[00:25:28] And like the progression of things.

[00:25:30] Throw in at least like a word.

[00:25:31] Or something.

[00:25:32] Like a mention.

[00:25:33] That like.

[00:25:33] Oh shit.

[00:25:33] I gotta.

[00:25:34] I gotta get ready for this party.

[00:25:35] I'm supposed to be attending.

[00:25:36] At the mayor's.

[00:25:37] At the mayor's city hall thing.

[00:25:39] Duh.

[00:25:39] And then like.

[00:25:41] Like some.

[00:25:41] Even like something like that.

[00:25:42] Like along those lines.

[00:25:44] Before you just dive into.

[00:25:46] The party.

[00:25:48] And if it is meant to be.

[00:25:50] A scene blending dreamscape.

[00:25:52] Of a memory.

[00:25:53] Yeah.

[00:25:54] Then.

[00:25:55] Technically mission accomplished.

[00:25:56] Because after I got finished reading this.

[00:25:58] That is what it felt like.

[00:25:59] But I feel like.

[00:26:01] Um.

[00:26:01] And.

[00:26:02] But if it's meant to feel more like.

[00:26:03] An accurate memory of what happened.

[00:26:05] Then there does need to.

[00:26:06] There do need to be some.

[00:26:07] Transitions and explanations.

[00:26:08] Of what's happening.

[00:26:09] Though.

[00:26:10] If it is meant to be.

[00:26:12] Dreamscapey.

[00:26:13] I still think there needs to be.

[00:26:15] A little explanation.

[00:26:16] Of.

[00:26:17] The whole.

[00:26:19] Dreamy.

[00:26:20] Transition between scenes.

[00:26:22] Like.

[00:26:22] Just something.

[00:26:24] Like.

[00:26:24] You know.

[00:26:25] Like.

[00:26:26] Like.

[00:26:26] In regards to Ellie Lambert.

[00:26:27] It's saying like.

[00:26:29] Like.

[00:26:29] Like.

[00:26:29] Where did she first start talking to.

[00:26:31] About her.

[00:26:32] Like.

[00:26:32] It sounded like.

[00:26:34] She's referencing her.

[00:26:35] Yeah.

[00:26:35] Yes.

[00:26:36] But it's like.

[00:26:36] There's hitchhikers.

[00:26:37] And then all of a sudden.

[00:26:38] It brings up Ellie Lambert.

[00:26:39] Which made me think.

[00:26:40] That she was a hitchhiker.

[00:26:41] Yeah.

[00:26:42] But.

[00:26:42] But she wasn't.

[00:26:43] She was at the party.

[00:26:44] Yeah.

[00:26:45] But like.

[00:26:45] It does say like.

[00:26:46] Because.

[00:26:58] Okay.

[00:26:58] So there actually should have been.

[00:27:01] A sentence or two.

[00:27:03] Like.

[00:27:04] That shows.

[00:27:04] Like.

[00:27:05] That has an interaction with.

[00:27:06] Kes and Ellie.

[00:27:07] Outside in the town.

[00:27:08] Like.

[00:27:08] Hey.

[00:27:09] Like.

[00:27:09] Maybe Ellie is like.

[00:27:09] Hey.

[00:27:10] Are you going to go to that?

[00:27:10] Are you going to that?

[00:27:11] That party up in.

[00:27:12] City hall.

[00:27:13] Like.

[00:27:14] That kind of thing.

[00:27:15] Like.

[00:27:15] Trying to be.

[00:27:15] Like.

[00:27:15] Kind of being like.

[00:27:16] Awkward.

[00:27:16] And like.

[00:27:17] Like.

[00:27:17] And like.

[00:27:17] Have like.

[00:27:18] An awkward interaction.

[00:27:19] Between Ellie and Kes.

[00:27:20] Um.

[00:27:21] Or like.

[00:27:22] Have Kes.

[00:27:22] Like.

[00:27:23] Mention something a little bit more.

[00:27:24] About Ellie.

[00:27:25] Um.

[00:27:26] Before we dive into the.

[00:27:27] The party.

[00:27:28] And have Ellie Lambert.

[00:27:29] Be the.

[00:27:30] The link.

[00:27:30] Between like.

[00:27:31] That main street scene.

[00:27:32] And the wedding.

[00:27:33] I keep wanting to say the wedding.

[00:27:34] And the welcoming scene.

[00:27:36] The welcome.

[00:27:37] The welcoming party scene.

[00:27:38] So like.

[00:27:39] Yeah.

[00:27:39] It's.

[00:27:40] It's just so.

[00:27:41] Like.

[00:27:41] Again.

[00:27:41] Dream logically disjointed.

[00:27:43] But like.

[00:27:43] I feel like there is a.

[00:27:45] A route here.

[00:27:45] Like.

[00:27:45] There is a.

[00:27:46] Um.

[00:27:47] A means.

[00:27:48] In.

[00:27:48] Right.

[00:27:48] In this writing.

[00:27:49] That you could add.

[00:27:50] A little bit extra.

[00:27:51] To like.

[00:27:51] Properly segue.

[00:27:52] These two scenes together.

[00:27:54] Right now.

[00:27:55] It's.

[00:27:56] A little messy.

[00:27:57] To get through it.

[00:27:58] But with.

[00:27:58] A few words.

[00:28:00] Here and there.

[00:28:00] You can.

[00:28:01] Cement it.

[00:28:02] As like.

[00:28:04] Factual.

[00:28:05] Memory.

[00:28:05] Like that.

[00:28:06] Moves normally.

[00:28:07] Or.

[00:28:08] Cement it.

[00:28:08] As.

[00:28:09] This is a dream.

[00:28:10] And it's supposed to be this way.

[00:28:11] Right now.

[00:28:12] It's kind of in like.

[00:28:13] The weird.

[00:28:14] Like.

[00:28:15] Middle ground.

[00:28:15] Where we don't know which way.

[00:28:17] It's supposed to be.

[00:28:18] Yeah.

[00:28:18] Because like.

[00:28:18] It needs to commit.

[00:28:20] Yeah.

[00:28:20] At this point.

[00:28:21] Right now.

[00:28:22] For me.

[00:28:22] As somebody who's read the previous story.

[00:28:24] That like.

[00:28:24] The Ellie Lambert stuff all comes from.

[00:28:26] This feels literally like.

[00:28:28] The story was just like.

[00:28:29] Like.

[00:28:29] It was just copy and pasted.

[00:28:30] Like just dropped in.

[00:28:32] Um.

[00:28:32] In the middle of something.

[00:28:34] Which yeah.

[00:28:34] But like.

[00:28:35] You need to like.

[00:28:36] Once you drop something like that.

[00:28:37] Into a story.

[00:28:38] That's fine.

[00:28:38] Like if you want to like.

[00:28:39] Elaborate around the story.

[00:28:41] But you do need to like.

[00:28:42] Smooth out those edges.

[00:28:43] And like blend things together.

[00:28:45] A little bit in the writing.

[00:28:47] Yeah.

[00:28:47] So that it.

[00:28:48] So that it works.

[00:28:49] For the blend.

[00:28:50] Like.

[00:28:51] It could be like.

[00:28:51] She's pulling the cart.

[00:28:52] And then looking back.

[00:28:53] Seeing Ellie Lambert.

[00:28:54] And then.

[00:28:54] Like.

[00:28:55] Thinks about.

[00:28:56] Um.

[00:28:57] Her friend.

[00:28:58] How her friend was talking about Ellie.

[00:29:00] At the party.

[00:29:01] And then.

[00:29:01] Through that.

[00:29:02] Mention of thinking about that.

[00:29:04] The scene blends to her.

[00:29:06] At the party.

[00:29:07] Oh god.

[00:29:08] So we have another flashback.

[00:29:10] Well.

[00:29:10] No.

[00:29:10] It's not.

[00:29:11] It's flash forward.

[00:29:12] Because this whole thing.

[00:29:13] Is.

[00:29:14] It's basically.

[00:29:16] You're.

[00:29:17] She's.

[00:29:17] In a dream.

[00:29:18] Remembering these events.

[00:29:19] But not necessarily.

[00:29:20] Remembering them.

[00:29:21] Second by second.

[00:29:23] It's just like.

[00:29:23] Oh I went and did this.

[00:29:24] And then I did this.

[00:29:25] But the space in between.

[00:29:27] Doesn't matter.

[00:29:27] So that part.

[00:29:28] Just kind of blends together.

[00:29:30] It's equivalent to like.

[00:29:31] Looking back at Ellie.

[00:29:32] And be like.

[00:29:32] Ah shit.

[00:29:32] And then looking.

[00:29:33] Forward to where.

[00:29:34] Steering wheel is.

[00:29:35] But it's actually the.

[00:29:37] The mayor's daughter.

[00:29:38] That she.

[00:29:38] She's talking to.

[00:29:39] At the party.

[00:29:40] Like that kind of a blend.

[00:29:41] Which it would be.

[00:29:43] Very dreamlike.

[00:29:44] Mm-hmm.

[00:29:45] Yep.

[00:29:46] But it needs to commit.

[00:29:48] Basically.

[00:29:48] That's the.

[00:29:49] TLDR of those.

[00:29:50] Yep.

[00:29:51] One way or another.

[00:29:52] Yeah.

[00:29:55] But that is all I have.

[00:29:56] For chapter four.

[00:29:57] So.

[00:29:58] Mikey.

[00:30:00] I'm good.

[00:30:02] Okay.

[00:30:02] Gamer.

[00:30:07] This is.

[00:30:08] I forget where it is.

[00:30:09] Doesn't matter.

[00:30:10] Do you have any more news articles.

[00:30:12] From that time period.

[00:30:13] Kes said.

[00:30:14] Not sure if this is a nitpick or not.

[00:30:16] But I feel like it should be.

[00:30:17] Kes asked.

[00:30:18] Since she's asking.

[00:30:19] And not saying a statement.

[00:30:21] Yeah.

[00:30:21] I mean like.

[00:30:22] It.

[00:30:27] But like.

[00:30:28] Yeah.

[00:30:28] Like the more elegant way to say that would be to ask.

[00:30:30] Not.

[00:30:31] Yeah.

[00:30:31] Said.

[00:30:31] Yeah.

[00:30:34] And the other thing is.

[00:30:35] The scene blending together.

[00:30:36] The thing that I.

[00:30:37] Jumped in a lot on.

[00:30:38] Yeah.

[00:30:39] No.

[00:30:39] That.

[00:30:39] Yeah.

[00:30:39] That was a pretty good like.

[00:30:40] Yeah.

[00:30:41] Like.

[00:30:41] That's the bulk of my issues with like the writing.

[00:30:43] Was just the.

[00:30:44] That.

[00:30:44] Let me just.

[00:30:45] Let me just.

[00:30:46] Shoehorn in this story.

[00:30:48] And not blend it together.

[00:30:49] So.

[00:30:50] But yeah.

[00:30:51] But we just talked about that.

[00:30:52] So.

[00:30:54] On to chapter five.

[00:30:56] I got nothing.

[00:30:57] Mikey.

[00:30:57] Mikey.

[00:30:58] I'm good.

[00:31:00] Gamer.

[00:31:01] Christ guys.

[00:31:05] Again.

[00:31:06] I think specifically.

[00:31:07] This one.

[00:31:07] Because like.

[00:31:08] We.

[00:31:08] Me and Mikey.

[00:31:09] Have both like.

[00:31:09] Said our piece.

[00:31:10] About chapter.

[00:31:11] Of these parts.

[00:31:11] Because these were from the Ellie Lambert story.

[00:31:14] Like.

[00:31:15] Including the exact same.

[00:31:17] Grammatical issues as well.

[00:31:18] It's the exact same.

[00:31:19] Okay.

[00:31:20] I read over.

[00:31:21] But I will.

[00:31:22] As far as I could deduce.

[00:31:23] Like I skimmed over the.

[00:31:24] The Ellie Lambert story.

[00:31:25] Just to make sure.

[00:31:26] Like it's like.

[00:31:26] I might.

[00:31:26] This seems awfully familiar.

[00:31:29] And then like.

[00:31:29] No.

[00:31:30] This basically seems to be.

[00:31:31] Word for word.

[00:31:33] Okay.

[00:31:34] Yeah.

[00:31:36] Either way.

[00:31:37] I have one.

[00:31:38] For chapter five.

[00:31:39] And it's.

[00:31:40] What I say.

[00:31:41] Wasn't a.

[00:31:42] Sloven.

[00:31:43] The.

[00:31:44] Dressed girl.

[00:31:44] With an empty flat face.

[00:31:46] Of a large baby.

[00:31:47] We.

[00:31:48] Yeah.

[00:31:48] What I saw.

[00:31:50] Yeah.

[00:31:50] Yep.

[00:31:51] We got that one.

[00:31:51] I figured as much.

[00:31:53] Because you were interrupting.

[00:31:54] I know.

[00:31:54] I'm sorry.

[00:31:55] I was like.

[00:31:55] I was like.

[00:31:55] Shut up.

[00:31:58] It's fine.

[00:31:59] I was saying shut up to myself.

[00:32:00] Not you.

[00:32:02] Too late.

[00:32:03] I've already shut up.

[00:32:04] Nah.

[00:32:06] I say.

[00:32:07] As I'm saying words.

[00:32:08] Yep.

[00:32:09] Okay.

[00:32:10] Okay.

[00:32:11] So.

[00:32:11] Mikey.

[00:32:12] Do we have.

[00:32:12] So we have a conjunction junction for this one?

[00:32:14] Yes.

[00:32:16] All right.

[00:32:17] And next stop.

[00:32:18] Conjunction junction.

[00:32:20] Chapter one.

[00:32:21] It was now nine o'clock.

[00:32:23] And the storm continued on unabated.

[00:32:26] It also seemed to be part of an entirely separate city and country.

[00:32:32] With the majority of inhabitants casually going about their daily lives.

[00:32:38] Similar to inhabitants within Eskard itself.

[00:32:44] It was also known the gatekeeper's cottage.

[00:32:49] Although in actuality.

[00:32:50] It was little more than a door tucked away in a stone archway.

[00:32:57] It did look like a poker chip.

[00:33:00] Like the kobold lad had said.

[00:33:03] And probably would be deemed the most expensive in the world by Guinness Book of World Records standards.

[00:33:13] So let me get this straight.

[00:33:15] Said the kobold lad.

[00:33:17] Whose name was Duncan McCone.

[00:33:22] So is that fake eyeball thingamabob the genie ghost then?

[00:33:27] The blonde twin named Skeeter.

[00:33:31] Asked suddenly.

[00:33:33] And then at the crystal eye.

[00:33:37] And then back at Kes.

[00:33:41] And I believe you.

[00:33:43] Said Mr. Gregory.

[00:33:46] As he did some last minute sorting.

[00:33:49] So it was just us free sorting stuff.

[00:33:53] So that thing is.

[00:33:57] And just what is a Texamer anyway?

[00:34:02] She asked.

[00:34:03] And to make matters even worse.

[00:34:08] They are driven by an eternal and insatiable hunger to devour other souls.

[00:34:17] Living or dead.

[00:34:19] In order to try to preserve themselves.

[00:34:22] It's not something people want to talk about.

[00:34:25] Especially with outsiders who might find the prospect of a witch hunt utterly aberrant.

[00:34:36] It's a country term for toad.

[00:34:39] Mr. Gregory explained.

[00:34:41] And it was grotty.

[00:34:44] Picksqueak chimed in.

[00:34:46] And I didn't see no girl.

[00:34:50] But he eventually answered.

[00:34:54] Like I said before.

[00:34:57] I saw a demon.

[00:34:58] And not just any old demon.

[00:35:00] With fiery eyes and fangs and claws.

[00:35:04] This thing was far worse.

[00:35:07] It's got no face.

[00:35:09] It's got no face.

[00:35:11] It's like something out of a madman's dream.

[00:35:15] Or some nameless dark dimension.

[00:35:19] Chapter 2

[00:35:21] So while I was thrashing around trying to get free.

[00:35:27] Skeet and Pip got off.

[00:35:30] I assumed to fetch help.

[00:35:32] But they was actually playing detective.

[00:35:36] And following someone in an orange poncho.

[00:35:40] And smelled gross and all.

[00:35:44] Pipsqueak added.

[00:35:45] Fanning his nose with grimace.

[00:35:48] So what kind of weird tune exactly?

[00:35:53] It just kept going on and on.

[00:35:57] Skeeter resumed the tale.

[00:35:59] And we couldn't tell if it was a lady or lad.

[00:36:04] Because there was a different person's voice with each word.

[00:36:11] And shortly after it went through the doorway.

[00:36:15] The singing suddenly stopped.

[00:36:17] As if shut off by an electrical switch.

[00:36:22] So we marched steadily up the rest of the hall.

[00:36:25] And in less than a minute we were standing just inside the room.

[00:36:29] So as we was backing out the place.

[00:36:34] When we heard a very faint noise.

[00:36:38] Like wind whistling through a crack or a mouse squeaking.

[00:36:46] It just stood there in the doorway.

[00:36:50] This plain Jane staring back at us.

[00:36:54] With this cheesy smile plastered on her face.

[00:36:58] Smelling downright awful.

[00:37:01] And to make it even more repulsive.

[00:37:04] Skeeter declared.

[00:37:07] It seemed to be trying to probe our brains with its thought tentacles.

[00:37:12] Or something.

[00:37:13] Trying to force us to be its friend.

[00:37:16] Even though we were grossed out.

[00:37:18] To the point of puking our guts out.

[00:37:22] And when we saw that.

[00:37:24] It didn't look remotely human.

[00:37:36] And what happened next?

[00:37:42] So it's dead then?

[00:37:46] It's pretty damn awful.

[00:37:50] But there are some things in this world that a bloke should never know and see.

[00:37:56] That horror back there in the tower room is both those things.

[00:38:02] But didn't you just say it was dead?

[00:38:06] It's kind of complicated.

[00:38:09] It would spare you a lot of further embarrassment.

[00:38:14] It's up and walking again.

[00:38:16] So what difference?

[00:38:18] But that thing's dead already.

[00:38:23] It's a role-playing game.

[00:38:25] Popular among humans.

[00:38:28] But Duncan was no longer looking at her.

[00:38:32] Instead, he was staring in gaping horror over her shoulder.

[00:38:37] It's late.

[00:38:41] Chapter 3.

[00:38:45] It was nearly half past midnight by the time Kes crawled into bed in the Gregory's guest room.

[00:38:54] It had to have been a ghost, Kes told Dr. Akern shortly before he left for home.

[00:39:02] Or a djinn, even.

[00:39:05] It could have ended up underneath one of the shelves or wedged in one of the books.

[00:39:12] So it decided to leave once the coast was clear.

[00:39:18] So I don't think I need to commute all the way across America to find out about Skeeter's Bauble.

[00:39:27] And try not to call up any eldritch abomination while you're at it.

[00:39:36] It said, psst, chapter 4.

[00:39:40] It was a Saturday afternoon in the local Swanwick library, and Kes was frustrated.

[00:39:49] And due to our beloved Mayor Desrosiers decision that the money is best spent on frivolous items such as landscaping, koi ponds, and impressing the toffee-nosed poshers.

[00:40:08] But that explanation would take a whole day to explain, and would only lead to numerous probing questions.

[00:40:21] It's just that someone told me this story about these mutated wizard monsters that supposedly made off with these three British kids.

[00:40:31] I just wanted to know if it was all true.

[00:40:36] And the thing about those kids disappearing turned out to be true.

[00:40:41] She took a sip from her coffee mug.

[00:40:46] And there was even some talk about them running to join a skilk band.

[00:40:56] But it's not just me who notices this.

[00:41:02] Because her aunt happened to be a very prominent business person was Vanessa's immediate answer.

[00:41:10] And she doesn't trust Ellie to be left alone in the same room with a purse or alone in a coach and certainly never in the house.

[00:41:22] But why send her here?

[00:41:26] So when it does happen, it's actually cause for celebration.

[00:41:32] But Mayor Dressrosier didn't notice.

[00:41:39] It's just that...

[00:41:41] Or, as Yoda would say, the weeaboo vibe is strong in this one.

[00:41:48] And when Vanessa asked if she wanted to come to a gothic theater production of a famous horror movie,

[00:41:56] Kes immediately accepted.

[00:41:59] It turned out the show was taking place in Vanessa's backyard,

[00:42:04] and it was a reinterpretation of John Carpenter's The Thing.

[00:42:10] It was like when the thing took over a body,

[00:42:13] it left just enough of the host consciousness so that the imitation still felt like the original.

[00:42:23] Chapter 5

[00:42:25] It all started back a few years ago.

[00:42:29] So unfriendly, superficial, and self-absorbed.

[00:42:34] And I'm like, what?

[00:42:36] But...

[00:42:37] It was the fat one who spoke up next.

[00:42:43] But that Van Devereaux girl looks feeble-minded.

[00:42:51] But...

[00:42:52] But I swear I just saw...

[00:42:55] It was starting to be a pretty good place to live,

[00:42:59] although I still didn't like Des Moines.

[00:43:03] But one miserable wet night...

[00:43:10] Yeah, but on miserable wet nights,

[00:43:14] when the streets were generally deserted,

[00:43:18] something would wander near the apartment complex

[00:43:21] and sing in this phlegmy burble.

[00:43:25] It seemed a mild-mannered spook,

[00:43:28] and most of the residents, along with that particular street,

[00:43:33] were used to it.

[00:43:35] Treating it as a trifling, nightly inconvenience,

[00:43:39] even going so far as accepting it

[00:43:42] as a rather eccentric member of the neighborhood.

[00:43:46] But as the weeks went by,

[00:43:48] I eventually got used to it.

[00:43:51] So when everyone was out at a movie one Halloween night,

[00:43:55] she called that something in.

[00:43:57] But a person just can't keep quiet about that sort of thing.

[00:44:04] But that wasn't why I left Merlia,

[00:44:08] Kess went on slowly.

[00:44:11] It would always leave in the morning,

[00:44:14] and all the wicker woods or couches

[00:44:18] that would all be soaked in black, oily slime,

[00:44:23] unfit for anything but the bonfire.

[00:44:27] But I felt it was all worth it

[00:44:31] after my harrowing experience in West Des Moines, Newt.

[00:44:36] But it wasn't about an illegal substance.

[00:44:41] It was about my roommate seeing the short hoggers.

[00:44:45] And when she finally told us the story,

[00:44:49] a shiver of cold horror ran through me.

[00:44:53] It was squirming and twisting around in a chair,

[00:44:57] she stammered.

[00:44:59] But I ran back inside and locked the door.

[00:45:04] Its face.

[00:45:05] And I knew there was something hiding behind it.

[00:45:11] Something even more terrible.

[00:45:14] So that everyone is my story.

[00:45:19] And I know nothing more than what I just experienced.

[00:45:27] To be continued.

[00:45:30] Wow.

[00:45:32] I've got some notes.

[00:45:34] First off, it definitely felt like

[00:45:37] a just stripped down version of the rundown.

[00:45:42] Especially, and like, I have a few notes

[00:45:44] for chapters one, two, and three that you did.

[00:45:48] So chapter one, the gatekeeper's cottage

[00:45:50] looks like a poker chip.

[00:45:54] Or is it the size of a poker chip?

[00:45:56] Yeah, what he was saying,

[00:45:58] it was talking about the rain.

[00:46:00] And talking about it being

[00:46:04] spanning entire countries.

[00:46:06] Like this huge storm that's happening.

[00:46:08] And it is shaped like a poker chip.

[00:46:10] That's how I saw it.

[00:46:12] Well, that's like, yeah.

[00:46:13] That's how the storm's able to

[00:46:17] cover over huge countries.

[00:46:19] The country's just really small.

[00:46:20] And then in chapter two,

[00:46:22] Skeeter and Pipsqueak.

[00:46:27] It was like, basically,

[00:46:29] Skeeter and Pipsqueak got off.

[00:46:31] Ew.

[00:46:32] That's true.

[00:46:33] That's true.

[00:46:35] Also, there's a lot of dialogue in this.

[00:46:37] So I'm willing to give this a pass

[00:46:39] in terms of conjunction junctions,

[00:46:41] just saying, but.

[00:46:42] I mean, yeah.

[00:46:43] Like, it's like,

[00:46:44] we use its and ands and buts

[00:46:45] and shit like that in our dialogue

[00:46:47] all the fucking time.

[00:46:48] So.

[00:46:49] Yeah.

[00:46:49] Yeah.

[00:46:50] Because realistically,

[00:46:51] Mikey grabs all these sentences

[00:46:52] throughout the story

[00:46:53] that start with its ands or buts

[00:46:55] because there's always better words

[00:46:56] to use generally,

[00:46:57] except dialogue,

[00:46:59] which is 90% of the story.

[00:47:01] Yeah.

[00:47:02] And my last commentary

[00:47:03] to the conjunction junction here

[00:47:04] is on chapter three.

[00:47:06] When you're talking about like,

[00:47:07] it's like,

[00:47:07] oh, it was probably some kind of

[00:47:09] ghost or gin or thing.

[00:47:10] And then it wedged,

[00:47:11] like it probably wedged itself

[00:47:12] under the shelves

[00:47:13] or some in some books.

[00:47:15] I'm just imagining like a,

[00:47:16] like a,

[00:47:17] like a,

[00:47:17] like a large gin

[00:47:18] or like a genie

[00:47:19] or like a large ghost

[00:47:20] just like trying to cram itself

[00:47:21] into a book to hide.

[00:47:25] So, but yeah.

[00:47:28] Yeah.

[00:47:28] I guess that was our conjunction junction.

[00:47:30] So.

[00:47:32] On to actual thoughts then.

[00:47:35] Uh,

[00:47:36] and I think we should start with the,

[00:47:38] the photos.

[00:47:38] So the images that were used

[00:47:39] in the story,

[00:47:42] uh,

[00:47:42] just throughout,

[00:47:42] um,

[00:47:43] again,

[00:47:44] like there's,

[00:47:44] it's not,

[00:47:45] not,

[00:47:45] none of them.

[00:47:46] I don't,

[00:47:46] I don't think many of them

[00:47:47] are like original pieces.

[00:47:50] Um,

[00:47:52] perhaps they were,

[00:47:52] but most of them seem like

[00:47:53] they're,

[00:47:55] yeah,

[00:47:55] they're,

[00:47:56] they're pulled from other,

[00:47:57] uh,

[00:47:57] other sources,

[00:47:58] uh,

[00:47:58] and their photos and such,

[00:48:00] uh,

[00:48:00] which is like basically a lot of photos

[00:48:02] not signed,

[00:48:02] you know?

[00:48:03] Yeah.

[00:48:04] Well,

[00:48:04] the one,

[00:48:05] uh,

[00:48:05] even the one like pencil drawing

[00:48:06] of like an eye with a skull in it,

[00:48:08] like it looks like there's a,

[00:48:09] it's a,

[00:48:09] it's a different person

[00:48:10] because it's got like a signature

[00:48:11] at the bottom,

[00:48:12] but,

[00:48:13] um,

[00:48:14] uh,

[00:48:15] but,

[00:48:15] uh,

[00:48:15] yeah,

[00:48:15] it's further down,

[00:48:16] like,

[00:48:17] um,

[00:48:17] like chapter four and five,

[00:48:20] they might actually be done

[00:48:21] for this purpose.

[00:48:22] Um,

[00:48:23] perhaps.

[00:48:23] Yeah.

[00:48:24] Like,

[00:48:24] well,

[00:48:24] those ones look like they're,

[00:48:25] um,

[00:48:25] it's a different,

[00:48:26] oh,

[00:48:27] no,

[00:48:27] they're,

[00:48:27] it's the same.

[00:48:27] Um,

[00:48:28] maybe this,

[00:48:28] uh,

[00:48:31] I'm not sure if it's M.

[00:48:32] Pratt or not.

[00:48:32] It's just,

[00:48:33] um,

[00:48:34] cause it's,

[00:48:34] it's the same,

[00:48:35] like that same signature from the,

[00:48:36] from the,

[00:48:36] uh,

[00:48:36] the eyeball,

[00:48:37] uh,

[00:48:38] pencil sketch,

[00:48:39] which is,

[00:48:39] uh,

[00:48:40] uh,

[00:48:41] it doesn't seem to be,

[00:48:43] uh,

[00:48:43] M.

[00:48:43] Pratt's usual style.

[00:48:45] So maybe,

[00:48:45] but it is like also like a wood,

[00:48:46] almost looks like a woodcut,

[00:48:48] uh,

[00:48:49] style of like inking and printing.

[00:48:52] So,

[00:48:52] uh,

[00:48:53] like I know exactly what I'm talking

[00:48:54] about,

[00:48:54] but I don't.

[00:48:55] Oh,

[00:48:56] like,

[00:48:56] like basically like they,

[00:48:57] they,

[00:48:57] they make a pattern in like some,

[00:48:58] um,

[00:48:59] in like a wood,

[00:49:00] they carve out like a,

[00:49:01] uh,

[00:49:01] a pattern or an image in a,

[00:49:02] in a wood block.

[00:49:03] And then you put like ink on it and

[00:49:05] then you put that ink on a,

[00:49:06] on a piece of paper to make like a

[00:49:07] print.

[00:49:08] Basically.

[00:49:08] It's like a very early crude version

[00:49:09] of,

[00:49:10] uh,

[00:49:10] of a printing press.

[00:49:12] Really?

[00:49:13] Kind of situation.

[00:49:13] Yeah.

[00:49:15] Um,

[00:49:16] I mean like,

[00:49:17] again,

[00:49:17] like a lot of the photos,

[00:49:18] like they do seem to like match the

[00:49:19] situation at hand.

[00:49:20] Like,

[00:49:20] uh,

[00:49:21] again,

[00:49:21] like seeing some of these like older,

[00:49:23] like the older photos of like,

[00:49:24] um,

[00:49:25] of like the town or even like some of

[00:49:27] the illustrations of the town with all

[00:49:28] the books and some of that.

[00:49:29] And it's certainly all the book photos,

[00:49:31] uh,

[00:49:32] definitely capture the sense that you're

[00:49:33] like,

[00:49:34] yeah,

[00:49:34] they're,

[00:49:34] they're still in that bookstore kind of

[00:49:36] thing,

[00:49:36] or that they're in that bookstore

[00:49:37] environment for a lot of it.

[00:49:40] Um,

[00:49:42] and,

[00:49:42] uh,

[00:49:43] even like the later ones with like the

[00:49:44] fire,

[00:49:45] like the,

[00:49:45] all the kids are the silhouettes looking

[00:49:47] at a fire.

[00:49:47] Like that's right around the time when

[00:49:48] like the,

[00:49:49] um,

[00:49:50] uh,

[00:49:51] the,

[00:49:51] the John Carpenter,

[00:49:52] uh,

[00:49:52] play ends up like burning down a couple

[00:49:54] of places,

[00:49:55] a couple of things.

[00:49:56] So,

[00:49:56] and,

[00:49:56] and the kids look on,

[00:49:57] so it's like,

[00:49:58] it makes sense.

[00:49:59] So yeah,

[00:50:00] it seems like the photos are,

[00:50:02] are appropriate.

[00:50:03] I feel,

[00:50:04] um,

[00:50:04] for sure.

[00:50:05] Yeah.

[00:50:07] And,

[00:50:08] uh,

[00:50:08] that's all I got to say about the

[00:50:09] images.

[00:50:10] So moving on to chapter one,

[00:50:12] uh,

[00:50:13] which is,

[00:50:14] uh,

[00:50:14] titled,

[00:50:14] uh,

[00:50:15] chamber of escalier,

[00:50:16] uh,

[00:50:18] or a skelliers,

[00:50:19] uh,

[00:50:19] probably a skellier with like an

[00:50:20] accent.

[00:50:23] Um,

[00:50:25] uh,

[00:50:25] like Mr.

[00:50:26] Watkins or

[00:50:27] yeah.

[00:50:29] Chamber of

[00:50:30] a skellier.

[00:50:31] There you go.

[00:50:33] Uh,

[00:50:37] chamber of a skellier.

[00:50:38] I tried to do like a,

[00:50:39] what's like an a walking.

[00:50:41] Yeah.

[00:50:43] All right.

[00:50:43] Anyway,

[00:50:43] we've got,

[00:50:43] uh,

[00:50:44] so the,

[00:50:44] this is my comment here.

[00:50:45] Um,

[00:50:46] most of these folk there were house and

[00:50:49] woodland,

[00:50:50] woodland fairies.

[00:50:51] Although they,

[00:50:52] there were outsiders such as Dr.

[00:50:54] Akron who used one of the basement

[00:50:56] doors below the park as a shortcut to

[00:51:00] and from home.

[00:51:00] Um,

[00:51:01] so there,

[00:51:01] this whole like chamber of a skellier,

[00:51:04] um,

[00:51:05] is,

[00:51:05] is bringing to mind that house that was

[00:51:07] mentioned in the flashback from the

[00:51:08] previous story,

[00:51:09] the unquiet past and present like that,

[00:51:11] that house of that house I do in quotes

[00:51:13] of many halls and doorways to other

[00:51:15] places.

[00:51:16] Um,

[00:51:17] so I was like wondering,

[00:51:18] is like,

[00:51:18] is this like a similar place?

[00:51:20] Is it the same place?

[00:51:21] Um,

[00:51:22] and like,

[00:51:23] I'm not exactly sure if it's,

[00:51:24] if it's the same.

[00:51:25] Um,

[00:51:25] but like Dr.

[00:51:27] Akron also references a jump station

[00:51:29] near his house that he can go to,

[00:51:30] like,

[00:51:30] he can like basically go through to get

[00:51:32] to like Miskatonic university to look up

[00:51:35] some like material,

[00:51:36] some,

[00:51:36] some book material.

[00:51:37] So like,

[00:51:38] is that what that place is basically?

[00:51:39] Like it's like a jump station,

[00:51:40] like,

[00:51:41] yeah.

[00:51:41] Cause it's like basically a dimensional

[00:51:43] terminal.

[00:51:45] Maybe we have so little information about

[00:51:47] it.

[00:51:47] It's hard to know.

[00:51:48] Yeah.

[00:51:49] But at the very same time,

[00:51:50] like I,

[00:51:50] I do love this,

[00:51:51] like these liminal spaces they throw into

[00:51:53] the story.

[00:51:53] It's just like,

[00:51:54] ah,

[00:51:54] yes,

[00:51:54] liminal space.

[00:51:56] it's in right now.

[00:51:57] It's awesome.

[00:52:00] But,

[00:52:01] uh,

[00:52:01] I'll move on to the next thing I have here.

[00:52:04] If this was the very same thing that

[00:52:06] came into her possession three years

[00:52:08] prior,

[00:52:09] she had more to worry about than just a

[00:52:12] streak of bad luck at the poker table.

[00:52:14] Bam.

[00:52:15] We now have confirmation that the last

[00:52:18] story was a flashback story and that

[00:52:20] the disc like object was likely the

[00:52:22] same as this one,

[00:52:24] though.

[00:52:25] That doesn't explain the color change from

[00:52:28] green,

[00:52:28] from blue to green.

[00:52:30] Yeah.

[00:52:30] I'm just going to assume that that image

[00:52:33] from the previous one is just like,

[00:52:35] it's like this,

[00:52:35] but green.

[00:52:36] Yeah.

[00:52:37] Is what it's meant to be.

[00:52:38] Yeah.

[00:52:39] That's,

[00:52:39] that's fair enough.

[00:52:42] Yeah.

[00:52:42] Not,

[00:52:45] uh,

[00:52:45] the,

[00:52:46] the,

[00:52:47] the description for this would benefit

[00:52:51] better if there was continuity between

[00:52:53] stories.

[00:52:54] Yeah.

[00:52:56] Yeah.

[00:52:56] It,

[00:52:57] like we can't confirm or deny that this is

[00:53:03] the same one from previous stories or even

[00:53:07] the same one from the previous,

[00:53:09] uh,

[00:53:10] section when they're in the library or

[00:53:12] well,

[00:53:13] even,

[00:53:13] even,

[00:53:13] even in this story,

[00:53:14] like,

[00:53:15] I mean,

[00:53:15] she is kind of like,

[00:53:16] it's like,

[00:53:16] she's even wondering like,

[00:53:17] is this the,

[00:53:17] is this the same one?

[00:53:18] Like,

[00:53:19] is this the same thing?

[00:53:19] It looks very similar.

[00:53:22] My memory is a little foggy.

[00:53:24] Was it always blue or was it green?

[00:53:26] She never says blue.

[00:53:28] No,

[00:53:28] but in the previous,

[00:53:29] no,

[00:53:29] I know,

[00:53:29] but in the previous,

[00:53:29] well,

[00:53:30] in the other story,

[00:53:30] like,

[00:53:30] uh,

[00:53:31] she describes it as being like that type

[00:53:32] of shell,

[00:53:33] which is we,

[00:53:33] we found out was,

[00:53:34] was mostly blue in color.

[00:53:39] Like that's in the story.

[00:53:44] It's like,

[00:53:44] eh,

[00:53:45] maybe it's just like the design of it.

[00:53:46] It's not necessarily the color.

[00:53:48] Maybe.

[00:53:49] I don't know.

[00:53:50] Also the image you being used,

[00:53:51] like,

[00:53:52] yeah,

[00:53:52] yeah.

[00:53:52] It's like,

[00:53:52] all right.

[00:53:53] Like could have just easily been like

[00:53:55] color corrected.

[00:53:58] Just a little bit of a huge change on that.

[00:54:00] And it's good to go.

[00:54:01] Yeah.

[00:54:02] Yeah.

[00:54:04] But I'll move on to the next thing I have here.

[00:54:07] Uh,

[00:54:07] due to their long hair,

[00:54:09] Kess had mistook the twins as girls until

[00:54:12] Dr.

[00:54:12] Akron had explained to her,

[00:54:14] it was customary among kobolds of the

[00:54:17] Valar river region to let their children

[00:54:20] hair,

[00:54:20] uh,

[00:54:21] let their children's hair grow long until

[00:54:23] they reach the age of 14.

[00:54:26] So I guess there's,

[00:54:28] they're closer to the original,

[00:54:29] like kind of folkloric version of kobolds

[00:54:31] than to D and D ones.

[00:54:34] Dog kobolds.

[00:54:35] Though now,

[00:54:36] or dog kobolds.

[00:54:38] Yeah.

[00:54:38] Like Eastern,

[00:54:38] the,

[00:54:38] the more like Eastern,

[00:54:39] uh,

[00:54:40] interpretation.

[00:54:40] Although now I just want to,

[00:54:42] I want to like see a draconic kobold with a

[00:54:45] Fabio esque,

[00:54:46] like hairline.

[00:54:48] It's like,

[00:54:49] it's like,

[00:54:50] is it a wig?

[00:54:51] Is it like,

[00:54:51] just like a potion that they put on this,

[00:54:53] like a potion of hair growing on their

[00:54:54] scalp?

[00:54:56] Uh,

[00:54:57] but yeah.

[00:54:58] Uh,

[00:54:59] move on to the next thing I have here.

[00:55:01] There's just like a Raptor situation.

[00:55:04] Yeah,

[00:55:04] exactly.

[00:55:05] Yeah.

[00:55:07] Yeah.

[00:55:07] Yeah.

[00:55:07] The next,

[00:55:08] the next thing I have here is,

[00:55:09] uh,

[00:55:10] you probably heard about that missing Einsel girl.

[00:55:13] They found at the Willowdale station,

[00:55:16] nothing but,

[00:55:17] but a drained skeletal husk.

[00:55:19] She was a taxamere probably,

[00:55:21] or the taxamere probably was interrupted in its feeding,

[00:55:25] or it wouldn't have left any evidence behind.

[00:55:29] So this is like the first mention of the chanterelles and now a

[00:55:32] connection to poor Chrissa,

[00:55:33] um,

[00:55:34] from the previous story.

[00:55:36] Um,

[00:55:36] and this story is wasting no time in connecting various mystery

[00:55:40] horrors,

[00:55:41] uh,

[00:55:41] from previous stories together.

[00:55:43] I like,

[00:55:43] I'm loving this.

[00:55:44] Like we're actually getting like connections from the

[00:55:46] previous,

[00:55:46] uh,

[00:55:47] version of the previous stories of like,

[00:55:50] oh yeah,

[00:55:50] it was like,

[00:55:51] like that,

[00:55:51] the chanterelles were a taxamere and they were tied to the,

[00:55:54] that,

[00:55:55] uh,

[00:55:55] what happened to that poor Einsel girl.

[00:55:57] And it's like,

[00:55:58] oh cool.

[00:55:58] Like we're getting more of that.

[00:55:59] Like we're getting more like kind of connective threads.

[00:56:02] I hate to say it.

[00:56:04] Oh,

[00:56:06] he,

[00:56:07] he's just,

[00:56:08] he doesn't necessarily know for a fact that that was a taxamere that

[00:56:14] did that.

[00:56:15] Cause like,

[00:56:15] he's not a random uncle.

[00:56:17] He's not all knowing.

[00:56:19] Let me have this,

[00:56:20] please.

[00:56:21] No,

[00:56:22] but what I'm saying is it's a good thing because it's,

[00:56:25] it's more realistic where he's like,

[00:56:27] well,

[00:56:27] maybe that's what the taxamere is and did that because he doesn't know he

[00:56:30] wasn't there.

[00:56:32] That's true.

[00:56:32] And also like,

[00:56:33] I like how like some of the characters,

[00:56:35] like what the hell's a taxamere?

[00:56:36] Like I've heard of like taxams,

[00:56:38] but I've never heard of a taxamere.

[00:56:40] Um,

[00:56:42] so I,

[00:56:42] I do like,

[00:56:43] like,

[00:56:43] yeah,

[00:56:43] like,

[00:56:44] like you said,

[00:56:44] like the characters aren't like all knowing of knowledge.

[00:56:46] They are like getting there.

[00:56:48] They're speculating on things too.

[00:56:51] And they're also dropping some,

[00:56:53] uh,

[00:56:53] some,

[00:56:53] some deep cuts of folklore from the North of Europe.

[00:56:57] Um,

[00:56:57] as we get into the next thing here,

[00:56:59] which is,

[00:57:00] uh,

[00:57:01] I've heard of Draugr and Hogbuie said Dr.

[00:57:04] Akron with a shiver,

[00:57:05] but I've never heard of a taxamere.

[00:57:07] So I,

[00:57:07] I have heard of,

[00:57:09] of Draugr,

[00:57:09] but I've never heard of Hogbuie.

[00:57:11] So Hogbuies are mound dwellers or dead bodies living,

[00:57:15] uh,

[00:57:16] living on within its tomb.

[00:57:18] Notable difference between a,

[00:57:20] between them and a Draugr was that a Hogbuie,

[00:57:24] and I'm probably saying that wrong,

[00:57:25] but,

[00:57:26] uh,

[00:57:26] is another,

[00:57:27] is unable to leave their gravesite and can only attack those who trespass upon their territory.

[00:57:33] Whereas a Draugr is usually like can move around and like try to get into people's homes and such.

[00:57:40] Um,

[00:57:41] the,

[00:57:42] uh,

[00:57:42] whole taxamere thing is also just a cool derivation of like Eastern European folklore,

[00:57:47] like the,

[00:57:47] the taxam,

[00:57:48] which is like basically a type of undead in Eastern European countries.

[00:57:53] And mayor,

[00:57:54] um,

[00:57:55] it might also be like,

[00:57:57] like the Mara,

[00:57:57] which is another type of undead creature from like,

[00:57:59] it's basically an undead Vossen.

[00:58:01] And,

[00:58:02] um,

[00:58:02] so like you basically,

[00:58:03] it seems like I couldn't find anything on like taxamere specifically,

[00:58:07] but I was able to find things about on taxams and mares.

[00:58:11] So it seems like this might be a,

[00:58:12] a combination of the two like entities into one thing,

[00:58:15] which basically just,

[00:58:16] uh,

[00:58:16] which is basically just like,

[00:58:17] again,

[00:58:17] a,

[00:58:17] a lich like undead creature.

[00:58:21] Also with the amount of like unique,

[00:58:23] like,

[00:58:24] like fantasy creatures being introduced in,

[00:58:27] in this series.

[00:58:29] It,

[00:58:29] like,

[00:58:30] it's not,

[00:58:31] uh,

[00:58:31] far fetched for it to just be a completely unique creature.

[00:58:34] Yeah.

[00:58:35] But I,

[00:58:35] I do like to check every,

[00:58:36] like whenever I come across one,

[00:58:38] just,

[00:58:38] it's like,

[00:58:38] I don't recognize that one.

[00:58:40] I'm going to see if that's an original or if that's something that she,

[00:58:42] uh,

[00:58:42] pulled from actual folklore.

[00:58:44] Cause that would be cool.

[00:58:46] Well,

[00:58:47] yeah.

[00:58:48] And then my next thing here,

[00:58:50] uh,

[00:58:50] this is the last one I have for chapter one.

[00:58:52] Uh,

[00:58:52] she wasn't that podock or she wasn't that puddock,

[00:58:56] uh,

[00:58:56] looking Skeeter argued.

[00:58:58] She looked more like a mouse,

[00:59:00] a mousy seventh grader with short,

[00:59:02] dark hair.

[00:59:03] Some,

[00:59:04] she kind of had an underbite.

[00:59:06] Oh,

[00:59:07] and she was wearing an orange over an orange raincoat.

[00:59:11] Kes regarded him with an owlish stare,

[00:59:13] an orange raincoat.

[00:59:15] Yeah.

[00:59:15] One of those floppy tent things that with a hood and no sleeves poncho

[00:59:20] prompted his uncle.

[00:59:21] Yeah.

[00:59:22] Poncho.

[00:59:22] That's it.

[00:59:24] So again,

[00:59:24] more connections and verifications that like this time it's of the

[00:59:28] creature that assumes different visages and forms,

[00:59:31] depending on who sees it,

[00:59:32] which we saw in,

[00:59:33] uh,

[00:59:34] bookstore horror when,

[00:59:35] um,

[00:59:36] when it seemed,

[00:59:37] uh,

[00:59:38] uh,

[00:59:39] Kes saw something different.

[00:59:40] And then Dr.

[00:59:41] Akron saw something different from this apparition that showed up in

[00:59:43] the bookstore.

[00:59:44] Also,

[00:59:45] this kind of reminded me of the thing from the,

[00:59:49] uh,

[00:59:49] the walk through the woods story in Curtis,

[00:59:52] this film a couple of weeks ago,

[00:59:53] we covered,

[00:59:54] um,

[00:59:54] or the way through the woods,

[00:59:56] I think is the story that was the,

[00:59:57] the story's title.

[00:59:58] Um,

[00:59:59] and so we're like,

[01:00:00] they go into like,

[01:00:01] they find that like that house in the woods that like the trail,

[01:00:03] like led them to.

[01:00:04] And each one of them had like a different,

[01:00:07] like the,

[01:00:07] the,

[01:00:07] each,

[01:00:07] each one of them saw a different thing,

[01:00:09] like coming out of the,

[01:00:10] coming out of the,

[01:00:11] coming out of the,

[01:00:11] out of the house.

[01:00:14] So I,

[01:00:14] I,

[01:00:15] I have to wonder if that's possibly connected to this as well.

[01:00:18] Like if this is like a similar creature that like just made its way to,

[01:00:22] uh,

[01:00:23] to Curtisville and into the mortal territories as they call it,

[01:00:29] but possible.

[01:00:30] Yeah.

[01:00:31] Again,

[01:00:31] I'm,

[01:00:31] I'm just,

[01:00:31] I got a cork board here with like a lot of red string.

[01:00:34] Yeah.

[01:00:37] Um,

[01:00:38] I'm just chomping at the bit.

[01:00:39] Uh,

[01:00:40] but yeah,

[01:00:40] that's the end of my notes for chapter one.

[01:00:42] So Mikey.

[01:00:44] All right.

[01:00:45] Well,

[01:00:48] so my note was in regards to my sort of head cannon for the series.

[01:00:58] So the previous story or the one that,

[01:01:04] this is a sequel to is about a bookstore.

[01:01:11] And in that,

[01:01:14] if I recall correctly,

[01:01:16] I remember the,

[01:01:18] that Cass was reading a book in the bookstore,

[01:01:23] which honestly seemed a bit odd because typically if you start reading a book in the bookstore,

[01:01:30] somebody will come and yell at you and say,

[01:01:32] Hey,

[01:01:32] don't just read it,

[01:01:33] buy it.

[01:01:34] I'm actually going to counter you with that because there are some antique bookstores and stuff that have like a lounging area for you to peruse the books before you buy.

[01:01:42] So it actually isn't that uncommon in,

[01:01:45] in various,

[01:01:46] like in,

[01:01:46] in certain bookstores and like,

[01:01:48] especially like,

[01:01:49] I think in like the more in the older kind of bookshops.

[01:01:53] Right.

[01:01:55] I think upstairs or whatever,

[01:01:57] like away from everybody else to like sneakily do it though.

[01:02:01] I don't know.

[01:02:01] Like,

[01:02:02] but there's like lounging chairs and stuff that to read.

[01:02:03] So I,

[01:02:04] I think,

[01:02:04] I think it's more,

[01:02:05] I think it's,

[01:02:06] it's,

[01:02:06] it's,

[01:02:06] it's,

[01:02:06] it's a,

[01:02:07] it's a little bit more common than you think in terms of like an etiquette.

[01:02:11] I mean,

[01:02:11] like chat in chapters and Indigo,

[01:02:13] like,

[01:02:13] like newer bookstores that,

[01:02:14] yeah,

[01:02:15] absolutely.

[01:02:15] Like they don't want you to do that,

[01:02:16] but like in older bookstores,

[01:02:18] like they're more,

[01:02:19] they're not as concerned with that kind of thing.

[01:02:22] Yeah.

[01:02:23] Well,

[01:02:25] and then the other thing is in this is that we get a tower library.

[01:02:34] Now that sort of a conflict of interest,

[01:02:38] because if you have a library beside a bookstore,

[01:02:43] I mean,

[01:02:45] like you're going to get people potentially just,

[01:02:51] well,

[01:02:51] it's going to get muddled is what I'm saying.

[01:02:55] So,

[01:02:56] yeah.

[01:02:58] So the confusion is like,

[01:02:59] well,

[01:03:00] is it a bookstore or library?

[01:03:04] Like that's where my mind went.

[01:03:08] Like,

[01:03:08] is it the author confused as to what a bookstore and library are?

[01:03:14] Cause I mean,

[01:03:15] this store does have a cafe off it.

[01:03:17] So it's technically a store,

[01:03:19] uh,

[01:03:21] yeah.

[01:03:21] Beside the library technique or,

[01:03:24] or,

[01:03:25] but then they also sell comic books.

[01:03:28] Yeah.

[01:03:29] My,

[01:03:29] my thing here also is,

[01:03:31] or are we not just not fluent enough with like vernacular for like what

[01:03:35] people like,

[01:03:36] like do like,

[01:03:37] because this is supposed to be set in like a very,

[01:03:39] first off,

[01:03:40] it's set in fairy.

[01:03:41] It's set in some other magical world or like some like other,

[01:03:43] other reality.

[01:03:44] But that,

[01:03:45] that region is also heavily inspired by,

[01:03:48] um,

[01:03:49] seems to be heavily inspired by like British,

[01:03:51] uh,

[01:03:51] stuff.

[01:03:52] So like is,

[01:03:53] is a bookshop or a book and tea shop,

[01:03:56] just a library in,

[01:03:58] in like the UK or in like the,

[01:04:00] in those,

[01:04:00] in those parts of the world.

[01:04:02] And we're just not aware of that because we're,

[01:04:05] uh,

[01:04:05] people from the,

[01:04:06] from,

[01:04:07] from Canada or North America.

[01:04:11] Yeah.

[01:04:12] Yeah.

[01:04:12] I'm,

[01:04:12] I'm not a hundred percent sure.

[01:04:13] Like,

[01:04:13] yeah,

[01:04:14] it might be or may not be like,

[01:04:16] cause like,

[01:04:16] yeah,

[01:04:16] the,

[01:04:16] the tea shop added onto the bookshop for me,

[01:04:19] uh,

[01:04:19] implies that it might also,

[01:04:20] like that might just be like kind of a,

[01:04:22] like a small,

[01:04:24] like library kind of thing,

[01:04:25] situation where it's like,

[01:04:26] where you,

[01:04:27] you go and get a book and like either rent it out or buy it.

[01:04:30] And then you all,

[01:04:31] but you also have tea.

[01:04:32] So like,

[01:04:32] it's sort of a lounging space,

[01:04:34] what you can read books in.

[01:04:35] So is that just another,

[01:04:38] are they like,

[01:04:39] are they misusing the word bookshop or is that just a term that we're not familiar with for like a library like situation?

[01:04:49] Yeah.

[01:04:50] I don't know.

[01:04:51] Yeah.

[01:04:53] It's,

[01:04:54] uh,

[01:04:54] it is a bit of confusion.

[01:04:57] Yeah.

[01:04:58] Or at least for me anyway.

[01:05:00] Um,

[01:05:02] and that's all that I have for chapter one.

[01:05:08] Okay.

[01:05:09] Uh,

[01:05:10] then gamer.

[01:05:12] Quick Google.

[01:05:14] There is a novelty.

[01:05:16] It's called novel tea.

[01:05:17] T E A bookstore cafe.

[01:05:20] Okay.

[01:05:21] And like,

[01:05:22] yeah,

[01:05:22] yeah.

[01:05:23] Like you can buy books there and have coffee.

[01:05:27] So it's,

[01:05:28] it's a thing apparently.

[01:05:30] Cause like I,

[01:05:31] it's actually,

[01:05:32] cause I bring this up also because,

[01:05:33] um,

[01:05:34] so I've been on one list diet or an action on one list diet.

[01:05:37] Uh,

[01:05:37] when I've been,

[01:05:38] I've been running a Dresden files game on RPX of late.

[01:05:42] And,

[01:05:43] um,

[01:05:43] in that game,

[01:05:44] there is,

[01:05:45] uh,

[01:05:45] like we,

[01:05:45] we set up like one of the players like added a,

[01:05:48] that there was like a,

[01:05:49] um,

[01:05:49] a,

[01:05:50] a book coffee,

[01:05:51] a book cafe or like a bookshop cafe.

[01:05:54] Um,

[01:05:54] and the way they keep describing it in the,

[01:05:56] in the setting.

[01:05:57] Um,

[01:05:58] I,

[01:05:58] I interpret it as being like a bookstore with a little cafe thing or like a

[01:06:01] little like bar even,

[01:06:03] but the way they keep describing it,

[01:06:04] Oh,

[01:06:04] I'm going to go into the library and like check the,

[01:06:06] like check for boys.

[01:06:07] Like,

[01:06:07] so like,

[01:06:08] I think that is actually a thing that's,

[01:06:10] that's,

[01:06:10] that's,

[01:06:11] that's out there where it's like,

[01:06:13] yeah,

[01:06:13] like a library and a cafe or a bookshelf where you get a book or,

[01:06:18] uh,

[01:06:18] and then like sit down and read it with like coffee and stuff.

[01:06:21] So possibly also,

[01:06:22] I was reading over my first note,

[01:06:24] which is about the blue or green chip,

[01:06:26] whichever one it was.

[01:06:27] And we already kind of talked about that.

[01:06:29] Gotcha.

[01:06:30] Oh,

[01:06:30] actually no.

[01:06:32] Hang on.

[01:06:32] We're going back to that.

[01:06:34] Yeah,

[01:06:34] we actually are.

[01:06:35] We legit are.

[01:06:37] Um,

[01:06:37] okay.

[01:06:38] So this note is twofold.

[01:06:41] First,

[01:06:42] um,

[01:06:42] when I'm reading it,

[01:06:43] I'm doing this in the order that I read it.

[01:06:45] It says it did look like a poker chip,

[01:06:47] like cobalt had,

[01:06:48] or had said,

[01:06:50] um,

[01:06:51] and probably deemed the most expensive,

[01:06:53] blah,

[01:06:53] blah,

[01:06:57] very same that came to her possession three years prior.

[01:06:59] She had more to worry about.

[01:07:01] And then just struggle,

[01:07:01] struggle bad luck at the poker table.

[01:07:03] So that itself confirmed that it's the same object.

[01:07:07] Cause it said it came back to her.

[01:07:08] Okay.

[01:07:09] Um,

[01:07:11] so at that point I was like,

[01:07:13] okay,

[01:07:14] fine.

[01:07:15] The previous entries,

[01:07:17] uh,

[01:07:17] picture just should be green,

[01:07:19] whatever.

[01:07:20] But then a few lines later,

[01:07:21] it says this one's silvery blue and flat.

[01:07:24] The other one that acted like a bodyguard was like a real eyeball.

[01:07:29] Oh,

[01:07:30] only he flew and glowed green.

[01:07:33] That's so that's,

[01:07:34] that's actually,

[01:07:35] that's the spirit ally that she was referencing in the previous one as well.

[01:07:39] Probably actually.

[01:07:41] Yeah.

[01:07:41] But this is the problem though.

[01:07:43] They fucking called the thing emerald like before.

[01:07:47] Yeah.

[01:07:47] This one says this one's silvery blue and flat,

[01:07:51] like the actual image.

[01:07:52] Oh no.

[01:07:53] Do I go with the image or do I go with what they say?

[01:07:58] M.

[01:07:58] Pratt,

[01:07:59] you continuity.

[01:08:01] Yeah.

[01:08:02] Cause like they say it's,

[01:08:03] oh,

[01:08:03] that's like an emerald.

[01:08:04] That's not like any emerald I've seen.

[01:08:06] This one's blue.

[01:08:08] Yeah.

[01:08:09] That's not an emerald at all.

[01:08:11] Skeeter.

[01:08:11] It's a fucking sapphire.

[01:08:13] Like what the hell's wrong with you?

[01:08:15] I don't know.

[01:08:18] But yeah,

[01:08:18] I'm done talking about that shit.

[01:08:20] I'd give up on that.

[01:08:21] Okay.

[01:08:26] But,

[01:08:26] um,

[01:08:27] so the,

[01:08:27] the characters start talking about what they see with the,

[01:08:30] the orange coat,

[01:08:31] uh,

[01:08:32] the orange,

[01:08:32] uh,

[01:08:32] poncho person.

[01:08:34] Um,

[01:08:34] we get what,

[01:08:35] like Kes's whole backstory with the creature.

[01:08:37] And then what,

[01:08:39] uh,

[01:08:39] Dr.

[01:08:39] Akron said,

[01:08:40] and then it says that he nodded towards the,

[01:08:43] the McCone trio.

[01:08:44] Even my nephews have something to add to this series of strange,

[01:08:48] curious events.

[01:08:49] I'm like,

[01:08:50] okay.

[01:08:50] So before we get any explanation or closure on like this storm of countless weird events

[01:08:57] happening,

[01:08:57] here's some more.

[01:08:58] Like,

[01:08:59] Yup.

[01:09:00] Cause like,

[01:09:00] it just keeps throwing like the,

[01:09:03] the creature did this to me.

[01:09:04] It looked like this to me.

[01:09:05] It's like,

[01:09:05] it just keeps going on and on.

[01:09:07] It's like,

[01:09:07] Oh,

[01:09:07] these guys,

[01:09:08] they saw it differently too.

[01:09:09] This is how they saw it.

[01:09:10] It's like,

[01:09:11] I was just at that point when it started mentioning that the kids also want to say what they saw.

[01:09:16] I'm like,

[01:09:16] I just want to know what it is.

[01:09:18] Just tell me what it is.

[01:09:20] Just,

[01:09:20] just give me a straight answer.

[01:09:24] Yeah.

[01:09:27] Poor gamer.

[01:09:28] It's fine.

[01:09:30] It's like a Jenga tower.

[01:09:32] You just keep adding.

[01:09:34] Pretty much.

[01:09:36] But yeah.

[01:09:36] Um,

[01:09:37] and my only other one is,

[01:09:39] um,

[01:09:40] says that troll woman told me about them.

[01:09:42] Kes told them,

[01:09:44] um,

[01:09:45] told him rather.

[01:09:46] Um,

[01:09:47] although she never told me what they were called.

[01:09:49] I just thought she was talking about vampires.

[01:09:52] And then Duncan responds by saying,

[01:09:55] Lords and ladies love a duck.

[01:09:57] Vampires?

[01:09:59] Like is Lords and ladies love a duck and exclamation or something?

[01:10:03] I've actually heard.

[01:10:04] Um,

[01:10:04] so in Australia,

[01:10:06] I've actually heard,

[01:10:06] uh,

[01:10:06] Australians say love a duck.

[01:10:10] Oh,

[01:10:10] okay.

[01:10:11] As a,

[01:10:11] as a term.

[01:10:12] Yeah.

[01:10:13] I've heard Lord love a duck.

[01:10:15] Yeah.

[01:10:15] Oh really?

[01:10:16] Okay.

[01:10:16] Yeah.

[01:10:16] Cool.

[01:10:16] So it's just,

[01:10:17] I've heard fuck a duck before too,

[01:10:19] actually.

[01:10:19] Another thing about it.

[01:10:19] Yeah.

[01:10:20] So yeah.

[01:10:20] So it's basically just like the same,

[01:10:21] like it's,

[01:10:22] it's,

[01:10:22] it's just regional dialect.

[01:10:23] So the same,

[01:10:24] like saying.

[01:10:25] Yeah.

[01:10:26] Just an exclamation of someone.

[01:10:27] It's like,

[01:10:28] what the,

[01:10:28] like,

[01:10:28] it's like,

[01:10:29] what the,

[01:10:29] you know what it comes from?

[01:10:30] Fuck.

[01:10:30] It comes from what the fuck.

[01:10:32] Yeah.

[01:10:33] It's,

[01:10:33] it's just,

[01:10:33] it's gentlemen.

[01:10:34] What the fuck?

[01:10:35] Yeah.

[01:10:36] Except you don't want to swear.

[01:10:37] So you say love a duck or like,

[01:10:38] what the duck?

[01:10:39] Yeah.

[01:10:40] Or it's like,

[01:10:41] what the fudge kind of thing.

[01:10:42] It's like,

[01:10:42] it's,

[01:10:42] it's the same kind of like,

[01:10:44] yeah.

[01:10:44] Instead of,

[01:10:45] instead of swearing outright with like the profanity,

[01:10:47] you just add duck.

[01:10:50] Yeah.

[01:10:50] And I guess as a child or a teenager or whatever he is,

[01:10:54] he doesn't necessarily want to swear in front of his uncle.

[01:10:57] Yeah.

[01:10:57] Or he's just used to that version because like the,

[01:11:00] his parents or the adults were saying that rather than like the swear.

[01:11:04] So.

[01:11:04] Yeah.

[01:11:05] Yeah.

[01:11:07] Well,

[01:11:07] I like how it took me like it,

[01:11:08] like in this moment,

[01:11:09] I realized,

[01:11:10] Oh wait,

[01:11:10] love it.

[01:11:11] Love a duck is just what the fuck.

[01:11:13] Yeah.

[01:11:14] Goddamn.

[01:11:17] But that's all I got for chapter one.

[01:11:19] All right.

[01:11:20] On to chapter two,

[01:11:21] the revenant.

[01:11:23] Not to be confused with the,

[01:11:25] the,

[01:11:25] the Leonardo DiCaprio movie,

[01:11:27] the revenant.

[01:11:29] But yeah,

[01:11:30] no one saw it.

[01:11:31] Nope.

[01:11:33] So.

[01:11:34] I don't know if it's popular or not to be honest.

[01:11:35] I don't even know the movie.

[01:11:36] It's actually very popular.

[01:11:37] And like DiCaprio gets like mauled by a bear.

[01:11:41] Hell yeah.

[01:11:42] Anyway,

[01:11:43] moving on.

[01:11:43] And speaking of movie lines and shit,

[01:11:46] I'm going to start with this quote here and have a comment to it.

[01:11:50] Well,

[01:11:51] we was scrambling like frightened,

[01:11:53] like,

[01:11:53] like frightened squirrels up the shelves with the thing clawing at our heels.

[01:11:58] When Duncan suddenly came barreling in,

[01:12:00] I guess he was a mite peeved at us for leaving him stuck it like that.

[01:12:06] Well,

[01:12:07] as soon as we,

[01:12:08] as soon as he saw the thing,

[01:12:09] he just kicked it straight across the room.

[01:12:12] Well,

[01:12:13] that was mighty courageous of him.

[01:12:15] Dr.

[01:12:15] Akron mummered or mummered.

[01:12:17] Mummered?

[01:12:18] All dressed up and everything.

[01:12:20] Yeah.

[01:12:21] Yeah.

[01:12:21] Uh,

[01:12:22] well,

[01:12:22] that was quite,

[01:12:23] well,

[01:12:24] that was mighty courageous of him.

[01:12:25] Dr.

[01:12:25] Akron murmured with admiration.

[01:12:28] Mr.

[01:12:28] Gregory merely nodded and grunted his approval.

[01:12:31] And all I could think of was Duncan is like,

[01:12:33] this is Escard boot.

[01:12:37] I'm just like,

[01:12:38] just like jumps in and just like,

[01:12:40] just like takes a,

[01:12:41] takes a step and just like does the,

[01:12:43] this,

[01:12:43] the,

[01:12:43] this is Sparta boot at the creature.

[01:12:47] Not inaccurate.

[01:12:48] Yeah.

[01:12:49] Mm.

[01:12:50] Uh,

[01:12:50] but the next thing I have here,

[01:12:53] uh,

[01:12:54] never seen a dead lich monster before,

[01:12:57] except maybe in a museum or in an adventure time movie.

[01:13:01] Ah,

[01:13:01] even in the lands of fairy,

[01:13:03] they still have cartoons.

[01:13:06] Actually,

[01:13:06] they have a lot of pop culture from earth.

[01:13:09] In,

[01:13:09] as far as he doesn't mention that we're in a video game.

[01:13:12] Yeah.

[01:13:12] I guess they do drop D and D as well.

[01:13:15] and the kids don't know what D and D is like,

[01:13:17] uh,

[01:13:17] Cass has to explain it,

[01:13:18] which is actually in my notes coming up,

[01:13:21] but,

[01:13:21] uh,

[01:13:21] I'll get to that in a second.

[01:13:23] Um,

[01:13:24] so the next thing I have here is no,

[01:13:26] don't Duncan suddenly lunged forward,

[01:13:29] knocking aside.

[01:13:30] The doctor who was flung headfirst into a towering indoor grew Dan creeper.

[01:13:36] Um,

[01:13:36] Duncan,

[01:13:37] you bloody idiot.

[01:13:38] Mr.

[01:13:38] Gregory shouted as he hurried over to the X to extricate Dr.

[01:13:42] Akron from the hairy green tendrils.

[01:13:45] I'm sorry.

[01:13:45] What now?

[01:13:46] Wait,

[01:13:47] is this that plant monster from the earlier Curtisville story that we covered?

[01:13:51] I think it was the far life that was in where like a green monster,

[01:13:54] like a plant monster,

[01:13:55] like grabbed him like for,

[01:13:56] and I,

[01:13:57] cause I think they referenced that it was a,

[01:13:58] an invasive species from the land of fairy,

[01:14:01] um,

[01:14:01] as well.

[01:14:02] It's probably one of them in the world.

[01:14:03] Well,

[01:14:04] no,

[01:14:04] I'm not saying it's like,

[01:14:05] so,

[01:14:05] so do they,

[01:14:06] do they also domesticate these and turn them into house plants?

[01:14:10] Yes.

[01:14:11] Cause like that one from the previous story was just like outside,

[01:14:16] like someone's house,

[01:14:17] like down,

[01:14:17] like walking down the street.

[01:14:19] It's on like next to their fence,

[01:14:21] basically.

[01:14:21] Like,

[01:14:22] yeah,

[01:14:23] it's just sort of like a wild,

[01:14:24] like weed kind of thing that it evolved into,

[01:14:27] or has become in,

[01:14:28] uh,

[01:14:28] in the Curtisville story.

[01:14:29] But in this one,

[01:14:30] it like,

[01:14:30] it sounded like they like planted it on purpose as like security measures.

[01:14:34] Oh,

[01:14:35] right.

[01:14:35] Yeah.

[01:14:35] Yeah.

[01:14:36] Yeah.

[01:14:36] You're right.

[01:14:36] Yeah.

[01:14:36] I don't fully remember,

[01:14:37] but it,

[01:14:38] it has been a hot while.

[01:14:39] It's been a hot minute.

[01:14:41] So,

[01:14:42] but yeah.

[01:14:42] Um,

[01:14:43] yeah.

[01:14:44] So I just like,

[01:14:44] like,

[01:14:45] I was trying to say,

[01:14:45] is that what this thing that's called?

[01:14:46] A grew,

[01:14:47] a grew Dan creeper or grew down,

[01:14:49] a grew Dan creep.

[01:14:51] Um,

[01:14:52] so yeah,

[01:14:53] I just like the idea again,

[01:14:54] like just like Dr.

[01:14:56] Acker just gets like lobbed into like an accident,

[01:14:58] like a Venus,

[01:14:59] a Venus house plant basically.

[01:15:02] Yeah.

[01:15:04] And then,

[01:15:05] uh,

[01:15:05] my next thing here,

[01:15:07] uh,

[01:15:07] what serious mistake?

[01:15:08] Uh,

[01:15:09] Kes inquired,

[01:15:10] putting her hands on her hips,

[01:15:11] like using paperback novels for weapons instead of heavy duty hardbacks.

[01:15:16] No,

[01:15:17] more like accidentally dropping your golden ammonite shell,

[01:15:21] healing amulet key chain into the,

[01:15:24] into the book pile.

[01:15:32] Dr.

[01:15:32] Okay.

[01:15:33] So there's like,

[01:15:34] do,

[01:15:34] do one of the boys have like a,

[01:15:36] uh,

[01:15:36] a gold ammonite healing amulet key chain?

[01:15:40] Like now the plot demands it.

[01:15:42] I,

[01:15:43] I get,

[01:15:43] yeah,

[01:15:43] no,

[01:15:43] that's honestly what it kind of felt like.

[01:15:45] Like it felt like,

[01:15:46] um,

[01:15:46] also did this story happen like a while ago?

[01:15:50] Like this,

[01:15:51] this whole like fight with the,

[01:15:52] the,

[01:15:52] with the creature or was,

[01:15:54] did this happen between bookstore horror and this conversation that we're having

[01:15:58] now in,

[01:15:59] in,

[01:16:00] uh,

[01:16:00] in this story,

[01:16:01] uh,

[01:16:01] in short hoggers.

[01:16:02] Like it,

[01:16:03] it really feels like we're suddenly,

[01:16:05] we're,

[01:16:05] we're just jumping into like a media res,

[01:16:08] um,

[01:16:09] where like we're missing or we're missing a section of the story.

[01:16:13] Like between that,

[01:16:13] like,

[01:16:14] like while we were having that flashback in the unquiet past and present,

[01:16:17] there's a,

[01:16:18] a bit of stuff happening,

[01:16:19] um,

[01:16:20] in the present day,

[01:16:21] uh,

[01:16:23] at the bookstore that we just didn't get because it just jumped into media res,

[01:16:27] uh,

[01:16:27] with them like talking about what they experienced.

[01:16:31] Um,

[01:16:32] so it's just like,

[01:16:33] it,

[01:16:33] it threw me off.

[01:16:34] I was like,

[01:16:34] what,

[01:16:35] what happened here?

[01:16:35] What?

[01:16:38] But yeah,

[01:16:38] you actually,

[01:16:39] you nailed it on the head there gamer.

[01:16:40] It's like,

[01:16:40] yeah,

[01:16:40] no,

[01:16:41] just the plot demand,

[01:16:42] the plot demands this.

[01:16:43] So yeah,

[01:16:43] here we go.

[01:16:44] It's just like,

[01:16:44] it comes out of left town.

[01:16:47] That being said,

[01:16:48] like,

[01:16:48] there's nothing saying that the creature couldn't have survived the books just on

[01:16:51] his own because they're just books.

[01:16:54] I mean,

[01:16:55] you say that,

[01:16:55] but like,

[01:16:56] all right,

[01:16:56] we'll just,

[01:16:57] next time we're at the,

[01:16:57] at a,

[01:16:58] at a bookstore,

[01:16:58] I'll just topple a bookstore,

[01:17:00] a bookshelf on top of you and see how you fare.

[01:17:03] I mean,

[01:17:03] like,

[01:17:04] yes,

[01:17:04] the combined weight of the bookshelf is a lot,

[01:17:08] but you're not being hit by it all at the same time.

[01:17:12] Everything is falling off at different speeds.

[01:17:15] Um,

[01:17:16] it isn't,

[01:17:16] it isn't one solid block of weight.

[01:17:19] Everything,

[01:17:19] all the books inside have give even the shelves.

[01:17:23] If they're kind of like not super stable,

[01:17:25] they'll give,

[01:17:25] especially if they're not like screwed in,

[01:17:28] if they're just sitting on the little tabs,

[01:17:30] like flip them out of the way.

[01:17:32] So it's less damaging than you would think.

[01:17:34] No,

[01:17:35] I wouldn't want it to happen to me,

[01:17:37] but me as a normal human being could probably survive it.

[01:17:40] So I'm sure this fricking tax American survive it too.

[01:17:44] I mean,

[01:17:44] here's the other thing.

[01:17:45] Are you envisioning like feeble looking bookshelves with like made,

[01:17:48] like made of like sheet metal,

[01:17:50] or are you picturing what I'm picturing,

[01:17:51] which is like hard wood,

[01:17:53] like shelves,

[01:17:55] shelving units that are just toppling.

[01:17:57] Cause like,

[01:17:58] cause like heavy wood,

[01:18:00] heavy wood dropping on you is like basically with like that amount of

[01:18:02] like hard cover books or like,

[01:18:04] or books and some of that landing on something is probably going to be

[01:18:07] like a tree hitting you even like a small tree.

[01:18:12] Yes.

[01:18:12] I know.

[01:18:12] Cause it's a solid lump of weight that doesn't shift.

[01:18:17] Yeah.

[01:18:17] But with all the books,

[01:18:18] like even with the books,

[01:18:19] like all like hitting you in different intervals,

[01:18:20] that's basically like death by a thousand cuts.

[01:18:23] Like you're just getting pelted and then with the,

[01:18:26] um,

[01:18:26] like shelf itself.

[01:18:28] Well,

[01:18:29] and we don't know if they actually get pelted with the shelf because,

[01:18:33] you know,

[01:18:34] we don't know how narrow the aisle is.

[01:18:37] So if the shelf falls over on,

[01:18:40] it might only just fall enough to hit the other shelf and just the books

[01:18:44] fall.

[01:18:46] That's true.

[01:18:47] Yeah.

[01:18:47] Like I'm not,

[01:18:48] I'm not a hundred percent against you on this.

[01:18:50] Like I do agree.

[01:18:50] Like,

[01:18:51] like a bookshelf probably would,

[01:18:53] I can do it.

[01:18:55] I can do this all day.

[01:18:59] All right.

[01:19:00] Yeah.

[01:19:02] Next on myth on mythos busters.

[01:19:04] We said,

[01:19:05] we,

[01:19:05] we,

[01:19:06] we talk about bookshelves on camera.

[01:19:09] Oh my God.

[01:19:10] He lasts.

[01:19:10] That's so good.

[01:19:12] I was like,

[01:19:13] ah,

[01:19:14] I hate how awesome that is and how good that sounds.

[01:19:17] Well,

[01:19:18] we got to continue the mythos buster skit from,

[01:19:20] uh,

[01:19:20] back when we did Braska.

[01:19:22] Is that what that was from?

[01:19:23] Yeah.

[01:19:24] We did like,

[01:19:24] remember like in Braska,

[01:19:25] like,

[01:19:25] I think it was like the last,

[01:19:26] the last part of Braska where like,

[01:19:28] we were questioning the,

[01:19:29] uh,

[01:19:30] the,

[01:19:30] the,

[01:19:30] the vest he had like the bulletproof vest he had against a gun.

[01:19:35] And we referenced,

[01:19:36] uh,

[01:19:36] mythos busters.

[01:19:37] That's so good.

[01:19:39] I hate that.

[01:19:39] I forgot that,

[01:19:40] but I'm glad that I I'm reminded of it now.

[01:19:43] And that you're now the test subject.

[01:19:45] Oh God.

[01:19:45] Right.

[01:19:47] But yeah.

[01:19:48] Um,

[01:19:49] yeah,

[01:19:49] I do agree with you.

[01:19:50] Like,

[01:19:50] I don't think like the,

[01:19:52] a healing amulet was necessary to like,

[01:19:55] just throw it,

[01:19:56] like just throw in there,

[01:19:57] like from left town.

[01:19:58] I think like a bookshelf isn't going to kill a supernatural,

[01:20:01] like a lich creature.

[01:20:03] No.

[01:20:04] Um,

[01:20:06] it,

[01:20:06] it might inconvenience it.

[01:20:08] That's about it.

[01:20:09] Like this isn't like,

[01:20:10] we're,

[01:20:10] we're,

[01:20:11] if it had been like the bookshelves,

[01:20:12] like all the bookshelves and the roof,

[01:20:16] like super shredder style,

[01:20:17] that would have probably ended him.

[01:20:19] But yeah.

[01:20:22] Um,

[01:20:23] yeah.

[01:20:23] So that was just my thing is just like,

[01:20:25] where,

[01:20:26] when did this happen?

[01:20:27] Like,

[01:20:28] did we,

[01:20:28] did we like,

[01:20:29] did they just not like,

[01:20:30] did we just like skip over this?

[01:20:32] Well,

[01:20:32] because we were reading the unquiet,

[01:20:33] uh,

[01:20:33] past and present and now we're just,

[01:20:35] we're here.

[01:20:35] And like that happened between the two,

[01:20:38] the two other stories.

[01:20:39] Um,

[01:20:41] but.

[01:20:42] Basically like Kes saw the thing and then it disappeared.

[01:20:44] So it's possible,

[01:20:45] like it disappeared to like chase the kids around and stuff at that point.

[01:20:48] Yeah.

[01:20:49] I guess while they were just having a conversation before.

[01:20:52] Yeah.

[01:20:52] And that's,

[01:20:53] and that's why they were in the bookstore to begin with was like,

[01:20:56] like they actually,

[01:20:56] like,

[01:20:57] that's why they were up on the,

[01:20:58] the,

[01:20:58] the bookshelf.

[01:20:59] I think,

[01:20:59] uh,

[01:21:00] when they,

[01:21:01] when they entered that,

[01:21:02] that story was so like,

[01:21:03] they,

[01:21:03] they,

[01:21:04] they came from those,

[01:21:05] uh,

[01:21:05] those book rooms.

[01:21:06] Yep.

[01:21:07] It's entirely plausible.

[01:21:08] Yeah.

[01:21:10] Uh,

[01:21:10] and then the next thing I have here is actually about the D and D aspect.

[01:21:14] So,

[01:21:15] um,

[01:21:15] dead bodies don't come back to life at the touch of some good look Guga.

[01:21:20] Uh,

[01:21:21] that only happens in the movies and D and D games,

[01:21:25] D and D Duncan raised his eyebrow.

[01:21:27] Yeah.

[01:21:28] Cass nodded to a turning toward him.

[01:21:30] It's a role-playing game popular among humans.

[01:21:33] Now it's getting popular among gardens and fair folk.

[01:21:36] Heck,

[01:21:36] even my brother was playing it and he's only 10.

[01:21:40] While you're at it,

[01:21:41] why don't you just explain to them that,

[01:21:43] uh,

[01:21:43] there's a misrepresentation of kobolds in,

[01:21:45] in mods in D and D because they're clearly not the same type of D,

[01:21:48] the same type of kobolds as the ones in D and D.

[01:21:51] That's true.

[01:21:53] Honestly,

[01:21:53] I was half expecting it to be like,

[01:21:54] it's a game where you take these 20 sided die and you roll them and you

[01:21:58] compare them to stats on your sheet.

[01:22:00] Honestly,

[01:22:00] I'm not going to lie.

[01:22:01] This bit of dialogue was like really kind of like there,

[01:22:05] it like,

[01:22:06] it came off like really like,

[01:22:07] like advertisemently.

[01:22:11] It's like,

[01:22:11] yeah,

[01:22:12] it's a role-playing game,

[01:22:13] but popular among humans.

[01:22:14] Like it almost felt like the,

[01:22:15] uh,

[01:22:16] the,

[01:22:16] the car phone skit from,

[01:22:17] uh,

[01:22:18] Kung Fury.

[01:22:19] Yeah.

[01:22:20] It's like,

[01:22:21] now you too can,

[01:22:22] can call for the cover to your car.

[01:22:26] Um,

[01:22:28] yeah.

[01:22:28] So it's just like,

[01:22:29] I just like that.

[01:22:30] It's like the kid has never heard of D and D.

[01:22:32] And then like a cast is like,

[01:22:33] yeah,

[01:22:33] actually it's,

[01:22:33] it's a really good thing,

[01:22:34] which is also funny because Kess is like,

[01:22:36] like chat,

[01:22:37] like she's aware of D and D and stuff and how it's like really popular.

[01:22:40] She's definitely secretly a D and D player.

[01:22:44] Um,

[01:22:44] secret.

[01:22:45] She knows a lot about it.

[01:22:46] But then like later on with the short hoggers thing,

[01:22:49] she's like chastising,

[01:22:50] uh,

[01:22:51] Ellie Lambert for being a,

[01:22:52] an otaku and like,

[01:22:54] or being a weeb.

[01:22:55] It's just like,

[01:22:56] and we,

[01:22:57] me and,

[01:22:58] me and,

[01:22:58] uh,

[01:22:58] Mikey,

[01:22:59] uh,

[01:22:59] had,

[01:22:59] uh,

[01:22:59] had commented about that with,

[01:23:01] um,

[01:23:02] her referencing a star Wars line and like say,

[01:23:05] and calling out this one person for being a certain type of nerd when

[01:23:08] really she,

[01:23:09] she knows a lot about like nerdy shit to begin with.

[01:23:12] So like,

[01:23:13] like,

[01:23:13] don't,

[01:23:14] don't just,

[01:23:14] don't just throw shade at other nerds,

[01:23:16] man.

[01:23:18] But.

[01:23:19] I mean,

[01:23:20] that's,

[01:23:20] that happens all the time.

[01:23:21] I know,

[01:23:22] but it's like,

[01:23:23] so dark.

[01:23:23] Star Trek versus star Wars.

[01:23:24] Oh my God.

[01:23:25] It happens all the time.

[01:23:26] It's like,

[01:23:27] well,

[01:23:27] we're all nerds about something.

[01:23:28] So like,

[01:23:29] yeah,

[01:23:29] this has been a PSA for,

[01:23:31] uh,

[01:23:31] from review cultist.

[01:23:33] Don't,

[01:23:33] don't,

[01:23:33] don't,

[01:23:34] uh,

[01:23:34] nerd shade,

[01:23:35] uh,

[01:23:35] or don't nerd shame other nerds.

[01:23:38] Especially when you're,

[01:23:39] when y'all are a bunch of nerds yourselves in some aspect.

[01:23:43] So,

[01:23:45] but I,

[01:23:45] I digress.

[01:23:46] I'll move on to the next thing I have.

[01:23:49] Um,

[01:23:50] so this is like at the end of,

[01:23:51] of chapter two.

[01:23:52] And I,

[01:23:53] I,

[01:23:54] yeah,

[01:23:55] I'll just,

[01:23:55] I'll go into the quote here.

[01:23:57] Walking forward,

[01:23:59] a,

[01:23:59] a boofin,

[01:24:01] uh,

[01:24:02] a boofint hair apparition revealed itself to be a tall,

[01:24:07] or the boofint hair apparition revealed itself to be a tall spindly figure clad in a purple fuzzy robe and house slippers with an oatmeal avocado crusted cucumber eyed face mask.

[01:24:21] Covered its,

[01:24:22] covered its,

[01:24:23] or covering its sharp pointed features.

[01:24:25] What's all this now?

[01:24:27] Mrs.

[01:24:28] Mira Gregory peeled off her cucumber slices to reveal piercing black eyes flickering with,

[01:24:34] with annoyance.

[01:24:36] It's late.

[01:24:37] You should all be in bed.

[01:24:38] Behind the startled group came a dull thud,

[01:24:41] or a dull thunk as Duncan fell back against the front door,

[01:24:44] sinking to the floor in a dead faint.

[01:24:47] So,

[01:24:48] like,

[01:24:48] this is when,

[01:24:48] like,

[01:24:48] the,

[01:24:49] the door,

[01:24:49] the,

[01:24:49] the door that was holding something finally,

[01:24:51] like,

[01:24:52] opens up and then it's revealed to be Mrs.

[01:24:54] Gregory.

[01:24:55] And I was just like,

[01:24:56] really?

[01:24:57] This was,

[01:24:57] this whole chapter was a setup for a fake out.

[01:25:02] I had like,

[01:25:03] I got a chuckle out of it,

[01:25:04] but I was like,

[01:25:05] really?

[01:25:06] And I mean,

[01:25:06] like,

[01:25:06] there was a monster beyond that.

[01:25:08] Like the,

[01:25:09] the,

[01:25:09] the,

[01:25:09] the monster still was there,

[01:25:10] but I just love that.

[01:25:11] Like,

[01:25:11] this was all a setup for a gag.

[01:25:15] Like,

[01:25:15] I mean,

[01:25:15] I'm for that.

[01:25:16] Yeah.

[01:25:17] Oh no,

[01:25:17] absolutely.

[01:25:18] It's just,

[01:25:18] it was just funny.

[01:25:19] It was just like,

[01:25:23] I was like the Duncan just like passed out from the frightful appearance of his,

[01:25:26] of his aunt.

[01:25:28] Yes.

[01:25:30] But,

[01:25:31] uh,

[01:25:31] yeah,

[01:25:31] that's the end of a chapter two for me.

[01:25:33] So Mikey,

[01:25:35] uh,

[01:25:37] I'm good.

[01:25:38] All right.

[01:25:39] Gamer.

[01:25:40] What do I have?

[01:25:43] Absolutely nothing.

[01:25:44] Really?

[01:25:45] Yeah.

[01:25:45] I got nothing to say on that.

[01:25:47] Okay.

[01:25:47] Fair enough.

[01:25:47] I mean,

[01:25:47] we did,

[01:25:47] we did cover some stuff earlier,

[01:25:49] so yeah.

[01:25:49] Yeah.

[01:25:49] Yeah.

[01:25:50] All right.

[01:25:51] On to chapter three in search of,

[01:25:54] uh,

[01:25:55] so here's the quote I have.

[01:25:57] It was nearly half past midnight by the time Kess crawled into bed in the Gregory's guest room.

[01:26:03] Outside the wind still howled while torrents of rain lashed the sidewalks and swirled into the streets.

[01:26:09] After a brief scowl at the sudden clatter of rain against the window pane or the window glass,

[01:26:16] she drew the covers over the chin and peered up at the ornate scallop headboard.

[01:26:22] It's weird,

[01:26:22] right?

[01:26:25] That's all I want to talk about.

[01:26:26] Yeah,

[01:26:27] it really is like the chin.

[01:26:29] Um,

[01:26:30] no,

[01:26:30] I,

[01:26:30] this is actually a comment.

[01:26:31] Cause like there's multiple times in this story where,

[01:26:33] uh,

[01:26:33] in this story specifically where it covers it.

[01:26:35] I like how this story addresses something we brought up from a previous story about the weather,

[01:26:40] like holding them back inside the house or inside the building or keeping specifically Kess in the building and some of that.

[01:26:46] And I like that they kept like in this story,

[01:26:48] they seem to actually like,

[01:26:49] they do like have a couple of like scenes where they refer to the heavy rain and like,

[01:26:54] it's still bad out there.

[01:26:55] Uh,

[01:26:56] and so like Kess really doesn't want to like go and go back to her cottage.

[01:26:59] So like they're staying,

[01:27:00] she's staying at the guest room of this place.

[01:27:01] So,

[01:27:02] um,

[01:27:03] I do like that.

[01:27:04] They're,

[01:27:05] they're actually,

[01:27:05] this story at least pointedly points out that the rain and the storm is still like brewing out there and keeping Kess kind of inside or keeping Kess indoors.

[01:27:17] But,

[01:27:17] uh,

[01:27:18] and then my,

[01:27:20] my last thing for chapter three here is,

[01:27:23] is this quote here.

[01:27:24] Uh,

[01:27:25] this is from Kess by the way,

[01:27:26] like as she talks to,

[01:27:27] to Dr.

[01:27:27] Akron.

[01:27:29] It had to have been a ghost.

[01:27:30] Kess told Dr.

[01:27:31] Akron shortly before he left for home or a gin even.

[01:27:35] That's why the police didn't find a corpse under all those books.

[01:27:38] Oh,

[01:27:39] now suddenly she believes in ghosts and shit.

[01:27:44] Like up till before that,

[01:27:46] like she'd been now,

[01:27:47] mind you,

[01:27:49] I don't know exactly if she was skeptical in the book.

[01:27:53] bookstore horror,

[01:27:54] uh,

[01:27:55] story.

[01:27:55] Or if that was,

[01:27:56] if she was skeptical,

[01:27:58] like three years prior in the flashbacks when she was younger and like a little bit,

[01:28:03] at least a little bit more inexperienced with this kind of stuff.

[01:28:06] So like,

[01:28:07] maybe I'm just like drawing my ire on a younger version of Kess versus like the now,

[01:28:12] like the,

[01:28:13] the Kess that actually does believe in some of this bullshit.

[01:28:16] I don't know.

[01:28:17] I'm pretty sure like in the bookstore,

[01:28:19] she's like constantly saying,

[01:28:21] no,

[01:28:21] that can't be real.

[01:28:23] Like,

[01:28:23] cause she was trying to rationalize all the weird shit that was happening and didn't believe it.

[01:28:28] Or is it that case of that?

[01:28:30] We were,

[01:28:30] we had brought up where it's like,

[01:28:31] she's just denying what she's fears.

[01:28:33] Like,

[01:28:34] she's like,

[01:28:34] no,

[01:28:35] it can't be that.

[01:28:35] No,

[01:28:35] no,

[01:28:36] it can't be that.

[01:28:36] No,

[01:28:36] that would,

[01:28:37] that would be too scary.

[01:28:41] Um,

[01:28:41] but in her heart of hearts,

[01:28:42] she,

[01:28:43] she knows it's,

[01:28:44] there's something supernatural afoot.

[01:28:45] Yeah.

[01:28:46] Yeah.

[01:28:47] But yeah,

[01:28:47] I just love that.

[01:28:48] It's like,

[01:28:48] like I like what she,

[01:28:49] as soon as she starts breathing,

[01:28:49] like,

[01:28:50] Oh,

[01:28:50] it had to be a ghost.

[01:28:51] Like,

[01:28:51] Oh,

[01:28:51] now you believe in ghost bitch.

[01:28:56] Uh,

[01:28:56] but yeah.

[01:28:58] Um,

[01:28:59] that's all I got for chapter three.

[01:29:01] So Mikey.

[01:29:04] I'm good.

[01:29:06] Gamer.

[01:29:07] I,

[01:29:09] I'm bad.

[01:29:11] I'm bad.

[01:29:12] I'm bad.

[01:29:12] You much,

[01:29:12] I'm on.

[01:29:13] But no,

[01:29:14] I actually have nothing to say.

[01:29:15] Oh,

[01:29:16] really?

[01:29:16] Okay.

[01:29:17] Yeah.

[01:29:18] All right.

[01:29:18] On to chapter four,

[01:29:20] the expat or the expats.

[01:29:23] Um,

[01:29:24] so I'm going to start with this quote here.

[01:29:27] 15th of September,

[01:29:28] 2012.

[01:29:29] It was a Saturday afternoon in the local Swanwick library and Cass was frustrated.

[01:29:34] Instead of blazing headlines,

[01:29:36] heralding the mystery of the three,

[01:29:38] missing evacuee children.

[01:29:41] She found only a short paragraph stating that the three or the three of the ungrateful gutter snipes had taken French leave.

[01:29:52] So as soon as I got into this part,

[01:29:53] I was like,

[01:29:54] ah,

[01:29:54] so we,

[01:29:55] we,

[01:29:55] we are in fact,

[01:29:57] or we're,

[01:29:57] so we're,

[01:29:58] we're back into the flashback,

[01:30:00] but this time it's a progression of the flashback.

[01:30:03] Like before,

[01:30:04] like the,

[01:30:04] with the unquiet past and present,

[01:30:06] that was a flashback.

[01:30:07] This is like a sequel to that flashback because this is like basically like the next day or like a couple of days later.

[01:30:13] Um,

[01:30:13] as she's like looking into like the,

[01:30:16] um,

[01:30:16] the story that was told to her by Madam Mosley and such about the three missing kids and such.

[01:30:21] Cause I think at this point she was like,

[01:30:23] I think in unpleasant,

[01:30:24] uh,

[01:30:25] past and present,

[01:30:25] uh,

[01:30:26] past and present,

[01:30:26] she wanted to like look into stuff and like,

[01:30:28] even like jot down into her for her journals and such.

[01:30:31] So she wanted to know more about those stories that she had heard from.

[01:30:35] Yeah.

[01:30:35] So again,

[01:30:36] it was just cool that like,

[01:30:37] oh,

[01:30:37] we're okay.

[01:30:37] We're now in a flashback and I can determine because the previous story,

[01:30:41] uh,

[01:30:42] an unquiet past and present was,

[01:30:44] I believe the 5th of September 2012.

[01:30:47] And this one's the 15th of September.

[01:30:48] So like a couple of,

[01:30:49] about a week or more has passed since those events.

[01:30:51] So again,

[01:30:53] I'm,

[01:30:57] and like making sure like I'm on the right path or on the right page here.

[01:31:01] So,

[01:31:03] but the next thing I have here is,

[01:31:05] uh,

[01:31:06] when she inquired at the main desk as to why she could only find one article that cast such a disparaging light upon some young,

[01:31:15] possibly confused and frightened kids,

[01:31:18] the elderly hippopode,

[01:31:20] uh,

[01:31:21] the,

[01:31:21] sorry,

[01:31:21] the elderly hippopode librarian just sighed and shook her gray maned head.

[01:31:26] So I had to look this one up again,

[01:31:28] because again,

[01:31:29] it's,

[01:31:29] it's a folklore.

[01:31:30] It's,

[01:31:30] it seems to be some kind of,

[01:31:31] uh,

[01:31:31] like entity or creature referenced.

[01:31:33] And so a hippopode is from Greek mythology.

[01:31:37] They were a tribe of people with the lower half of a horse and the upper half of a human.

[01:31:42] Though think more like a satyr rather than a centaur.

[01:31:45] Like they had like,

[01:31:45] basically their legs were horses,

[01:31:47] but they didn't have like a centaur body.

[01:31:50] So it's a reverse minotaur.

[01:31:53] Yeah,

[01:31:53] basically.

[01:31:54] Yeah.

[01:31:54] Or,

[01:31:54] but no,

[01:31:54] except,

[01:31:55] except the minotaur is a bull.

[01:31:56] Whereas these are horse,

[01:31:57] uh,

[01:31:57] like these are horses.

[01:31:58] I get that same style though.

[01:32:01] Yeah,

[01:32:01] basically.

[01:32:01] Yeah.

[01:32:02] Um,

[01:32:03] no,

[01:32:03] because no,

[01:32:04] it's a river,

[01:32:04] it's a centaur or it's a satyr.

[01:32:06] So like,

[01:32:06] except instead of a,

[01:32:07] uh,

[01:32:07] it's a horse satyr rather than a goat.

[01:32:09] Sater.

[01:32:11] Yeah.

[01:32:11] Um,

[01:32:13] and they apparently are,

[01:32:14] uh,

[01:32:14] at least like from scholars,

[01:32:15] they're apparently like an allegory in the myths for like greed and avarice because they are always like guarding hordes of treasure.

[01:32:23] Like they're very greedy,

[01:32:24] uh,

[01:32:25] creatures,

[01:32:26] which actually I kind of find funny that like a librarian is a hip of this hippopotam is a librarian.

[01:32:32] Cause now,

[01:32:32] cause her hoard isn't like gold and treasures it's books.

[01:32:36] Knowledge.

[01:32:37] Yeah,

[01:32:37] exactly.

[01:32:38] It's knowledge that she's guarding.

[01:32:40] Um,

[01:32:41] but yeah,

[01:32:42] I learned a new mythological being today cause I'd never heard of a hippopode before.

[01:32:46] So,

[01:32:48] um,

[01:32:49] but I'll move on to the next thing.

[01:32:51] Uh,

[01:32:53] Kes grimaced slightly at the mention of mayor Desiree,

[01:32:56] uh,

[01:32:58] or Des Rossier.

[01:32:59] The Einsel woman was the very definition of a politician who had tons of money and wealth,

[01:33:06] but not an ounce of sense in her perfectly,

[01:33:10] perfectly quaffed head.

[01:33:12] Ah,

[01:33:13] so now we know that mayor Des Rossier,

[01:33:16] and by association,

[01:33:17] her daughter Vanessa from the previous stories is in fact,

[01:33:21] an Einsel type of fairy.

[01:33:23] Um,

[01:33:24] and then I have an update.

[01:33:25] I was like,

[01:33:26] well,

[01:33:26] I mean,

[01:33:27] perhaps Vanessa is a half Einsel and a half human based on the latter familial connection.

[01:33:33] Whereas,

[01:33:34] uh,

[01:33:34] where apparently,

[01:33:35] um,

[01:33:36] uh,

[01:33:37] her,

[01:33:37] her mother,

[01:33:38] or apparently,

[01:33:38] um,

[01:33:39] may the mayor's half,

[01:33:40] uh,

[01:33:41] or like the mayor's mother-in-law is a human.

[01:33:44] Uh,

[01:33:45] later on,

[01:33:45] it mentions that.

[01:33:46] So,

[01:33:47] um,

[01:33:48] um,

[01:33:48] so she's a half human,

[01:33:49] half fairy,

[01:33:50] um,

[01:33:51] uh,

[01:33:52] creature or being perhaps,

[01:33:56] but,

[01:33:57] uh,

[01:33:57] and then I'll move on to the next thing I have here.

[01:34:00] And there was even some talk about them running to join a skilk band.

[01:34:04] What is skilk?

[01:34:07] Did we,

[01:34:08] did we bring this?

[01:34:08] Did we,

[01:34:09] wait,

[01:34:09] hang on.

[01:34:09] Did we bring this up in?

[01:34:11] No,

[01:34:11] we didn't know.

[01:34:11] This wasn't,

[01:34:12] this wasn't in the Ellie Lambert story,

[01:34:13] but like,

[01:34:14] I,

[01:34:15] I tried looking up gulk bands,

[01:34:17] skilk music,

[01:34:18] and I could not find anything.

[01:34:20] Like,

[01:34:20] is it?

[01:34:21] I,

[01:34:21] so I'm very unique to this setting then.

[01:34:24] Yeah.

[01:34:25] Like,

[01:34:25] is it,

[01:34:26] is it like what happens when you mix skilk and filk music?

[01:34:29] Filk being,

[01:34:30] um,

[01:34:31] basically folk.

[01:34:32] So filk music is a type of folk music,

[01:34:34] but it's all like fandom.

[01:34:36] Like,

[01:34:36] so like,

[01:34:37] it's like Star Trek or Lord of the Rings,

[01:34:40] like folk music,

[01:34:41] like made by nerds in this universe right now.

[01:34:44] Yeah,

[01:34:44] I know exactly.

[01:34:45] And then they just add skilk to it.

[01:34:47] That's to the mix.

[01:34:48] So it's skilk.

[01:34:51] Which by the way,

[01:34:52] that sounds like a rat.

[01:34:52] If that is what it is,

[01:34:53] uh,

[01:34:54] that sounds really rad.

[01:34:55] Like ska based filk music would be really cool.

[01:34:59] But I digress.

[01:35:01] Um,

[01:35:02] the next thing I have here,

[01:35:05] confusion filled Kes's face,

[01:35:07] but,

[01:35:08] but why would they run back to England when the blitz was still going on?

[01:35:13] She asked.

[01:35:15] That doesn't make any sense.

[01:35:17] Why not run further into fairy and go native?

[01:35:20] Like the humans say that right there,

[01:35:23] like that whole idea of like these kids escaping the blitz in England during world,

[01:35:27] during,

[01:35:27] during the world wars,

[01:35:29] um,

[01:35:30] and,

[01:35:30] and falling into fairy.

[01:35:33] And either,

[01:35:34] and then like have either running back to,

[01:35:37] uh,

[01:35:37] like trying to get back to England or,

[01:35:39] or going further into fairy into like the,

[01:35:41] into the realms of fairy and stuff.

[01:35:42] That 100% is a Vossen scenario waiting to happen.

[01:35:47] And I am writing shit down.

[01:35:50] Fair enough.

[01:35:52] Yeah.

[01:35:52] Like that's,

[01:35:53] it doesn't seem too weird.

[01:35:56] Like she,

[01:35:57] Kes's basically saying like,

[01:35:59] why didn't they just run further into the realms of fairies instead of going back to earth?

[01:36:04] It's like,

[01:36:05] cause they only know earth.

[01:36:07] Like it's,

[01:36:09] yeah.

[01:36:10] Well,

[01:36:10] do you run back towards what you know,

[01:36:12] where you will probably die or run forward into the unknown where you might die?

[01:36:20] Like it might die.

[01:36:22] You're screwed either way because you're running into this weird fantasy world.

[01:36:25] You're trusting these people,

[01:36:28] these,

[01:36:29] this like these people from this other dimension that you don't even know about.

[01:36:32] And they could be lying to you.

[01:36:34] So you could be running towards your doom or away from it,

[01:36:37] or could be doom either way for all they know.

[01:36:41] So it doesn't seem too outrageous for them to consider wanting to go back,

[01:36:45] even though the earth is being completely like wrecked.

[01:36:49] Yeah.

[01:36:49] I think the difference is like,

[01:36:50] like I,

[01:36:52] Kes is sketch reading it or is like,

[01:36:54] why would they,

[01:36:55] why wouldn't they stay in this peaceful place and run back to their homeland,

[01:36:58] which is in currently in like violence and turmoil.

[01:37:01] But then also like,

[01:37:02] I think it even mentions later that like,

[01:37:04] it's like,

[01:37:04] well,

[01:37:05] I mean,

[01:37:05] these kids were like traumatized.

[01:37:06] Like a lot of these,

[01:37:07] a lot of these people were traumatized during the blitz and so during these wars,

[01:37:10] because like,

[01:37:11] so they,

[01:37:12] even if they,

[01:37:13] they,

[01:37:13] they don't know if their parents are dead or not in the blitz,

[01:37:15] like they still want to see if they can find their parents.

[01:37:18] Plus,

[01:37:18] Kes is also from this world and knows that this world is quote unquote friendly.

[01:37:23] Yeah.

[01:37:24] So.

[01:37:24] Whereas most of human civilization,

[01:37:26] most of human folklore is like,

[01:37:28] yeah,

[01:37:28] don't go to the ferry.

[01:37:29] Yeah.

[01:37:34] Yeah.

[01:37:36] Again,

[01:37:37] I just,

[01:37:37] I love that idea of like,

[01:37:38] like in setting up a Vossen game where you,

[01:37:41] you're,

[01:37:42] you're either the kids who end up like oopsing into ferry,

[01:37:45] like the back rooms or like basically,

[01:37:49] you know,

[01:37:49] it's basically the plot of Narnia.

[01:37:52] Like they go through the,

[01:37:54] they go through the,

[01:37:54] they,

[01:37:54] they escape London and go into the countryside to,

[01:37:58] to a,

[01:37:59] to a,

[01:37:59] an adoptive family.

[01:38:00] Um,

[01:38:01] and find a magical doorway in the back of a cupboard and go into a fantasy world.

[01:38:06] Like that's basically fairy.

[01:38:08] Um,

[01:38:09] Narnia is just fairy.

[01:38:10] I'm calling it now.

[01:38:11] Don't at me.

[01:38:15] Um,

[01:38:16] but I'll move on.

[01:38:17] It's just fairy.

[01:38:18] Try to change my mind.

[01:38:19] Yeah,

[01:38:20] exactly.

[01:38:20] I'm just saying they're sitting on the street.

[01:38:23] Yeah.

[01:38:25] Um,

[01:38:25] sip of coffee.

[01:38:26] Anyways,

[01:38:26] um,

[01:38:29] hopes for the hopes for a few.

[01:38:32] Yeah.

[01:38:33] Words.

[01:38:34] Hopes for a further interview,

[01:38:36] however,

[01:38:36] were soon dashed when one of Madam Mosley's daughters informed Cass that her mother was house sitting over in Swallowdale and wouldn't be home for a fortnight.

[01:38:47] I'm just going to add Swallowdale to the running list of bird centric names in this neck of fairy.

[01:38:54] Like we got Swanwick.

[01:38:56] Uh,

[01:38:57] there's,

[01:38:58] there,

[01:38:58] there was a couple of other ones like Heron.

[01:39:01] Um,

[01:39:03] fuck.

[01:39:03] There was like,

[01:39:04] there's,

[01:39:04] there were other names.

[01:39:05] There were other bird centric names.

[01:39:06] I'm sure there were.

[01:39:09] Yeah,

[01:39:09] totally.

[01:39:10] Shut up.

[01:39:11] Don't worry.

[01:39:11] Yeah,

[01:39:11] we know there are.

[01:39:14] But I'm just going to add that to the bird list.

[01:39:18] Um,

[01:39:19] it's,

[01:39:19] it's,

[01:39:20] it's,

[01:39:20] it's a running.

[01:39:21] It was a joke from,

[01:39:23] uh,

[01:39:24] from,

[01:39:24] um,

[01:39:25] the,

[01:39:25] uh,

[01:39:25] Ellie Lambert story that we,

[01:39:27] that me and Mikey covered gamer.

[01:39:28] You wouldn't get it.

[01:39:30] Let's see.

[01:39:30] Yeah.

[01:39:31] Fine.

[01:39:32] Yeah.

[01:39:32] See how it is.

[01:39:33] Yep.

[01:39:34] Uh,

[01:39:35] but that's the end of my notes.

[01:39:36] It's for chapter four.

[01:39:38] So Mikey.

[01:39:41] Uh,

[01:39:41] well,

[01:39:42] sure.

[01:39:44] Chapter four.

[01:39:46] Um,

[01:39:49] let's see.

[01:39:49] We already talked about transition issue.

[01:39:51] Yeah.

[01:39:52] But,

[01:39:53] uh,

[01:39:53] this seems to be the beginning of a better version of the Ellie Lambert story.

[01:40:02] Um,

[01:40:04] so.

[01:40:06] Unfortunately,

[01:40:07] from,

[01:40:08] for chapter four and chapter five,

[01:40:10] it's like,

[01:40:11] we've already read it because we have pretty well read it.

[01:40:16] Um,

[01:40:16] yeah.

[01:40:17] Like chapter four,

[01:40:17] chapter five are definitely like the,

[01:40:19] just copy,

[01:40:20] at least partially copy pasted.

[01:40:22] So,

[01:40:22] yeah.

[01:40:23] And even chapter six,

[01:40:24] I know what's going to happen because they didn't finish the Ellie Lambert story.

[01:40:29] Uh,

[01:40:31] that's it.

[01:40:31] I do have to agree with you.

[01:40:32] Like it,

[01:40:32] it does feel like it's going to be a better version because we're getting more context to what was happening.

[01:40:39] Yeah.

[01:40:39] Yeah.

[01:40:40] And,

[01:40:41] uh,

[01:40:42] this is where,

[01:40:44] uh,

[01:40:44] uh,

[01:40:44] I have an issue,

[01:40:46] which is that if the author has so many versions of the same story,

[01:40:58] why not just remove those old versions that aren't the definitive version?

[01:41:04] Yeah.

[01:41:05] Like that's,

[01:41:05] that's yeah.

[01:41:07] Cause it feels like we've gotten a lot of,

[01:41:09] um,

[01:41:11] drafts of stories that end up being combined into a more definitive version,

[01:41:19] but we can still go back and read the draft.

[01:41:22] Like in,

[01:41:24] uh,

[01:41:25] an actual like story,

[01:41:27] you,

[01:41:28] you leave the draft on the cutting wood floor.

[01:41:32] Yeah.

[01:41:33] Or you'd,

[01:41:34] you'd update the pre this,

[01:41:35] the update,

[01:41:36] the,

[01:41:36] um,

[01:41:37] uh,

[01:41:37] the entry on creepos dot wiki and stuff like that.

[01:41:39] Yeah.

[01:41:39] I'm,

[01:41:40] I'm starting to see that.

[01:41:41] Cause I,

[01:41:41] I did like earlier today,

[01:41:42] I did a,

[01:41:43] um,

[01:41:43] like I went through the listings of,

[01:41:45] of M and Pratt stories on creepos dot wiki.

[01:41:47] And I found a,

[01:41:48] quite a number of them are just like rewrites or like they,

[01:41:53] they've been added onto from previous stories.

[01:41:55] So it's like,

[01:41:56] yeah,

[01:41:57] I'm going to have to go through them and see which ones like are like older versions of,

[01:42:02] of previous ones.

[01:42:03] Cause like,

[01:42:03] I feel like we're just going to keep rereading the same story over and over again.

[01:42:07] Yeah.

[01:42:08] And I think we had the before with a different story where like,

[01:42:12] there's only like two paragraphs that were new.

[01:42:15] The rest was just copy paste.

[01:42:17] Like,

[01:42:17] yeah,

[01:42:18] that was summer break.

[01:42:18] And then summer break 2017.

[01:42:21] Yeah.

[01:42:22] Yeah.

[01:42:22] So I feel like there,

[01:42:27] there needs to be some form of consolidation.

[01:42:31] I,

[01:42:32] I agree.

[01:42:33] Honestly,

[01:42:33] has,

[01:42:34] yeah.

[01:42:35] If you go as we did and read these out of order and,

[01:42:40] or how they were posted,

[01:42:42] because we get the drafts first,

[01:42:45] then we end up reading the same thing over and over.

[01:42:50] Yeah.

[01:42:51] Like,

[01:42:52] um,

[01:42:52] I actually did see that like there was,

[01:42:54] so there's,

[01:42:56] uh,

[01:42:57] Ellie Lambert.

[01:42:58] There's the last day of October short hoggers,

[01:43:01] which is what we're getting into right now.

[01:43:02] And then there's a story called short hoggers in her,

[01:43:05] in her listings.

[01:43:07] And I'm sure that it has some stuff that's added,

[01:43:10] but I have,

[01:43:11] I worry that it's just going to be the short hoggers section of this story.

[01:43:16] So I don't think we're going to cover it because it's,

[01:43:19] it feels like it's going to be more or less the same.

[01:43:21] And we've already touched on a lot of the stuff.

[01:43:23] So yeah.

[01:43:24] Yeah.

[01:43:25] So the,

[01:43:27] uh,

[01:43:28] unfortunately,

[01:43:31] because I knew that,

[01:43:32] I knew the story and what was happening for chapters four and five.

[01:43:37] I literally just skimmed over it.

[01:43:40] Yeah.

[01:43:40] I was tempted to.

[01:43:42] Yep.

[01:43:42] It's the same story.

[01:43:43] Like,

[01:43:44] yeah,

[01:43:44] I,

[01:43:45] I,

[01:43:46] I didn't do that,

[01:43:46] but I was tempted to,

[01:43:49] um,

[01:43:50] I,

[01:43:51] I do,

[01:43:51] I do get,

[01:43:51] you know,

[01:43:52] like,

[01:43:52] it's definitely one of those things.

[01:43:53] It's like,

[01:43:53] I don't want to like,

[01:43:55] um,

[01:43:57] I don't want to disparage,

[01:43:58] like going back to a previous story and like adding things to it and

[01:44:02] modifying it or,

[01:44:03] or adding more context around it.

[01:44:04] Cause like,

[01:44:05] this has given us so much,

[01:44:06] this series of stories,

[01:44:07] these last day of October's have given us a lot of context to some of the

[01:44:11] events that we read in the Ellie Lambert story,

[01:44:15] but it's just like,

[01:44:17] why wasn't that story just like modified to be this kind of thing?

[01:44:21] Right?

[01:44:21] Yeah.

[01:44:22] Yeah.

[01:44:23] Yeah.

[01:44:24] And I mean,

[01:44:25] if you know it,

[01:44:26] it's a copy,

[01:44:27] like you could,

[01:44:29] uh,

[01:44:29] as an author,

[01:44:30] keep the page,

[01:44:32] but like make a new link to this saying at the top saying,

[01:44:36] this is an outdated version.

[01:44:39] Yeah.

[01:44:39] Please read this.

[01:44:41] She,

[01:44:42] she does,

[01:44:42] uh,

[01:44:42] at the beginning of a lot of her,

[01:44:44] her stories,

[01:44:45] they do say like,

[01:44:45] this is an early draft or this is an early version,

[01:44:49] um,

[01:44:49] of this other story.

[01:44:51] She does,

[01:44:51] she does have links,

[01:44:52] uh,

[01:44:52] for some of them,

[01:44:54] um,

[01:44:54] in her,

[01:44:55] uh,

[01:44:55] like in the,

[01:44:56] in the entries on creepos.wiki.

[01:44:58] So,

[01:44:58] yeah,

[01:44:59] well,

[01:44:59] it'd be nice to have a link to the newer one.

[01:45:02] Yeah.

[01:45:02] Just so that we don't have to rehash it over and over.

[01:45:07] Yeah.

[01:45:08] Especially since the,

[01:45:09] like,

[01:45:09] as far as I can tell,

[01:45:10] like aside from like the story just being like added into another stories,

[01:45:13] like,

[01:45:13] uh,

[01:45:14] with a story kind of wrapped around it,

[01:45:16] these stories,

[01:45:17] they really,

[01:45:18] I,

[01:45:18] again,

[01:45:18] I read through like this one,

[01:45:19] and I skimmed through most of Ellie Lambert again.

[01:45:22] So I'm like,

[01:45:22] this is now like my third time reading the same,

[01:45:24] the same kind of like story and plot,

[01:45:27] but it really kind of felt like,

[01:45:29] like there was no real like changes.

[01:45:31] I even like,

[01:45:31] there were some scenes where I was like,

[01:45:32] Oh,

[01:45:32] did that happen that happened that way in the,

[01:45:34] in the last time I read this?

[01:45:35] And I went back to the Ellie Lambert story and sure enough,

[01:45:38] it was the exact same paragraph.

[01:45:39] So it was like,

[01:45:40] yeah,

[01:45:41] there doesn't seem to be any changes in the,

[01:45:44] in the stuff that's being ported from the old version.

[01:45:48] Yeah.

[01:45:49] Mm-hmm.

[01:45:50] It's just the extra stuff that we're getting around it.

[01:45:52] That kind of helps give us context,

[01:45:54] which is great,

[01:45:55] but it needs to be,

[01:45:55] that needs to be,

[01:45:56] or at least it feels like that should be like,

[01:46:00] um,

[01:46:01] uh,

[01:46:01] just have the previous thing be modified to become a new story or to,

[01:46:06] to be incorporated rather than have like multiple separate drafts.

[01:46:12] Like you said,

[01:46:13] mm-hmm.

[01:46:14] In the Ellie Lambert one,

[01:46:16] was it also sort of like,

[01:46:18] um,

[01:46:19] confusing with her,

[01:46:20] like walking around talking to people,

[01:46:22] then all of a sudden she's at the party?

[01:46:25] No,

[01:46:25] uh,

[01:46:25] Ellie Lambert's,

[01:46:26] uh,

[01:46:27] starts at the party.

[01:46:28] Like,

[01:46:29] um,

[01:46:29] the Ellie Lambert story starts directly at,

[01:46:31] as she is describing Ellie Lambert and then like showing her awkward.

[01:46:36] That's where it starts.

[01:46:37] Yeah.

[01:46:42] Cause I had a bunch of other stuff to do and I couldn't finish a full read at

[01:46:46] the time.

[01:46:47] I recall it like connecting better to that part that was copy and pasted

[01:46:52] here.

[01:46:53] We're talking about Ellie Lambert.

[01:46:54] Yeah.

[01:46:55] Like it gripped why she was in town and why they're holding the party for

[01:46:59] her and stuff before the party instead of at the party,

[01:47:03] which is how it is here.

[01:47:05] Yeah,

[01:47:06] I don't,

[01:47:06] um,

[01:47:07] maybe that's mentioned later because like,

[01:47:09] I don't think again,

[01:47:11] I don't think anything really changed.

[01:47:12] Like anything was really modified as far as I could tell,

[01:47:15] but I mean,

[01:47:16] you did the whole story,

[01:47:17] the whole story isn't copy and pasted.

[01:47:19] There's just a section of it.

[01:47:21] That's copy and pasted the whole,

[01:47:22] I don't recall.

[01:47:24] It's starting the previous one,

[01:47:26] starting with the description of Ellie Lambert right from the get-go.

[01:47:30] Give me a second.

[01:47:31] Maybe it did,

[01:47:31] but I just read it last night.

[01:47:33] I think,

[01:47:33] uh,

[01:47:33] so,

[01:47:34] uh,

[01:47:38] let's see if October,

[01:47:39] I want Ellie Lambert.

[01:47:40] That's what I want.

[01:47:41] Uh,

[01:47:48] so yeah,

[01:47:49] it starts Ellie Lambert.

[01:47:50] Wasn't everything Kess,

[01:47:51] or was everything Kess wasn't shock,

[01:47:53] short and stocky with a pudgy baby face.

[01:47:56] Okay.

[01:47:56] Nevermind then.

[01:47:57] Yeah.

[01:47:57] I misremembered,

[01:47:58] I guess it does.

[01:47:59] And then there is an author's note for Ellie Lambert.

[01:48:01] Like this is a much earlier version of last day of October short hoggers.

[01:48:05] Originally it was written for a short story writing contest for chilling tales,

[01:48:10] uh,

[01:48:10] for dark nights,

[01:48:11] though the contest eventually went kaput,

[01:48:14] probably due to the sheer amount of entries and the staff eventually calling it quits due to,

[01:48:19] losing interest or time.

[01:48:22] So it might.

[01:48:24] Yeah.

[01:48:24] So,

[01:48:24] so,

[01:48:25] so like she wrote Ellie,

[01:48:26] the,

[01:48:26] the Ellie Lambert bit and then went,

[01:48:29] went down the,

[01:48:30] uh,

[01:48:30] later on incorporated into this more full fledged story,

[01:48:34] which is the last day of October stuff.

[01:48:37] Um,

[01:48:38] so like,

[01:48:39] I,

[01:48:39] I,

[01:48:39] I kind of get why she separated them,

[01:48:41] but at the same time,

[01:48:42] like,

[01:48:42] it just felt like,

[01:48:45] again,

[01:48:45] it should have been like kind of combined.

[01:48:46] It just should have been modified.

[01:48:48] Kind of thing.

[01:48:51] I don't know.

[01:48:52] It's,

[01:48:52] uh,

[01:48:54] sort of a fickle thing.

[01:48:55] I guess when you're an author,

[01:48:56] like,

[01:48:56] like,

[01:48:57] and you're right in your,

[01:48:57] like you write,