Thank you.
And he told you that he needs a race to be fixed.
We were trying to figure out how we should do that.
How you should do that.
I think you guys have been sent away now.
And you guys are sort of walking the streets after leaving, what was the name of this, the Jewel District.
And sort of heading back towards the ship.
I don't think you guys were back at the ship when you started talking about it.
But let's say that you were walking, you're walking back to the ship, sort of going over what you're about to do.
Maybe this is a good time to talk about just where you are in the story overall as well.
As you might remember, you guys were hired by the Zahn Consortium to kill the Butt Radar.
The Butt Radar's gang, the Radarians, has been menacing the...
The Radarian gang has been menacing Zahn's consortium.
So they need that to stop.
So they think the way to do that would be to kill Butt Radar.
Oh, I forgot to invite Craig.
Kill the Butt.
I want to watch that.
It's always Sunday now.
With the Butt Dance.
Do you guys know what episode that is?
No.
Okay, he can't.
For whatever reason, he doesn't see the channel.
So I'll just record it locally like I am.
So anyway, you guys met the clones.
What else did you do?
You did a couple of different things.
Then you killed the Butt Radar in Black Wind Crater.
Crater.
The fake Butt Radar.
Yeah.
You knocked them out, brought them to Venlana, who's your contact at the Zahn Consortium.
And she brought that Wookiee back to life and shot it and took the medallion.
Later on, Venlana called you to tell you that you did not kill the right person because the Butt Radar is now gloating and hitting the Zahn Consortium twice as hard.
So she's asked you to go to Ord Mantell to follow another trail to find the Butt Radar.
Is that on the same planet?
Ord Mantell is a different planet.
And now we're talking to the guy who's trying to get us to rig a race and he'll give us information on the Butt.
That's the exchange.
All right, though.
The racer cannot win.
He...
Yeah, she cannot win.
Right.
I see.
Right.
So we're walking down the street.
We're still trying to, you know, talk it out, right?
Yeah, we can go right into character.
Yeah, you guys have left.
Ilo Vanden's place was kind of a...
It was really nice.
You remember there was a fish tank.
He fed the fish.
He was very, very adamant about feeding the fish.
Distractingly so.
And...
Ilo Vanden is a herglick, which may have some type of fish about it.
But he's a big name on the gambling circuit.
So...
You went there.
He's kind of a known person.
And he had sort of a nice house that went along with it.
The Jewel District is a very nice part of town.
It's a gated community.
And your old pal...
Oh, shoot.
Do you remember his name offhand, boo?
Purell?
No, that's not it.
Oh, God.
Yeah, you told me.
Pollard.
Yeah.
I said Purell.
Purell.
There was a character named Purell.
It's Purell, and that is Venlana's number two.
That was what I was calling him.
Yes.
You were also calling her Svetlana.
So, yes, you're doing great.
Remembering everyone's name.
Close enough, though.
So, yeah.
Pollard was able to hook you up with this contact and got you into the gated community to see Illovandon.
Good.
Yeah.
Good.
All right.
Well...
Did he want anything?
No, I don't think so.
He didn't want to hang out.
No, he didn't want to hang out.
He desperately wanted the story to go...
To carry on.
Yes.
You guys wanted to hang out and do something fun with him.
And he was like, no.
Get out of here.
You want to scare a Wookie?
No.
Want to talk to our ship?
No.
Yeah, he was ill-prepared.
All right.
So, I say, as Max Skyblade, I take to the skies and race this Flutterplume chick and win.
Sarn, maybe you could do something to sabotage her without murdering or maiming her?
Like, maybe, like, drugging the whole rest of the team?
That way you can get your drugs?
Well, I do like drugs.
But, is it a planetary or space race?
So, these are swoop bikes.
They will be planetary.
Okay.
Mac, I don't know if you know this.
I am better at planetary piloting than you are.
Well, you're saying we both should race.
Yes.
Exactly.
Now, we should just double our work we have to do.
Yes.
Doubling that work for a couple reasons.
One, yes, you will both have to race.
But, currently, you have zero swoop bikes.
Yeah.
So, we would have to get two that way.
Right.
I say we just take two bikes from two people and go.
Oh, he's gone.
No, no, no.
I'm still here.
I just, I toggle my camera in case that helps the jittering.
It does not.
All right.
Let's break into the place.
I say we knock out some, uh, two other, uh, two other guys and take their bikes.
I mean, this is pretty standard stuff for us.
I mean, at this point.
But don't they have, like, teams and stuff?
Uh, yeah, there are, there are.
The team would definitely recognize that we are not them.
Not if we're wearing helmets.
Um, I don't know if you know this, but these don't fit in helmets.
I guess.
Let's get creative here, then.
Doesn't it fit in a type of helmet?
Yeah, if there's two holes in the cut in the back.
Can't you just tuck it down your shirt?
No.
They don't work that way.
I don't think.
Maybe there's a Twi'lek that you could take.
If there is, then I'll take that one.
Hopefully they're green, too.
You know what?
Aren't all Twi'leks green?
No.
No, that's extremely racist, and I don't approve of it.
That really is racist.
That species is like we're normally at.
Really racist.
And for half a second, it's very awkward between you two.
Yeah.
Half a second.
Sarn's going to hold this grudge for a long time.
It's hard until you get your drugs.
Have you guys ever played like a, what is it, a take two game?
Or like, they did, oh shoot.
I'm forgetting the reference.
They did the Walking Dead game.
It's basically just a bunch of quick time.
Telltale.
Telltale games.
You know how like when you choose something and then the thing pops up?
Sarn doesn't go like this.
Yeah.
Or whatever.
Mac will remember what you said.
I guess in this case, if you start, we'll remember what Mac said.
Well, so what do you want?
Do we know where this is at?
Where the race takes place?
Let me activate the street.
You guys are walking in the street.
Hey, look.
Some smoke bikes.
No, that's representative of a street.
I know.
Also, they're speeders.
And they're speeders.
Also, don't go too fast.
Don't let, don't let Mac see these.
He's just going to steal one thing in his bike.
I'm going to take everything.
Uh-oh.
You guys don't know, I mean, you guys don't know where it is right now.
Um.
I thought he told us what, you know.
Wouldn't he have given us the information to go there?
Why he didn't.
Oh.
Bitch.
We should probably go to the casino.
I mean, go, go where?
Yeah, you have to, like.
Does Star Wars have Google ad?
Uh, no.
Notably, it does not.
Um.
You could ask someone.
Yeah, you could just go to a casino.
That's, that's not a bad idea.
Yeah, I think we should go to the casino and ask, like, the, uh.
Yeah, we're not, we're not far from the casino, right?
We're just down the street.
We just walked away.
Uh, yeah, you're walking in town.
Uh, I'm not sure you know where the casino is, but that would be.
I mean, we were in one before.
Were you?
Yeah.
Uh, I stopped in to see, like, to talk sports with that guy.
whose name is not important right now.
strand.
The, the, the, the, the boss?
Yeah.
It wasn't at a casino.
No, that was his house.
That was his house.
But I stopped at a casino earlier to, like, catch up on, like, the, um.
Oh, what swoop bikes were and stuff.
Yeah, what the sports are that he's in, you know, that he's in charge of.
Before you guys went to, before you guys went to visit him.
Okay.
Yeah.
So I could make some small talk about it or something.
I do remember you saying that.
Or I, that sounds kind of familiar, but I did not hear that on the episode.
I think that was at Svetlana's place.
Wasn't she in a casino?
Maybe you talked about doing it, but didn't actually do it.
No, I, I remember doing it.
What did you learn?
Uh, well, just what some of the sports are.
Okay.
Uh, all right.
Yeah.
Uh, you may, you may want to call, um.
Pollard?
Pollard.
Maybe, maybe ask him.
All right.
Hey, Mac, you seem to really like this guy.
Or he really likes you.
You should probably talk to Pollard.
Give, give Pollard a, a ring.
Give Pollard a hollard?
I will.
One strain.
You know what we should do?
We should just flip a coin every time he does a pun.
And, and, and depending on what it lands on is who gets the strain.
Or, or relief strain.
No, never.
How about that?
Never.
If the, if the coin lands like on its side and doesn't land on,
either side, then yes, I guess it relieves strain.
What if that's a 50-50?
You either gain strain or lose strain.
How about that?
We'll make it interesting.
No.
I don't, I already changed my mind.
All right.
Hello?
Pollard?
Who is this?
This is Mac Skyblade.
Oh, yo, I remember you from earlier today.
Yeah, that was earlier today.
Are you having, it feels like it's been, it feels like it's been weeks since we've talked.
It's been.
Oh, are you having fun?
Have you taken up your, have you thought about coming over and checking out our frozen Wookiee yet?
No, that sounds like some kind of.
How about our talking robot head?
What?
No.
How about it?
I've seen a robot.
It's a talking robot head.
We hooked it up to the system.
Did you meet with Illo?
I did.
How did it, how did it go?
What did you think of him?
He was, he was very rich.
He was not afraid to get fish on his floor.
That's how rich he was.
It's not a metaphor.
Really?
I fed the fish.
You fed his, you fed his fish, huh?
Yeah.
Are you going to house sit for him too?
Maybe.
Pollard.
Yeah, I'm Pollard.
We need to know where exactly the swoop bike races are going to be at.
Do you know anything about this area in town?
Look around you.
All right.
Are you behind us?
They're everywhere.
No, I mean, you know, they happen at some of the bigger casinos.
There's one big casino in particular where they have, who are you looking to see race?
The Shutterplume?
Shutterplume?
You mean Flutterplume?
Flutterplume.
Yeah.
The butterfly.
The monarch butterfly.
Oh, Flutterplume?
Yeah, I'm not exactly sure where she's racing.
I've definitely heard of her, though.
She's an up-and-comer.
Getting a lot of buzz lately.
However, yeah, if I were you, I'd probably start heading down to the Path of Coins.
Path of Coins, huh?
Yeah.
At a casino?
No, it's a, you know, famous Path of Coins.
It's like a strip.
All right.
Where's that in location to where we're at?
And he tells you in excruciating, not excruciating, just the most folksy way possible.
That is immediately clear and understandable.
Wow, that was just so clear and understandable.
But we gotta go down by the fork in the road.
Right.
And then past the farm.
Yes.
And then another farm.
No, there's no farms here.
You're in the city.
Urban farms.
That sure is folksy.
No, I'm just...
All right, so...
Actually, I changed my mind.
It was gruff.
I told you in a gruff way.
I'm gruff and dirty.
All right, do you want to hang out after this?
What?
No.
We got some space whiskey.
We got some Dagobah wispy.
Wait.
You got Dagobah wispy?
Yeah.
Oh.
How old?
What vintage?
A hundred years.
A thousand years.
It's literally a thousand, so...
A thousand.
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
That's a good vintage.
Yeah, maybe I'll stop over there.
Awesome.
Okay, well, thank you for the help.
You hear him hang up.
Do we have a picture of this guy?
I can't remember what he looks like.
Pollard?
Yeah.
I'm trying to look in the actor's section.
I don't see it.
Can we roll destiny points, too?
I guess.
Fine.
Whatever.
Let's see.
Can I...
Oh, I have to select a token.
Yeah, we're also not in this picture.
There's Pollard.
Yeah, he does look cool.
He is a gruff-looking wolf.
He is so gruff.
He needs...
I didn't even...
A haircut.
Dude, he could probably kick both our asses.
He should definitely be hanging out with us.
I mean, he did escape from jail that one time.
Yes.
And then he escaped on a helicopter.
That is who I wish I was.
Wait.
Yeah.
How did the helicopter get there?
I don't remember.
Oh, actually, I think that was Trex.
No.
It was Pollard.
Because Pollard didn't hang out with you guys.
He, like, jumped onto a rope ladder and zoomed away or something.
What a badass.
He didn't want to hang out with you then.
He doesn't want to hang out with you now.
Not until he found out we got space with you.
The only reason he hung out with you is because you guys were locked up next to each other.
I would like to think we helped him escape.
I think we helped each other.
Yeah, I think it was through the magic of teamwork.
Cool.
I did shoot a rapist in the penis.
I think you can pull this point.
There it goes.
No, no dice.
Andy got a light side.
Yeah.
That was pretty cool.
Yeah, buddy.
We're all proud of you, Andy.
Thank you.
For once I feel loved.
That was it, huh?
Okay.
Nope.
It's a very sad existence over here.
All right.
Let's see if I have...
I actually don't have the path of coins.
Path of coins!
Well, that's unfortunate.
Oh my god.
All right.
You guys are going to have to use your imaginations.
Imagination!
Not that.
All right.
You guys are coincidentally...
It's not a close walk, but...
It's a nice, brisk walk.
It's a nice day.
You guys are walking towards the coordinates, the gruff, yet clear and understandable directions.
All right.
Are we passing any drug dealers?
Are any people looking like drug dealers?
Not on the main streets that you guys are walking.
If you would like to try going down some side streets, you could...
You might be able to...
Find...
Now we're closer to...
The railway of coins.
Path.
Ah, the road.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thank you.
All right.
Anything you guys want to fill in before you get to the path of coins?
No.
I mean, we're just going to...
I still really don't know how we're going to do this.
I think we wing it.
All right.
You know what?
We're really good at wing it.
It's worked so far.
I perceive almost everything.
It's worked so far.
We're still alive.
Barely.
I say we just go in.
We steal the bikes.
I'll wear a helmet.
And by the time they realize you've stolen a bike, I mean, we'll already be racing.
So it'll be fine.
Well, we're not going to steal the bikes right now, right?
That's what I thought we were going to do.
Are we heading to the race?
When's the race?
You don't know yet.
Oh, God.
Yeah.
Let's go in, find out when the race is, and then see about sneaking in the back way and stealing us a couple swoop bikes.
Okay.
Deal.
Seems like it.
Yeah.
Deal.
Is this pathway, like, is it paved with coins?
You ask into the air.
There's no response.
Does Mac respond?
Mac, what do you think?
Let me get there.
I think you really need your drugs now.
I think we need to find you and get some real in you, buddy.
Things are getting kind of so hazy for you.
Okay.
As you start getting closer, you see that the road has closed.
It's open only to foot traffic.
There is no speed or traffic allowed.
The path of coins, the most famous avenue in Whirlport, is clogged with revelers, most of them tourists.
Vendors loudly hawk their wares.
Good luck charms, souvenirs, and food.
From brightly lit, multicolored stalls as off-worlders mill about, laughing, smoking, drinking.
As a parade of twilight dancers prances by, singing a melodic advertisement for one of the city's many casinos,
you spot a colorful holographic.
Savrip above a casino.
Oh, holographic Savrip above a casino entrance.
The Savrip's stylish trousers are overflowing with credits that spill into a golden pile at its feet.
And the word loaded flashes brazenly above its head.
I slap Mac in the chest, you know, lightly.
I don't want her.
Look, look, look.
Coins.
Yeah, you guys are on the path of coins now.
Yeah, now there's coins.
I see them.
Okay.
The path of coins.
Right, but, um, okay.
It kind of looks like, um, Old Vegas.
Okay, cool.
I've got an image.
I'm trying to...
I'm trying to get it up here real quick.
I mean, we should probably go into that casino, right?
Yes.
Let me see how many credits he has.
How many credits does he have?
He spent a hundred credits on a whiskey?
That seems...
Oh, boy.
That doesn't...
That doesn't sound characteristic at all.
Oh, boy.
That doesn't sound characteristic at all.
Hmm.
What the hell?
Oh, right, because we were celebrating killing the butt radar.
Yeah, and you thought that the world was your oyster.
It was for that one glorious, glorious night.
I was the butt radar for, like, ten minutes.
You were a...
You wore a necklace made of chocolate.
I told you you should have let me bite it.
Okay.
Can you guys...
Can you guys see what I threw in the scene?
Oh, yeah.
That's cute.
Yes.
Oh.
Can you help pause the map?
Why?
So you can move around?
We don't even have characters out here.
Yeah.
He's right.
What were we going to do?
Jump on the roof?
He couldn't have picked, like, a less scary being, to be honest.
He's loaded.
It doesn't make him more friendly looking.
All right.
It's about halfway down the path of coins when you've seen this, the loaded sav rip.
Okay.
All right.
Yeah.
Let's go in there.
Yeah.
Let's see if they have a...
Let's see if they have any dates for when the races are going to be going.
Yeah.
And I want to put 50 credits on grape.
Okay.
On grape?
Grape.
Okay.
Grape.
All right.
You guys are looking around.
You kind of go inside.
There's a lot of...
You know, you see a lot of crazy aliens.
They're all playing various games.
Sabacc.
You know, something that resembles a slot machine, but rules are a little bit indecipherable to a human.
But to you guys, you're probably familiar with these slot machines.
Especially you, Mac, because you've been in and around gambling parlors for a lot of your life since you've left home.
I put 10 credits into one.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
I put 10 credits into one.
Okay.
And I push the button.
Roll a d20.
Not bad.
Oh.
You know what?
Yeah.
I guess we could just use the dice afforded to us by the game we're currently playing.
For the destiny pool?
No.
No, no, no.
Not that.
I hit the wrong button.
All right.
So.
Yeah.
Roll.
What would you use in place of luck?
Let me see.
I don't know, because I don't have my character up there.
Oh, you want me?
I can drop you in.
I probably should have dropped you in.
Yeah.
Oh.
Siren Turbo.
Max Skyblood.
Let me see.
Cool.
I know there's a lot of cool in Sabacc.
Or maybe.
Is that?
No, that don't.
Which one did you say?
I was going to say Charmer Athletics, but I don't know if that was either one of those.
Maybe computers.
Or stick in computers.
But.
Yeah, maybe.
Maybe.
Because mechanics would mean working on the computers.
So.
I mean, that's.
No, computers is either using or.
Oh, I guess.
Yeah.
All right.
Fine.
Use computers.
Okay.
And it's.
Three difficulty.
Damn it.
Goodbye.
Ten credits.
I get an advantage, though.
Your advantage is you've learned how to use a slot machine better.
Are you sure it's not like a free spin?
All right.
Fine.
It's just free spin.
All right.
Now I got a threat.
I got a threat.
The threat is.
It just comes out and punches me?
No, no, no, no.
It just.
It just makes a rather rude gesture to you.
It just.
The animation.
The face comes up and laughs at me.
Yeah.
You got to remember to take those ten credits off.
Okay.
Causes you a strain.
No.
Why don't you just do it now?
Otherwise you're going to forget.
Because my pen's over there.
Oh, wow.
That's a good place for it.
Okay.
Minus ten credits.
Gambling.
Yeah.
I'll get it at the break.
Okay.
All right.
So we should probably go to like the sports book.
Yeah.
Please.
You guys are.
You guys are walking around.
You see no.
You see no mention of a sports book or anything.
It's kind of strange.
Dude, this is.
This is kind of weird and meta in a way.
Because like I have.
In real life, I have no experience with casinos, Andy.
But you work at one.
And in the game, my character is supposed to know everything about casinos.
Oh, what a world.
All right.
So.
Crazy, crazy made up world.
Yeah.
Speaking of which, from your experience, Dad, if there are races, it would seem like there
is a sports book around here somewhere.
A place where people bet on races.
Can we ask the bartender?
Or an employee?
Sure.
Let's go to the bartender.
All right.
You approach the bartender.
It's a Devaronian.
And it's a steady night for him.
All right.
I already looked that one.
Okay.
What a Devaronian looks like?
Yeah.
Like every bartender in Star Wars.
Gotcha.
Okay.
So.
So I called him over and I want to ask him about.
The.
About where we can bet on the races.
You know what?
Let me.
Let me put us in.
A different scene.
Jolly G is not there.
Okay.
It's back when we had our hex.
You know what?
I changed my mind.
Let's go back to our imaginations.
All right.
You go.
You go up to the bartender.
And.
What do you say?
Hi.
I would.
Love to ask you.
A couple of questions.
Roll a charm check.
Ew.
Difficulty?
It's going to be two.
Average.
Hey.
Should have charmed that slot machine.
And.
What do you say?
What do you say to him?
Yeah.
I was wondering if you knew where we can place some bets on some spook bike races.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Then he winks at you.
Okay.
I don't know how to interpret this.
Am I.
Supposed to.
Follow you now or.
No.
Unless.
Not unless you want to be a bartender.
Not particularly.
Then he winks at you.
He winks at you again.
I'm not in the boring.
Well you look.
You're looking to.
To do some betting.
Huh?
Yes.
And I wink back.
I wink too.
Oh.
See.
Now.
Now you're starting to get it.
Yes.
Wink.
I continuously keep winking.
What's wrong with your friend over there?
I don't think he gets it.
I don't know what he gets.
Do you need something?
I got something.
I got pulp in my eye.
Oh.
You want some.
You want something to drink?
Get that out?
Yes.
A whiskey.
Uh.
Yeah.
Okay.
Coming up.
And he makes you a whiskey.
All right.
Cool.
Uh.
Yeah.
I might know.
You know who would.
There would be a way to spark my memory about it.
What would that be?
Wink.
He just says.
Money.
And then he winks again.
Oh.
No.
I was just saying wink.
I wasn't actually winking.
Oh.
No.
I'm actually winking.
This is almost like the secret map.
I.
Slide over 10 credits.
He takes your 10.
And.
10 credits.
And then he.
Wink with my other eye.
Okay.
He takes your 10 credits.
And.
He puts it into his pocket.
In his breast pocket.
And he says.
Yeah.
There's a.
There's another entrance.
All around the side.
Everybody knows about it.
Except for you apparently.
But.
Yeah.
It's over there.
And.
There's a.
Just head over.
Yeah.
It's not marked.
You know.
Don't ask.
Don't tell.
You know what I'm saying?
Is there.
Is there some kind of like.
Secret.
Knock.
I can use to get in.
But.
Do you know any.
Do you.
No.
Do you think this thing.
Um.
Right.
I'm going to try out the one secret knock.
Is there a secret word to get in there?
Why?
Do you know one?
Fine.
It didn't make a lot of sense.
Okay.
Uh.
No.
There's a.
There's a door over there.
Just give it a knock.
Um.
The.
They'll straighten you out.
Okay.
Ooh.
Uh.
We.
As we walk away.
I go.
Hey.
That 10 credits.
We'll pay for his drink.
What?
10 credits.
I gave you.
For his drink.
Okay.
I think I still made out on that.
I'd have to check.
The menu.
But.
Thanks.
No.
It was an expensive whiskey.
I don't.
Okay.
I was the one that poured it.
All right.
You flip a light side point.
Go ahead.
Flip a light side point.
See what I care.
I just flip him the finger.
Ugh.
Wow.
You used to be charming.
I still am.
I was just having fun with you.
Hmm.
Well.
Maybe I'll see you around.
Come back when you want to get something to drink.
Okay.
All right.
So we're going out the door.
And out to the side door.
Huh?
Yeah.
I think that sounds like a good idea.
Yeah.
Let's roll.
All right.
Okay.
You guys.
You guys walk around the side.
It's not quite an alley.
But it's.
You know.
It's.
It's quiet over there.
It's just not advertised.
All right.
Do your secret door.
Um.
Yeah.
You guys come up to the door.
You see.
You.
You come up to a door.
It's like.
It's like one of those doors from the cartoons.
Where it has like the sliding open thing.
Like a speakeasy.
All right.
Um.
But it's clear.
You know.
Every once in a while.
You see someone.
Um.
Go in there.
And they.
Slide open the door.
And let them in.
And then close it again.
All right.
I'm going to do the secret knock.
All right.
Okay.
Um.
Oh, that's right. We can't hear you do the knocks.
Oh, yeah.
Because it filters out the sound.
Oh, yeah.
That's the secret knock.
I could have guessed that one.
And you hear from the...
I'm Cower.
And he opens the door.
Who are you?
And I just wink at him.
I do too.
What the hell are you doing?
We're here to race.
You guys are not racers.
We're here to see the races.
Okay, yeah, we got your races here.
Who's asking?
Max Skyblade and...
You want to introduce yourself?
Max Skyblade and friend.
Okay.
All right, well, you know the deal.
Darn, pay the man.
No, I don't know the deal.
The deal is you have to pay money.
How much money?
You know.
The bartender has got it.
That guy doesn't work here.
The DeGorean?
It'll be 100 credits per.
I mean, can it be 100 for both of us?
No, it can't.
Can I at least, like, try to negotiate?
You can try, but there's no negotiating this.
You have no leverage.
Yeah, but I got, like, lots of money to put down on these races.
Yeah, do you?
But you don't have $100 to pay the door?
Oh, I didn't say I didn't have it.
I'm just trying to...
The thing, it closes.
Oh, what are you doing, man?
Just pay the man.
You pay the man.
I'll pay him $100 of my own money to get me in.
And you have to pay your amount on the money.
I like the sound of that.
My drink was $10.
Credit.
All right.
I gave you $100.
Fine.
I guess I'll pay the damn $100.
But I don't like it.
It's character development.
Character development.
So, all right.
You're going to knock on the door again?
Yeah.
Knock on, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
All right, all right, all right.
Can I help you?
Oh, by the way, by the way, he's a Mon Calamari, i.e., it's a trap.
And Agbar?
What's that guy's name?
Agbar, yeah.
And Agbar?
Can I help you?
Here's $100 for me to get in here.
I give it to him real quickly and say, let me in.
All right.
And your friend?
Just wait for the door to open.
I try to sneak in behind Mac.
This is not my first day.
Yeah, fine.
I give him 100 credits.
All right.
As you enter that, you can hear him get off his stool, and he slides the door open and lets you in.
All right.
How tall is this guy?
How tall is he?
Yes.
I don't know.
They're not that.
I mean, they're a little bit taller than you, but not much, I don't think.
Okay.
Are you going to fight him?
No.
Why?
You're going to fight me?
No.
I was just wondering.
I'm a goddamn fish.
Fish?
I fed one of you.
Yeah?
You got more?
No.
I'm sorry.
I fed one of you to someone else.
No, you didn't.
Have you been here?
Part of one.
Have you been here before?
No.
That's why we didn't know the deal.
Clearly, I'd like to rewrite that.
Clearly, you guys haven't been here before.
Let me help you.
And he makes a motion with his hand, and a friendly Rodian comes up to you.
Basically the same as Greedo.
Guido?
Greedo.
He comes up to you.
Guido.
He's a harried Rodian, and he's wearing a rumpled green uniform.
And he bows slightly to you as he comes up, and he says,
Welcome to the Loaded Savarep, friends.
What's your pleasure?
Swoop bike races.
We're interested in the Shutterplume race.
Shutterplume is an up-and-coming.
Yes.
As you say that, he sort of drops his shtick, his, you know,
How May I Serve You, shtick?
And he turns around, and he starts walking somewhat briskly,
And says, Follow me, follow me.
He makes a follow-me motion.
And he sort of walks at a brisk pace towards the back of the casino,
Until he arrives at a tall, narrow panel in the wall.
He puts a green hand upon the panel, causing it to slide aside.
Enjoy the festivities, he says.
All right.
Thank you.
So that panel was just disguising a short corridor,
And it leads down to some turbo lifts.
That will take you down to the arena.
All right.
Let's go.
All right.
Turbo.
Hey, siren turbo on a turbo lift.
And as you guys go down.
One string.
Hold on.
Are we supposed to see something?
It's all black.
Okay.
I got to drop you guys in.
Oh, that's one.
Oh.
What?
I have to change the setting.
Can you see it now?
Yes.
Okay.
Um.
Oh.
Yeah.
As you get down there, you can see just, it's just a big,
it's a big arena where they do, uh,
where you start to see swoop bikes of different colors doing racing.
Uh, and there's all sorts of money flying around, people holding it up.
Kind of like a, um, like the old stock floors where you see it's just,
just crowded and people just yelling at each other,
taking each other's bets, watching, cheering.
It's quite a sight to see.
Um, however, this is a good,
it's a good spot for our break.
Okay.
Thank you.
What are you being so near the world?
Thank you.
What the hell?
What the fuck?
All right.
Can you guys hear it?
Yeah.
Okay.
You guys have just walked in and you're becoming overwhelmed with the racing going on.
You, you, you, but you both are interested by different things.
Mac, you are interested in the, what catches your eye is the different bikes because you love bikes.
So you're just kind of geeking out by all the cool bikes and how fast they're going and stuff like that.
Um, and you're interested in the people and they're actually racing because you're into racing.
Yeah.
So this, this is exciting for you for that reason.
You're really interested by the sport.
Well, I've got a real big hype boner right now.
It's, it's, it's, yeah, it's throbbing.
And so what you're excited about is that it also seems every once in a while you see a, um, a racer kind of swing out, maybe taking a turn a little bit wider than they wanted to.
Or maybe it's, um, like a contested turn and like the one racer will bump the other one a little bit further out wide and they'll hit traps, um, which explode and parts go flying everywhere.
Um, so the sort of brutal nature of it, uh, the fighting aspect of it is really interesting to you.
That is pretty awesome.
Yeah.
Uh, and you know, they might, uh, they might have a lot of fun.
They might explode pretty close to you, some spectators and, um, there'd be a little bit of gore.
Go on.
Wow.
All right.
Is there any information about when races are or things going on now?
Um, it's, it's kind of informal.
So, uh, it's kind of like going to an underground drag race, although it's longer than a drag race.
Um, so there seems to be some kind of system going on that everybody there knows about.
Um, but it's not really known to you.
Obviously.
All right.
Is there a way we could learn a little bit more about this?
I'm sure.
We'll learn about the system.
I'm sure there's a way.
I say we go find a ticket booth or something like that, or someone who works here.
Ask them.
Yeah.
We just got to look for the wrinkled green.
Work.
Jumpsuit.
Or uniform.
Oh, the concierge.
Yeah.
Okay.
You'll have to go.
You, you will have to go back.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Not him specifically.
Oh, just a different one.
Just, yeah.
I assume that the green uniform is like that.
I see.
Well, it's a uniform for all the employees.
You don't, you don't see a lot of employees.
You do see some, well, that's not true.
You do see some that are sort of maintaining order.
Like I said, it's, it's, it's informal.
So it's not exactly like a horse racetrack.
You know, like it's, it's not like, like, like an earth horse racetrack where everything
is like super well organized.
Um, so there are people that seem to be taking bets in green uniforms and some people like
maintaining crowd, the crowd.
Well, I'd like to try to talk to one of the people maintaining the crowd.
Okay.
Um, so you do see one, uh, a person that's, you know, rather large.
Uh, it's probably about like 25% bigger than like a regular human.
Um, that is pushing being sentient beings of all sizes back into where they're supposed
to be.
I call him.
We walk up to him.
Okay.
And ask him if he can explain the system here for newbies.
Uh, I just don't go over here.
And he's like points behind him, like where he's pushing people away from.
Okay.
Well, I, I won't.
Okay.
Good.
Don't do that.
Do you know someone that I can talk to about how things work here?
Like boss?
Yes.
Like boss.
Like you bet.
Yes.
Yeah.
And he, he points over to, um, another Rodian.
That's just a little bit further.
That's taking a bunch of money and, um, passing some money out.
Thank you, sir.
And I will not go over there.
Don't go over there.
I'm starting to eyeball.
I start to eyeball that place over there.
I think we should go over there if we talk to this guy.
I think that's where we need to go.
I, I will stay back and watch, watch, uh, how this unfolds.
Well, no, no.
I want to go talk to the guy first and see when the shutter plum fight, uh, races.
And then we sneak behind that guy.
Okay.
That sounds good.
So we go to the other guy, the ticket booth master, and we, we hail him.
Sir?
Yes, yes.
You, taking a bet.
What do you got?
Five, ten, twenty?
What do you want?
Uh, what, what is the shutter plum race?
Oh, you want to bet down on shutter plum.
How much you want to bet on that?
A hundred?
Two hundred?
That's a hot, that's a hot race tonight.
What is it?
Oh, it's not, it's not quite the, um, main event, but it's one of the supporting ones.
It's probably, I think it's, uh, the second to last one tonight.
All right.
Well, you want to put some money down?
Yeah, I want to put money down on her to win.
Okay.
This is not the race, by the way.
Oh.
What is the race?
When's that one?
The main race?
No, no, no, no, no.
It's just not, the race is not happening.
Like, the one that you need to win is not happening.
Uh, right today.
Okay.
Uh, I did not do a good job of explaining that, but I'm telling you now.
Okay.
Uh, what are we saying?
But she is, she is, uh...
Uh...
Uh, this is confusing now.
Um...
It's, it's a small one-on-one race.
He says to you.
Okay.
Um, but you know from your information, retconning, that it is not like a drag race.
It's a multiple person race.
Uh-huh.
So, is this a race?
Is this like a relay race?
No, it's like, it's, it's like 12 racers.
Oh, I thought you said it was a one-on-one.
This race now is a one-on-one.
Okay.
The one that we had to stop at.
Correct.
Uh, so, pretend like I made that clear somehow.
I don't know what was going on.
Okay, so are we, what race is this for?
Because we need to get to the race.
We need to stop her from winning the race.
Yes.
What is that race?
Um, it is...
I feel like probably if Illo didn't tell you, he would have told you.
And so, let's say that that race is tomorrow.
Okay, so then do we need to just come back tomorrow then?
Or do we want to sneak behind and get our swoop bikes now, I guess?
Or, what if we kill her?
I don't want to kill her.
Yes, this is not the first time you've said that.
I want to race.
I want to race her and beat her at her own game.
Uh, this, I guess, right now, um...
You'll be able to, um...
Okay, I feel trapped.
What I want to do.
Um...
Okay, well, what if we just try to find, like, the backstage?
And sneak in there.
And steal a swoop bike and then come back tomorrow?
Is that...
Or...
Or you enter the race...
Tonight, in place of the other opponent...
And push her into one of those traps.
I mean...
Seems like...
We can injure her...
So she won't be able to race tomorrow.
All right, so we don't technically need her to win for tomorrow.
Well, I...
Yes, but...
It doesn't matter if she wins today.
She just can't win tomorrow.
But if she doesn't win today, she won't get there tomorrow?
No, I don't...
No, I think she's in the race tomorrow.
So, as you guys are starting to talk about this,
uh, you...
Uh, a guy hears you,
um...
Uh, discussing things and being kind of confused.
And he comes out of the woodwork.
It's a, like...
Portly gentleman.
Uh, he kind of looks like...
Bill from...
King of the Hill.
And...
He's wearing a fedora.
And...
He says...
You guys...
You guys talking about the races?
Yes.
Do you need...
You sound a little confused.
Still a little bit.
Okay.
Uh, can I help...
Can I...
Maybe I could help you.
I...
Uh...
I just love racing so much,
I love talking about it.
Is there a big race tomorrow?
Or coming up?
Yes.
Tomorrow's the big race.
There's a big race coming up.
It's gonna be 12 different races.
Um, this is a type of...
Uh...
What do they...
What do they call it?
Like a pole position race?
The time trials?
You know...
Just to figure out the positioning?
Yeah.
So they...
They do a sort of...
Tournament...
Where they...
They, uh...
Figure it out by...
Doing a couple of little races...
Before the big race tomorrow.
And...
Do you know anything about the flutter plume?
The flutter plume?
Are you crazy?
Place loves her.
Why?
Oh, it's just exciting.
You should see it.
I mean, I hope to see it tonight.
And...
Uh...
Yeah.
No, she's gonna be up here...
Up here soon.
Um...
It's something to see.
Alright.
I'm a really big fan of hers.
Do you know...
Like...
Is there a way I can sneak in the back to meet her?
Uh...
I...
I wouldn't...
I wouldn't do that.
It sounds kinda...
Scary.
Okay, but is there a way to do it?
Uh...
I'm a risk taker.
Oh...
Really?
Um...
He points down to, like, where...
Um...
Like, where...
Like, the mechanics are.
Like, where...
Where her...
Um...
I don't know.
What do they call them?
Like, a little garage, basically.
See, he points to where all the garages are.
He's like, well...
I'd imagine they'd be over there somewhere.
Okay.
And who's she racing tonight?
You know...
Um...
She's racing a guy...
Uh...
Named...
Jaron Adler.
Jaron?
Jaron.
Yeah, Jaron Adler.
Okay.
Alright.
Back, is there anything you want to ask him?
Uh, no.
Let's go, uh...
Let's go meet Jaron Adler.
And, uh...
Well, I want to meet the flutter blue.
Yeah, what do you want to meet her for?
You know, I...
Just so you know, it's not really a public...
Public access there, but, uh...
You know.
Yeah, I know.
I think we'll be okay.
Yeah.
Alright.
Well, thank you very much, Bill.
Uh, yeah, no problem.
And then, uh...
He raises his hand.
Uh, you...
You couldn't...
You didn't see his hand because it was down on the side.
And his hand is, uh...
It's like...
In a piece of cardboard.
Uh, there's...
It's like a little critter in a hot dog bun.
And he takes a bite of it.
Was the critter alive?
No.
No, but it was deep fried.
And it looks strange.
Okay.
Cool.
Enjoy your...
Enjoy your hot dog.
Thank you.
Okay.
So, we start walking to the garages.
Okay.
I asked Matt, I'm like, are you...
Like, do you like this plan?
Is that okay, or...
For what?
What's your plan?
Well, we'll knock out Jaron Adler.
You'll take his place.
Okay.
And then you'll sabotage her during this race.
All right.
Is that a good plan?
Yeah, I think so.
As long as it doesn't resort...
We don't need to murder her.
We just need to make her...
No, no, no, no, no.
Just seriously injure her.
Well, maybe.
I might just beat her.
I might...
What if I just went in the race?
She's still going to race tomorrow.
Okay.
We just can't have her race.
But then I'll race tomorrow, too, because I won tonight.
I mean, maybe that's a possibility.
How do you want me to sabotage her?
Push her into one of those exploding traps.
Well, I mean, that sounds like it's going to kill her.
I mean, it might, but...
It might not.
I don't think so.
It might not.
Oh.
The worst thing that has happened is that she dies.
Yes.
Fine.
Correct.
Whatever.
Best case scenario is you just destroy her bike and she can't race.
I don't know.
I think I...
I don't think I can do it with all good integrity.
I need to win this race on my own terms.
Okay.
You guys...
You guys are still walking down there.
And you get close.
You do see...
You see another human there.
He's bald.
He has beady eyes.
And he's strolling around the garages barking orders.
He's got a clipboard in his hand.
And he's...
You can tell he's trying to keep things going orderly.
When people are running behind, he's yelling at them to get back on track.
And everything like that.
He seems like the person that's in control.
You think we should talk to him?
For what?
Find out where their garages are.
Okay.
Yeah.
Let's go do that.
I don't know.
All right.
I would like to ask the...
He comes up to you because you've just walked in the middle of all these garages.
And you look out of place.
And he says, what?
What do you guys want?
We're looking for...
What?
You guys trying to race?
Schedule's full.
Come back next week.
We are the racers.
Who are you?
I'm Max Skyblade.
I'm a racer extraordinaire.
Filling in for...
Schedule's full, I said.
Come back next week.
I'm Jared Adler.
Yeah.
Jared Adler.
Neither of you are Jared Adler.
I know what he looks like.
I know.
We're just good friends with him.
So I was hoping to go back there and see it.
We're looking for Jared Adler.
We're part of his entourage.
Okay.
Well, that's going to be a roll.
Yeah.
That's funny.
I'm going to put the phone right there.
Throw it right at your feet.
Deception, right?
Deception.
It's three red.
What?
Oh, I challenge you.
I'll fill.
Let me see if I can win this.
Oh, shit.
It's lit.
I throw it at your feet.
It's spitting.
What are you throwing and what are you spitting?
It's a metaphor.
I'm throwing and spitting metaphors here.
Okay.
All right.
Oh, there's a lot of threats there.
He's like...
Okay.
Well, his garage is down there.
Let me know if you're ever thinking about racing.
All right.
Cool.
So, we go our way down there to Jared Adler's garage.
Okay.
No...
There...
You see that his swoop bike is there.
There's a helmet laying on the swoop bike and stuff, but there's no sign of anyone there
right now.
All right.
I'm going to take the bike and the helmet.
Why don't you make sure Jared Adler doesn't come back?
No, I'm just going to kill him, right?
I didn't want to ask.
What do you do with your free time?
If this helps your bloodlust, if this helps your real addiction, get a, you know, withdrawal.
Can I look around and see if there's, like, signs on any of the garages for, like, to see
if, like, I can see Flutterplume's garage?
Sure.
It's going to be a perception check.
Average.
Let's say it's three purple.
All right.
Okay.
So, you do see some signs at that point over by Flutterplume, but you do...
But with the threats, you see that there's some extra security over there.
Because of her reputation lately, she's under some increased security.
I'm just going to take the bike and put the helmet on and ride out of here.
Is that fair?
Yeah.
To where?
Jeez, I don't know.
I didn't think that far ahead.
Okay.
So, you jump on the speeder bike.
You throw on the helmet that was sitting there.
And you just peeled out and disappear.
And so, we don't know where you are.
And probably you don't know where you are.
And it's just sarn for the minute.
Okay.
I run up to the security guys by the Flutterplume's garage.
Yeah.
And you go, someone just took off with a bike.
I don't know if it was his or not.
You might want to go find out about that.
Okay.
They...
I see where you're going with this.
I would like a light side point for this.
Okay.
I was thinking about that.
Or...
Yeah.
But no, actually, let's see.
Let's see.
This is going to be...
Since it's a group, their proficiency is ad, the security guys.
So, it's going to be two purples...
Or no, one purple and two reds.
Or...
It's going to be...
I'm going to say it's a leadership check.
Oh, boy.
Because you're sort of leading them to tell them what to do.
That's usually, like, dealing with groups like that.
Oh, boy.
Do I get the light side point back?
Yeah.
But...
If you want to throw the light side point to get it, then you can do that, too.
Okay.
Yeah.
I think I'm going to use the light side point.
Okay.
To get that, like...
But what do you do differently?
Because they look at you sort of suspiciously.
One, because it seems kind of strange.
But two, because they are sort of security for flutter plumes.
So, what might you do to further convince them to chase?
I just yell at them and tell them that they're going to get in trouble if they don't do something about this.
Why would they believe you?
Can you tie it back to flutter plume?
Yeah.
I think the guy that stole that bike is going to pretend to be her opponent today.
And I feel like she's going to get...
They did that just to hurt her.
Okay.
He's not an admirable person.
Oh, wow.
I'm not here.
I'm lying.
I would make you do a deception, but you kind of just told him the truth.
Not the dishonorable part, but like the other part where he's going to try and race her.
Okay.
So, thanks to some movie magic, they buy your argument and start chasing after Mac.
Now that I slip into the garage.
Okay.
Is there anybody in here?
Uh, let me...
Hold on.
Let's get you into the garage.
Sorry to get the security after you, Mac, but...
Yes, thank you.
On the plus side, I don't think you're going to be arrested.
On the plus side, I'm already far away.
That too.
I have trust...
I have trust in your, uh...
Gone like the wind.
Your racing skills.
Your piloting skills.
All right.
Uh...
Let's just get rid of these.
And I just needed a break from that noise.
Um...
And you will get a break from that noise inside here too, because it's a little bit covered.
Um...
And you walk inside.
It's a...
It's a shop, as you might expect.
Uh...
And inside, in the back, you see a young...
Uh...
A young woman just, um...
Resting.
Like sleeping, resting?
No.
Uh...
Reading a book.
Okay.
Um...
I would like to...
Stealthily go up to her...
Scoop bike.
Okay.
And I want to...
I want to rig...
The bike to...
Explode.
Not explode, but maybe just like break.
Severely.
Okay.
Um...
Go ahead...
Let's see.
Oppose stealth check against perception.
So where is she at?
I guess I probably have her in here.
Perception.
All right.
It's going to be...
Too difficulty.
Okay.
Can I have my, uh...
Character?
Oh, yeah.
Can you guys see...
You guys can't see this?
I can see the shot.
The shot.
Okay.
Um...
Yeah.
And Mac.
No, Mac's not here.
Mac's not here, man.
You said average difficulty?
Yeah.
Okay.
So, uh...
This is the stealth check to...
That...
To go over to the bike.
Mm-hmm.
And I would like to...
To rig it to...
I mean, I don't want to blow it up.
Uh...
That's going to be...
It's going to be a separate check for that.
Yeah.
Uh...
What do you got to go?
Roll...
Roll a perception check.
Average?
Yeah.
Let's just say it's average.
Okay.
As you...
As you walk over there...
On her speeder bike, you can see...
Um...
From one of the mirrors...
Um...
There is a picture of...
Um...
Two older humans...
And one...
And one young woman in there...
Uh...
Who all have a family resemblance.
It's...
Clearly a family.
Um...
And...
There's an inscription on there...
In...
I don't know what the Ord Mantell language is...
But...
Um...
It's one of the local languages in Ord Mantell.
Um...
There's a...
Hand...
Handwritten...
Uh...
Note in there.
But I can't read it.
Um...
I don't know why you would be able to read it...
Even though I really want you to.
He's a Barney.
He knows Ord Mantell.
Ah...
I'm out of light side points.
Yeah.
He's out of light side points.
Uh...
I'm trying to think if it would be a dark side point.
Not really.
So...
Um...
Okay.
So...
I go to...
So I'm at the bike.
Yeah.
And...
Hmm.
Yeah.
I want to rig it to...
So that the engine will...
Blow.
But not like explode.
But like...
Break.
Okay.
Um...
I don't know how.
I put sugar in the gas tank.
Oh, I mean...
You don't have to come up with that.
That part of it.
But you can...
It's gonna be a mechanics check.
Probably not my strong suit.
Nope.
And it's going to be...
It's going to be...
Um...
It's gonna be hard.
Um...
So three purple.
But I'm gonna upgrade one of the purples to a red.
Uh...
Because it's...
It gets a sophisticated bike.
All right.
Um...
From what...
What you're trying to do...
Like you...
You're not really getting anywhere doing it.
Like you keep moving hoses and stuff.
But there's no indication that anything is changing.
You're not really sure if it's working.
Uh...
But you're making a lot of noise.
Yes.
Uh...
Let's...
Let's go back to...
Um...
Mac.
Who...
Is...
Let's say he's a...
He's a...
He's...
He's two lengths ahead.
Um...
When...
Let me go.
And...
He starts to see behind him.
Um...
None of these people really fit.
Listen...
They're not...
It's gonna say they're droids.
They are not droids.
All right.
Uh...
You...
You hear...
You hear some...
Some speeders coming up on you.
All right.
Sweet.
I race away.
As fast as possible.
All right.
You did it.
I'm...
I'm swooping through people left and right.
Um...
You know...
I'm kind of just narrowly missing people.
This is...
You know...
But I'm doing really good.
Because, like...
I'm getting my old bearings back.
You know...
The muscle memory's kicking back in from the old days of racing.
And, uh...
Yeah.
I'm...
I'm racing away.
I kind of can't see with the helmet on.
That's kind of why I took off so fast.
But, uh...
Yeah.
This is going very well for me so far.
Until these guys on my back started showing up.
Okay.
Um...
So...
So you turn around.
And you see them.
They're coming after you.
Uh...
You...
You're...
You're kind of confused.
Because you're not sure why...
Why they're chasing you.
Uh...
You weren't expecting it.
But all of a sudden, they're chasing after you.
In through the crowds.
Um...
You're going high speed.
Uh...
I'm going to want a planetary piloting check.
And let's make that a, um...
Um...
Let's make it average at first.
Cool.
Just two?
That's right.
Triumph.
Yeah.
A triumph.
Woo!
Okay.
So...
You gain...
You gain one more on them.
And...
Uh...
Oh, you can't see the ranges here.
Let me pull that up.
Let me make that visible.
All right.
Um...
Yes.
You...
You gain one on them.
Um...
Uh...
Threats are is that they're not...
They're not backing down.
Uh...
They...
They're continuing to pursue you.
Uh...
What, if any, triumph would you like to see here?
All right.
So, the way I'm envisioning this place is kind of like the derbies.
Where it's just kind of like a racing track, right?
So, I'm swooping around people.
And I'm like...
I'm kind of going fast.
But I go up on like a staircase.
And I do a quick, like, jump in the air over and land and get like a distance away.
You know, get myself ahead.
Are you on the track or you're still like on the spectator side?
I'm like on the spectator side.
But I'm like...
I'm about to make a jump.
My goal is to eventually make a jump to the left and land in the racing track.
Because I feel like the jig is up and I've got to get out of here.
Okay.
I mean...
I don't know what I was thinking riding this thing off into the spectators.
Yeah.
You couldn't see.
Well, you just said that you took off.
And I said, where?
And you said, I don't know.
Yeah.
I don't know what I was thinking.
Okay.
Let's see.
Pilotary space.
No, not space.
Or pilotary.
Okay.
So they...
One...
They...
Let's do that again for the other one.
Pilot planetary...
Okay.
One is starting to gain on you.
And they continue to...
Race towards you.
I'm gonna have them...
Yeah.
Do you want to roll your...
Roll again?
Hell yes, I do.
I'm having a ball.
I'm like...
All right.
Uh...
Planetary regular again?
Uh...
Yes.
Roll it.
Okay.
All right.
So, um...
I see a gate...
Can I...
Yeah, with an advantage.
I see a gate.
And, uh...
I see it's kind of like a...
Well, like a...
Like a loose lock.
Like right in front of it.
That's gonna be pretty easy for me to shoot.
Or, you know.
Okay.
So, I take out my gun and blast it.
And my advantage is that it's really easy.
I'm not gonna bet.
So, uh...
Should I go...
Still go to combat or...
I feel like...
Maybe you should.
But...
Let's not.
All right.
Cool.
So, I blast it.
And that's my advantage.
It was like...
You know, I blast the gate.
And I bust through it.
Now I'm in...
Now I'm on the track side.
Okay.
Uh...
I'm...
The security guards follow you through there.
They're...
They...
You still have space on them.
Um...
But...
They bring their bikes closer together.
And they...
You didn't even realize this...
Or...
It's been a long time since you've seen this...
This done.
Uh...
Because they don't do it in racing.
And it's a thing that you don't...
You don't even think about.
Because no one would ever do it racing.
They put their bikes together...
Uh...
And fuse them into one bike.
Uh...
Which allows them to go faster.
Yes.
Yeah.
Which is the exact face you make.
You're like...
Uh...
Like, oh shit.
Yes.
It's...
Okay.
It's cool.
So, do they gain on me then?
Or what?
Uh...
So, they gain one.
Uh...
They're starting to gain on you.
And...
They're gonna roll to see if they get any more space.
To you.
What...
What is the audience doing?
Are they like...
Baffled?
They are very confused.
Do they think I'm the guy?
Uh...
It's hard to tell.
Uh...
But...
It's kinda like when a...
When a streaker goes onto the field.
Uh...
At first everyone's kinda quiet.
Because...
You know, it's like...
What kind of dumbass does that?
But then, they're starting to get into...
Uh...
The chase.
Because they know...
They...
They think that you are...
You're a racer because you're using a racer's bike.
But...
What's his name?
The guy's name.
Uh...
Jared...
Anio?
Jared...
Jared Adler.
Adler.
Jared Adler.
Yeah.
They...
They think that you're most likely Jared Adler.
But they see the security bikes racing you.
Uh...
And they've just fused like some...
Like some type of Megazord.
So...
Uh...
They're kinda just like...
Cheering.
Alright.
So I'm...
So I'm racing.
I'm getting...
I'm flying down the road.
You're...
You're doing...
You're doing something.
Woohoo!
I start...
I start raising my gun, shooting up in the air.
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
And uh...
You're just shooting your gun in the air?
Yeah.
You're not taking aim back at me to shoot at their...
To shoot at their...
The center of their bike.
You know?
Well, first they gotta...
They're rolling to see if they're gaining...
They're gaining on...
Or gaining more on you.
Uh...
Yes.
No.
They...
They are not.
Um...
Although they do have some advantages.
Um...
They...
Since it's...
Wide open...
And they have Megazorted...
Uh...
They will get a bonus for their next...
Um...
Their next...
Let's say...
Their next turn.
Alright.
I shoot at them.
Okay.
That's gonna be a combat check.
Yeah.
Exactly.
And um...
It's gotta be ranged light.
Probably.
Right?
And it's gotta be...
It's gotta be...
Yeah.
It'll be ranged light.
You can just pick...
Pick your gun from there.
If you go...
If you go to weapons...
You can just pick your gun...
Instead of picking the skill.
You look correct.
Alright.
And then what's...
Is it anything different?
I don't know.
What are you shooting with?
I'm shooting with...
I'm...
I'm driving...
You're diplomats?
No.
It's just a regular blaster.
Okay.
And...
Aiming backwards like this...
While trying to...
Okay.
So that's gonna be...
It's gonna be...
Um...
Three difficulty...
Um...
Because you're trying...
Trying to hit a moving target...
It's gonna be a...
Setback...
A black die...
Because you're on a moving target.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Alright.
Let's try this.
Or because you're shooting backwards...
I should say.
That's fine.
Never used a black one before.
Oh, I missed.
But I got four advantages.
Okay.
How would you...
Um...
Uh...
Let's just say...
I've blasted four times...
And now...
And each time I did...
You...
That they had...
They...
They kind of moved...
Like...
They...
They kind of lost control a little bit.
They're not like in fully control...
Because like...
Okay.
You know.
Alright.
So they will get a setback too...
On their roll.
Um...
Alright.
Uh...
Shoot.
How do I...
Reset this?
Planetary piloting...
Got the music.
Oh...
Oh, man.
I should...
My...
For whatever reason...
The music is kind of messed up today...
So...
Um...
Because I can't like...
Turn this down or anything...
So I'm not going to be able to change it...
Because I have that in here...
Okay.
So they...
They fail their check...
Um...
And you gain even further...
Um...
But...
Uh...
So I flipped the dark side point...
And...
As often happens with...
Streakers...
Um...
You're looking backwards...
At the people chasing you...
Completely unaware of...
What's in front of you...
And...
What's in front of you is another security van...
But it's a security net...
And...
Oh, jeez.
Yes.
And they just...
Throw that over you...
And your speeder kind of grinds down...
And comes to a stop...
Cool.
Um...
So...
I'm gonna go...
I'm gonna go back to...
Um...
Sarn.
Oh...
Cliffhanger.
Yes.
What will become of our hero...
Uh...
What was his name?
Gerard Macklin?
Uh...
No.
That sounds like another fake name.
Oh...
And by the way...
When...
You're...
When your...
Speeder like wipes out...
The crowd goes absolutely apeshit.
They fucking love it.
Uh...
Alright.
Where...
Where were we?
Oh, we were...
I was making...
I failed at the mechanics check.
I...
I was thinking of the scene.
You were...
In this one here.
Chopper's place.
Yeah.
Okay.
This did not stop the music.
Okay.
Oh, I turned that down.
Yeah.
It's...
Okay.
Yeah, I turned it down.
Okay.
Alright.
Um...
You are making some noise.
And...
Um...
The young woman stands up and looks around.
She doesn't see you.
Uh...
Because you're kind of...
Crunched over.
Um...
And have some...
Convenient cover.
I would like to try to do the mechanics thing again.
Keep rooting around in there for...
Maybe taking off the...
The capacitor.
So...
So it doesn't...
Or maybe like a fuse for the cooling system.
So the cooling system stops working.
Okay.
Uh...
It will be...
Uh...
Because that's a narrative idea that's decent.
Um...
You can have a boost die.
Uh...
But it will still be the same difficulty.
Do you get two boost dies for every stealth check?
Yeah.
Jesus.
Christ.
Oh.
Uh...
So it's two...
No, that was the leadership check.
Do you remember what the difficulty was?
Yeah.
I got it.
I scrolled.
I was trying to find it.
I couldn't find it.
Okay.
Um...
You do successfully do what you said.
Um...
And...
Oh, you would have succeeded without the...
Without the boost die anyway.
Um...
But the threats are you continue to make noise.
And...
Uh...
Flutterplume has heard where it's coming from.
She knows it's coming from her bike.
And she's walking towards you.
Can I sneak around?
The...
Like...
The opposite side she's coming on?
Uh...
To one of those like...
Like Looney Tunes things?
We're both going around it?
At the same speed?
Sure.
Uh...
But that's going to be a stealth check.
It'll be the same as what it was before.
I've got to scroll up to find out.
Oh.
It's just too difficult.
Okay.
You are successful.
Um...
Woo!
She looks around at the bike.
Um...
Doesn't...
Notice anything.
Um...
She's just kind of like...
You know like when you're in the movies where there's like...
They're looking around and like...
Is there somebody here?
I don't really know.
Um...
She sees...
She sees again the picture that you saw.
Um...
And...
Um...
She takes it off the mirror and...
Just sort of looks at it like wistfully.
And...
Um...
She kisses it.
Um...
She kisses it.
And she's like...
Just a few...
Just a few more races.
She says aloud.
You can hear her.
Then I wait.
And I...
Hopefully she goes back to reading her book.
So I could sneak out of her.
Um...
Let me...
Yeah, she...
She...
Walks back around.
Um...
Sits back down.
What does she do with the picture?
Um...
She...
Holds it in...
She...
She holds it tightly.
She squeezes it in her hand.
And then sets it back down on...
Not hanging on the mirror again.
She hates...
She sets it back down on...
She sets it on the seat of the...
Of the...
Speeder.
Not the speeder.
The...
The bike.
She's...
She went back to...
And she's walking back towards...
Where she was.
She's...
She's doing some like...
Calisthenics and stuff.
Okay.
I would like to...
Take that picture...
And leave...
The picture of...
The Wookiee...
And the Wookiee Child...
In its place.
You want to swap the photo?
Yeah.
Mostly because I just really want to know what it says.
Okay.
So...
Swap those out.
Okay.
And then...
I...
Sneak out of there.
Um...
All right.
One more stealth check.
Same as before.
Yeah, I guess.
I don't even know why we're doing it.
You have incredible stealth.
It's like me and Deception.
Except it didn't work today.
Oh, wait.
Yes, it did.
Ah!
Yeah.
Okay.
Uh...
You...
Sneak out.
Okay.
That's right.
Now I better go find Mac.
Who knows what kind of trouble he got into.
I'm sure he's okay.
I'm sure he's...
All right.
You're right.
I should go get a pretty dog.
All right.
You guys...
We get back to the racetrack.
And, uh...
Mac, you have just wiped out on the bike.
And you stand up and you start running.
Just running.
Yeah.
Because the bike is completely tangled in the net.
But somehow you are not.
And you just start, like, running around on the track again like a streaker.
And, um...
I want you to do, uh...
An athletics check.
You got it, boss.
Regular?
Um...
Yes.
I think I have a plan here.
Okay.
Um...
You are still upright.
You are running.
Uh...
But...
All this has...
Gotten...
The...
These...
These guards...
As well as, uh...
Two other guards from the other side that are chasing after you.
Sort of Benny Hill style.
All right.
I scream that I am, uh...
Jared Atkins.
Is that his name?
Jared Adler.
Adler.
Jared Madler.
Mackler.
Jared Adler.
Uh-huh.
And that they've got the wrong guy.
What are they doing chasing me?
Um...
That is going to be, uh...
A leadership check.
What?
No.
Yeah.
Why is it leadership?
Because you are trying to rally them to do something?
I guess it could...
I guess it could be deception, too.
I'm assuming you want to get deception.
I don't care.
It's whatever you want, boy.
Um...
I could be...
I could be convinced.
I'm trying to convince everybody before they take off my helmet that I'm the guy.
So...
Okay.
I can't imagine a scene from Talladega Nights.
When he's running around in his underwear thinking he's on fire.
Well, no.
I'm wearing the helmet, but I'm wearing the duster, too.
And, like, I, like, completely...
Besides the helmet, I don't look like the part, but, like, I'm going to try to, like...
You know, I don't want them to take my helmet off.
I mean, I'm not the first person in Star Wars to want to take their helmet.
Come on.
Okay.
I'm going to...
Oh, that's it.
I'm going to pretend I'm a Mandalorian.
That I live by their code.
I mean...
I can't take it.
I don't know that I would give too much backstory to a person who already exists.
No, no, no.
You might want to be careful.
That's a good way to get yourself caught in a lie.
But, um...
So you're trying to lie to four people at once, which is, uh, difficult.
So it's another three red situation here.
Is it leadership or deception?
No.
Uh, deception.
And then another three red?
Yeah.
And then two difficulty?
No, no, no.
Just the red.
No difficulty?
Well, reds are upgraded difficulties.
They're called challenges.
So...
Three reds, two difficulty?
So...
So no purple.
Three reds.
Oh.
That's not...
That one hurts.
Five advantages, though.
That's...
I don't know how they could have went anywhere.
You could have got one more failure worse.
They...
How about this?
They believe me when they don't want to take...
They don't want to take the helmet off, but they don't buy that I'm Jared Atler.
Uh...
Okay.
So...
So the fact that you, uh, stopped to start to tell a lie, um...
They have apprehended you.
Oh, no.
Yeah.
Uh...
And...
I guess you've convinced them with your advantages to not take your helmet off.
Uh...
But they know from some facts that you are not Jared...
What are we calling him again?
Jared...
Jared Adler.
His brother, Jared Mackler.
Uh...
Why does he have a different last name?
Shut up, Kyle!
Yeah.
Uh...
And they take you...
Away.
All right.
Uh...
Sarn...
Sarn comes out to the track to see all this happening.
Yeah, because you're starting to see all...
You're starting to hear all the crowd commotion going on.
And you take a look out...
And you're like...
Holy shit, that's Mack.
And...
Um...
I just pull out my blaster and start shooting in the air.
Oh...
Boy.
Oh, boy.
Thank you.
.