.
Yet again, I did not do a recap or a prologue.
So we're just going to do it live.
Fuck it.
We're going to do it live.
So what the hell happened last week?
You guys walked around for a little bit.
I was covered in the net.
I gambled a little bit.
The machine flipped me off.
Yeah.
You did a secret knock.
Tried to bribe a bartender.
We did decide.
Yeah, the secret knock.
We did decide that playing the slot machines is computers.
So there you go.
It is.
That's good to know from now on.
And currently, I'm covered in a net, but I have my helmet on.
And I'm claiming to be the brother of Jared Adler.
Jared.
Jared Adler.
I'm Derek Mackler.
His brother.
Oh, yeah.
Did not get to the end of the episode.
I did.
I might re-listen.
And then I fired my blaster rifle into the air.
Real cliffhanger.
Just starts blasting.
And then all of a sudden, just...
Oh, boy.
Holy shit.
So what happened when he shoots his blaster in the air?
I see you guys.
I'll find out.
Tune in next week.
All right.
See you guys later.
Yep.
Oh, I guess it is next week.
Cut that into the promo, will you?
All right.
So where did we leave off?
We are in the Rack Track.
The Rack Track?
Yeah, I just made a typo in the name of the scene.
I see it at the top.
That could be the name of the place.
The Rack Track Racetrack.
Okay.
Now, what happened?
Boo jumped...
I mean, I'm sorry.
Mac jumped onto a speeder.
Was...
Stormed off.
Well, not stormed off.
Raced off.
Was hackled on the track by a net.
And then...
Is that a term for what happens when you catch somebody with a net?
Are you being hackled?
Haggled?
Do you say tackled?
No, I think I said tackled.
I don't know what I said.
Well, I heard hackled.
You were caught.
And I was just going to let it slide and Google it later.
You just assumed that I was using a word.
Yeah.
Okay.
That's nice.
I was hackled.
I hope I don't Google it and it's like some really, really racist term.
So, Mac Skyblank haggled in a net.
He got haggled into a net.
Sarn watched the whole thing happen.
Most of it.
Yeah.
Well, he caught the tail end of it.
I saw him hackled in a net.
Yes.
And then I raised my blaster rifle in the air and started firing a couple shots.
Okay.
End scene.
It was, oh boy, end scene.
Yeah.
Because I thought, when you first said, I thought you were firing indiscriminately into the crowd.
No, no, no.
It was up in the air.
Okay.
To create a panic, really.
Seriously, if you put that in like a scene in the show, that would be pretty badass right there.
Just bing, dong.
Yeah.
What it is.
Did we decide if it was indoors?
Oh, no.
It's like underground.
Yeah.
It's kind of like a lower street.
Like the Dark Knight.
The lower whacker where they were like racing.
Not racing, but it was a chase.
And there's a crowd of people that's probably about as big as like that local wrestling thing that we went to.
So what was that?
Like 100, 150 people?
Oh, yeah.
I thought there was a lot more people there.
No, it's an underground racing thing.
So it makes it look like it's a lot more in this picture.
They're a little spread out.
But yeah, that's kind of what we're thinking of.
Okay.
Gotcha.
So people are cheering as Boo is sort of trying to escape the security guards.
And then just caught into the net.
And they all, the crowd goes wild.
So as such, it's still kind of loud there.
But all the cars, all the, not the cars, the bikes.
Speeders.
Yeah, the speeder bike have cleared off the track because it was in between races.
And when you shoot your blaster in the air, you get your desired effect, which is attention.
And they all turn towards you.
There's still slowly, they sort of, there's, how many?
There were four guards who have gotten closer to Mack as they start escorting him off.
And he's yelling through his helmet about saying something about him being Jed Mackler.
What's his name?
Darren Mackler.
And they, they, everybody looks at you.
Sorry.
I started yelling at everyone to get out.
Like to leave.
Yeah.
Everyone.
So you're yelling to, for people to get out.
Everyone just like stares at you.
Blankly.
Like no, no one's really moving.
I mean, you, you've scared people there, but no one's doing what you tell them to do.
All right.
That, um, that droid, that one that takes the tickets or takes the bets.
I think it was a droid.
Was it?
I don't remember.
What's he, what's he going in?
He's going in the crowd taking bets.
Yeah.
Okay.
Uh, I want to shoot him.
Okay.
Um, how, how far is it?
If it's a droid.
Let's say you are able to spot a droid.
Then I'll shoot the droid.
Okay.
Um, you're going to have to pick, I'm going to pick like a medium, you know, distance one
to make sure I hit it to show that I'm serious and not kill anyone behind me or behind the
droid.
Well, let's see how your role turns out.
Oh yeah.
Um, it's going to be medium, but one of the difficulties is going to be upgraded.
So it's going to be one red and one purple.
Gotcha.
Okay.
I succeeded.
Okay.
So you do shoot the, uh, the droid.
Um, what happens next?
Uh, I mean, hopefully it shows that I mean business and that I do not mind shooting things.
Okay.
So I hope to incite kind of like a panic.
All right.
Um, roll a, so this is going to be, um, either litter, I guess it would be intimidation.
Um, on the crowd.
So it's going to be daunting.
It's going to be one red and, and, uh, three purple.
Yeah.
I can't find intimidation, but I will, well, uh, coercion.
Sorry.
Intimidation.
I think it's, um, D and D and D and it's going to be daunting.
Yeah.
So one, so three purple, one red, uh, you will get a boost because of your last role.
You're shooting.
All right.
My coercion is not good.
A despair.
That is really bad.
What?
A despair?
That's the opposite of a triumph.
Um, so you've, you failed to, so what were you were trying to?
Incite like a panic to make people like run out.
Okay.
Um, as part of the despair, uh, you, you do, uh, people start leaving.
Um, however, there are a, there are a handful of people who in the crowd, since it's a bunch
of, or, you know, um, what do you call it?
Criminals, uh, that are also armed.
Um, and they, they turn, they, they pull out their weapons and point it towards you.
Um, again, the Mac is still being escorted by these.
Well, he's kind of frozen and the four security guards kind of tighten around him sort of like
back to back.
Do they got their guns?
No, go ahead.
Do they got their guns on me?
Like, are they, are they armed?
They, they are armed.
Um, they're not, yeah, they're not.
Are they distracted by what Sarn has done?
They are certainly facing Sarn right now.
All right.
Um, they're, they're very close to you to try to stop you from running, but they're, they
have all their eyes on Sarn.
All right.
Cause here's, okay.
So I'm trying to think of what I can do.
Cause I'm trying to think of what we're here for, which is a bike, right?
You know, this is not going well for us getting a bike.
Um, can I grab one of the guards and hold them hostage?
Uh, that would be, I would say a coercion.
Uh, that won't be, I don't think that would be coercion.
That will be like whatever the like brawl or.
What's the other one?
Melee.
I would say it would be brawl.
I would say it's athletics to get the net off of you first.
Oh yeah, that's true.
No, they pulled them out of the net when they were.
Okay.
Yeah.
The net was like, they threw it out to stop him.
It was like his big net.
And so they pulled them out.
Um, yes, you have your hands behind your back.
Uh, but I don't think they cuffed you.
No, they would never cuff Darren Macklin.
I'm not sure that they've noticed the Darren Macklin part yet.
I don't know how I've been screaming it through this.
It's this helmet, but.
Right.
Um, all right.
So, uh, so then should I, can I do that?
I know I'm not, you know.
Uh, it's going to be, I think it would have to be a brawl check against, um, their brawl,
I guess.
Okay.
Is that okay to show?
Can we roll with that?
Or is there something else we want to go for?
Well, whatever.
I mean, don't ask me.
Oh, I was.
Oh, I mean, it's your, it's, it's, yeah.
I mean, that's fine.
But it's your, it's your decision.
All right.
I'm going for, I'm wrong.
Okay.
So it's going to be, uh, one red and, and two purples.
Wait.
If you want to do like an F athletics check, if you're successful at that to sort of give
yourself some space and then do your, um, brawl check, you can do that too.
So like, what if I stealthily moved back a little bit and then jumped?
Would that work a little better?
Yeah.
Uh, what, so what that, so what you would do if you're successful in that, the stealth would
get you a boost on the brawl check.
Cool.
Now, if you fail the stealth, uh, they're going to notice you trying to get away and you're
going to call attention to yourself.
Yes.
And yes.
All right.
So what any, do I run a, do I just run it normal?
Yes.
Um, so the stealth will be against their discipline, which is, um, two red and one purple.
Oh shit.
I put three.
That's got, I'm not going to win that.
There's no way this is going to win.
You never know.
There's no way.
All right.
Okay.
So you start to sneak away.
You start to like step back and try to get away, but, um, they, they notice you, they,
they notice that you start moving away.
Oh, I'm not doing nothing.
They turn away and you do have an advantage.
I do.
Uh, my advantage is that they, uh, I don't know.
I don't know what my advantage is.
Uh, what's a good idea.
Um, they don't grab me.
They're just like, Hey, you know, and point at me.
They give me the old point.
Yeah.
Hey, you, the old point.
Where do you think you're going?
I know where, nowhere.
Um, I, I was, I thought I saw something on the ground and I tripped.
I swear.
I'm not, I mean, look at that green thing over there.
Look at that.
Is that a twilight blasting a gun?
And this causes the, the guards to, um, start.
They, they, they put you under gunpoint at this, at now.
All right.
Well, I pull my gun out then.
Darn runs onto the track.
Or in conversation anyway.
Okay.
Uh, all right.
Let's see.
Then it's going to be.
Combat, I guess.
Initiative.
Yeah.
All right.
And let's add.
Uh, it says independent security and like a, um, a number as if they were droids.
They're not droids.
They're people.
People.
Vigilance, right?
I'm a people person.
What'd you say?
Vigilance.
Everybody will be cool.
So what am I rolling?
Uh, you can just hit the dice in the combat tab.
Ooh.
That does.
I don't know.
I can't remember if that's really good or really bad.
Did you, did you find it, boo?
No.
It's the fist.
So it's chat, then fist.
Oh, I said it.
I said it.
Yeah, you're right.
I'm sorry.
There it is.
That's okay.
And then vigilance, you said?
Uh, no, I said cool.
That's because you're so cool.
Yeah, that's, that's exactly it.
All right.
Well, apparently 1.01 is not good.
All right.
Oh, God.
What the hell?
Oh, that's all the.
That's all of them at once.
That's the initiative.
Yeah.
Um.
Okay.
Uh.
Mac, you do, you did win the initiative.
So, um, or, or it could be Sarn.
It doesn't.
Um.
Doesn't matter.
It's a PC slot.
But I shoot the, I'm just going to shoot the first one in front of me.
Okay.
Uh, you know.
All right.
You are at close range.
Uh-huh.
Uh, because you were able to, your advantage was, yeah, that you made a little bit of space.
So you're at close instead of engaged.
Can you unpause?
Yeah.
Okay.
And then, uh, does that limit, does that, uh, do anything to my difficulty?
Uh, it's, that makes it, uh, easy.
So just one purple.
All right.
And then roll.
Four successes.
He blew up.
Uh.
So, four successes.
What is the damage?
We have to figure out, because you rolled just, what's the, what did you, what was it, your
diplomat's blaster?
No, that was just my regular blaster.
Okay.
Uh, what's the damage on that?
No.
All right.
Diplomats.
Do you have it in front of you?
I'm looking for it now.
Uh, six.
Okay.
So six damage, and then it's plus advantages, right?
No.
Plus successes.
So ten.
Ten.
No.
Yeah.
Okay.
So that cancels out.
And so it's ten damage, right?
Yes.
Okay.
You, you, you shoot one.
I'm going to, I'm.
As I'm going to guess it's this one right here next to you.
Yeah.
And, um, you do damage to him.
He bowls over, uh, but he's, he's not down.
Oh, actually with the soak, I didn't add the soak.
So.
Fucking soak.
There we go.
Uh, you do five damage to them.
Ah, good to know.
Um, that one is, the one that you just shot is immediately up in the next turn.
Um.
And he is going to shoot at you.
Uh, you're at close, so one difficulty.
Uh, he has a blaster carbine.
Oh.
Boy.
Oh, no.
Oh, boy.
Oh, no.
Oh.
Uh, it is.
Ten damage.
Uh, and then a triumph is a, is a crit.
Uh, so with your.
With your soak, that's five damage.
You are at three.
You're now at eight.
And let's roll for your critical.
Oh.
Usually Sarn's in that kind of predicament.
Yeah.
Uh, you rolled a 90.
Oh.
Compromised.
So, how do I.
Can I.
Oh, here we go.
Compromised.
And compromised means.
Increased difficulty of all skill checks by one until the end of the encounter.
It's not good.
It's alright.
I've been on tighter situations before.
Uh.
So, how much damage did you get then?
He took five damage.
Five.
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh.
Yeah.
Did not start.
Begin combat.
Okay.
Alright.
Sarn, you better get blasting.
I.
There's still two more slots before me.
Um.
So, I was.
I was kind of hoping you'd let me take the first one.
So.
I thought I had more time.
Uh.
The other.
The other one.
Um.
You're still at long range.
Sorry.
I don't know.
I just kind of put me.
Okay.
I don't know how close.
So, this would be.
This would be.
Close.
Oh, yeah.
So, we're going to say these are close.
Close.
To Mac.
We haven't used this yet before.
But it's actually.
Pretty nice.
Alright.
So, this would be.
This one here.
If you're in here.
It's engaged.
This is close.
This is medium.
And you are.
At long.
We'll say.
Um.
This one just took its turn.
This.
NPC will fire at Sarn.
Um.
It's.
Three difficulty.
For being.
Far away.
Um.
He's going to take an aim.
As a maneuver.
And shoot towards.
Sarn.
Who is.
Running quickly.
Towards all of the action.
Uh.
Doing.
Twelve damage.
Wait.
I get a dodge.
Okay.
I.
I can roll the.
What would it be?
A setback die.
Hold on.
Let me find it.
Oh.
It's a.
Suffer strain.
To upgrade difficulty.
Okay.
Are you going to do that?
Yeah.
Alright.
Then I will roll.
The difficulty dies.
Or one difficulty dies.
I added the strain.
What's that?
I added the strain.
To.
Sorry.
Okay.
Alright.
So that would add one threat.
Wait.
That's not.
Oh yeah.
One threat.
Which would cancel out.
So.
It doesn't.
Can.
It's.
Just.
A threat.
Um.
Yeah.
So.
He does.
He does 12 damage.
To.
To you.
I think mine is.
I think I got five.
So.
Uh.
Let's check.
I think it's.
Yeah.
I think I got five.
You.
You have six actually.
Oh.
Alright.
That can't.
That can't be right.
Why not?
I don't know.
Because I'm already almost dead.
So.
I'm not going to.
Change it now.
It just.
Seems weird.
You're wearing two sets of padded armor.
I think that might be part of it or something.
But.
No.
I think the.
I got.
Padded armor plus.
So that's five.
That might have any clothing as one.
You.
You have.
Well.
In foundry.
You have.
Padded armor for Ahsoka two.
A padded armor for Ahsoka one.
And heavy clothing for Ahsoka one.
Which adds up to six.
Okay.
So.
I'm not sure.
I'm not sure why you have two padded armors.
But.
We.
We don't have to change that now.
Uh.
Alright.
So you're up to nine.
Wound.
Yeah.
This is a.
Oof.
This is a rough start.
Back.
Yeah.
Alright.
Okay.
Uh.
The one close.
The.
The NPC closest to.
Mack in the back.
Takes one.
Maneuver forward.
Onto Mack.
And does a.
Brawl check.
Or a brawn check on him.
Uh.
A wrestling.
A grapple.
Uh.
To try and grab him.
Oh.
My.
I see you know your Juta well.
Well.
You don't know yet.
I need to look this up.
Action.
Engaged.
I see you.
Okay.
I'm not sure exactly.
But it's going to be...
So when you're engaged,
our brawl checks are always...
...to difficulty.
And I'm going to roll for...
Let's see, weapons.
No, combat.
Brawl.
Right? Is that what you decided that this type of check would be brawl?
Yeah, because melee would be if he was hitting you.
That sounds about right.
Grapple seems like it's more of a brawl.
Right.
Okay.
And he fails.
Do you want to say how they failed, Mac?
They were trying to grapple you?
I tripped him while he was trying to grapple me.
Because I know my Juto well.
Okay.
And he does have an advantage,
which the tripping is going to put you off
for a setback on your next roll.
Don't I ever have a setback?
So that would be two.
Oh my god.
Yeah, you had a setback,
but I can't remember for what.
I got a crit.
Oh, you're going to have a setback
for every check.
Okay.
Sarn.
Okay.
I want to get on the communicator to...
Who's the crime boss?
Elo Vanden?
Elo Vanden, yeah.
I want to get on to the comm with him.
Don't forget you have Pollard, too,
that you can contact.
Yeah, I'm not...
No, I want to contact Vanden.
Okay.
And I want to ask him, like,
hey, do you have anything to do with this...
Or do you have any say in this race
that's going on now
underneath the casino?
Okay.
Well, call him.
Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
Hello?
Hey, is this Elo Vanden?
Office of Elo Vanden.
Who's calling?
It's Sarn.
Turbo.
I need to talk to Elo Vanden.
The one with the fish?
Yes.
You were a real dick to me earlier.
Yes, I apologize.
I really wanted to feed the fish.
Aside from the point,
can I talk to Elo Vanden, please?
He's sleeping.
Can you please wake him up?
Roll a...
What's a convincing check?
Charm.
Charm would work?
Coercion would work?
Charm or coercion?
What was it?
Maybe negotiate?
No.
Persuasion.
What is that?
Persuasion?
Is there a persuasion?
Uh...
No, I guess it's coercion or charm.
Okay.
All right.
I'm going to try to charm him.
Okay.
It's going to be average.
Okay.
Thank God.
All right.
It's an emergency.
Okay.
That doesn't sound like charming.
Hey, buddy.
Yeah.
Thank you for letting me actually feed those fish.
Did you have to be such a jerk?
No.
It was a bad day that day.
I humbly apologize.
Oh.
That's nice of you.
I mean, that's all I really wanted was an apology.
Oh, there it is.
I apologize to you.
Oh.
So charming.
Can I?
Yeah.
Thank you.
It's as charming as Sarn can be.
Okay.
Please let me speak to your boss now.
Okay.
So he goes to get his boss.
So you hear some rustling.
And then all of a sudden,
Hello?
Yeah.
Elo.
Where's the old Vanden?
Hey.
Yeah.
Elo.
This is Sarn Turbo.
The guy with the fish?
The Twilight.
With the fish.
Yes.
Ah.
Yes.
Do you have any control over the races tonight underneath the casino?
Why do you ask?
I am in need of a lot of help.
What kind of help?
Mostly guns.
Guns?
Or you can tell the security to back down.
I don't run that casino.
Okay.
Is there any way you can help me right now?
You're supposed to be helping me.
Yes.
No, no, no.
I've got that covered.
But we need to make a hasty escape here.
It doesn't sound like you have it covered.
No, it's covered.
Don't worry about that.
Don't worry about it, but send guns?
Yes.
For tonight.
The race tomorrow is...
Where did you get this number?
From the fish guy.
He hangs up.
Oh, fuck.
Oh, shit.
Oh, that was...
Can I call Pollard?
I'm so fucked.
Let go.
I mean...
So, I'm going to say that that was an action to call.
In order to call Pollard...
Oh, speech should be free.
If you were to call Pollard, it's going to be another action.
So, you can do that, but it would be a strain.
Because...
Don't forget what's happening here.
That there's some shooting going on, right?
You're charging towards the shooting.
You've already been shot once, and you've stopped to make a telephone call.
So...
No, I didn't stop.
I was doing it.
Okay, you're still running.
Yeah.
Okay.
I still think it should be an action.
I don't think that you should be able to make two phone calls and then get to shoot at them.
I guess is where that boils down.
All right.
So, I can only run one closer, then?
For a strain.
Right.
Okay.
Well, then.
That's what I'm going to do.
Okay.
Three.
Right.
And...
Uh...
I can't take aim, then, right?
Uh...
No.
Because that would be...
I use up both my actions.
Or my maneuvers.
I mean, I guess it would...
Yeah, the maneuver would be the running.
Yeah.
So, you use that maneuver.
And then I will...
Fire...
The one that hit me, I think.
It's the top one, right?
Uh-huh.
Uh, just to recap.
The one...
The one that hit you has no damage.
The one that shot Mac first, I think, has some damage from Mac.
Oh, then I'll fire on that one.
Okay.
Four.
Because now I'm close, right?
Or medium.
So it's just two.
Mm-hmm.
That should be a critical, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
And then it adds...
You have to add 20 to the critical roll.
All right.
Um...
Well, let's roll the critical roll.
Okay.
And how many damage is it?
14?
12.
All right.
Oh, come on.
So it's 23.
23, which is off balance.
Mother...
What did Mac get?
90?
Mac rolled 90.
He got a 90.
Yeah.
This guy gets a three.
Uh...
Well...
But you do add.
Uh...
And...
So 12 damage...
Okay.
And what did...
What did we say the...
It was?
What?
The critical?
Uh...
Unstable?
No, off balance.
Off balance.
Yeah.
That's what it was.
Same thing.
Off balance!
You make a lot!
Uh...
Critical injuries can only be added to character actor types.
Wait a second.
Is that right?
Oh, then I want to yell at Mac while you're looking this up.
Okay.
Mac, call Pollard.
Who?
Pollard!
Are you sure it's a good time?
Just...
See if we can get any kind of help.
All right.
Let me see if I can ring him.
Am I...
Are they...
So is everyone just a...
Am I just...
There's one more.
I'm wounded on the ground.
And, like, I'm sneakily trying to, like, behind, like, a mound of dirt hurt, you know.
There's one more, uh...
NPC slot.
So...
Let's figure out what that is.
Well, I'll call...
I'll call him.
And we'll see what he wants.
But he doesn't like to hang out.
I don't want him to hang out.
I...
I want him to get some thugs on our side.
All right.
We'll see if he can do that.
But I don't think he'll want to hang out.
Okay.
He's...
He's not gonna want to see your Wookiee.
If we don't have the Wookiee, that's fine.
Oh.
Oh, right, right.
Yeah.
I get it now.
It's not innuendo.
I...
I know.
Oh.
Okay.
Minions are killed by critical injuries.
Yes!
I killed one!
Hooray!
Yeah.
That also would have been really helpful.
This can't be a minion, though.
What's wrong?
I said he can't be a minion.
Whatever.
I mean, he's not...
He's not a main character.
He's not in a group.
But whatever.
He's dead.
Okay.
Good.
Because we need a lot of advantages.
Dead.
Dead!
Okay.
Um...
All right.
We didn't do this one yet, did we?
No, we got one more.
Okay.
He uses his maneuver to...
Um...
I get closer to you.
Um...
And...
He shouts...
For you to surrender.
Um...
Me?
Or...
Yes.
No, you.
Oh, okay.
Um...
I shout...
Um...
Just give me my...
I just want my one phone call.
And...
He looks...
He looks around confused.
Um...
And...
Uh...
Let...
Yeah, he...
He...
Um...
Okay.
So, yeah, he takes his action to...
Um...
Like, ready his stance.
And he points at you...
He points his gun at you and just says,
Okay...
Uh...
He's just confused.
He's giving you the opportunity to make the call, basically.
He's not giving you permission, but he's...
In his confusion, you have enough time to...
You just catch him a back.
And you...
And you pull the...
You pull the communicator out so quick that you're able to make your call.
All right.
Pollard!
Oh, hold on.
I'm like...
Back to...
Pollard!
Hello!
How you doing, bud?
I'm drinking.
Fantastic.
What a great activity you've been doing on your time off.
Listen...
Yeah, I...
I treat myself...
It was a rough week.
It sounds like it.
Listen...
Yeah, you don't know what I had to go through to get you that contact with that little Vanden.
Really?
What happened?
I just had to call in a lot of favors.
Yeah?
Yeah.
He's a hard man to get a hold of.
You're a really kind person, Pollard.
I'm not all that gruff.
I swear.
You're a good guy.
No, I was doing it...
I was doing it for money.
That's also very good.
Also fair.
Very fair.
I mean, we're all in it.
What are we in this rat race?
It's the rat race, right?
Going back to the grind, am I right?
Hey, listen.
While I got you on the phone, we're being shot at by some guys.
Are you in jail again?
No, I'm in a racetrack, but I am being shot at.
Any chance...
You're being shot at in a racetrack?
Well, the rack track.
And they're shooting there?
Yeah.
So, we were trying to rig this race, and I...
Wait a second.
Were you the guy in the net?
Yeah.
No, they think I'm the racer's brother.
We've been watching it on the hollow here.
That's you?
Yeah, hey.
I didn't recognize you in the helmet.
See me waving?
Yeah.
Oh, you're fucked.
No, no, no, no, no.
The plan is, I'm the racer's brother.
This is a misunderstanding.
But if you could send any kind of help...
Shut up.
And listen to me.
Get arrested.
Get arrested?
Yes.
Get arrested.
You got money?
Uh, no.
No.
Okay.
Deception.
Don't get arrested.
Deception.
Listen.
Get arrested.
I will come bail you out.
So, all right.
It's gonna cost you.
How much do you think?
How much do they charge for bail around here?
I don't know.
It depends what you've done.
Have you killed anyone?
Not me personally.
What?
You got the green ones with you too?
Is he a boy?
Oh, yeah.
She's pissed.
She's already taken off one of them.
I mean, I can't stop him.
Okay.
Well, I think your best bet is to get arrested and see if we can bribe him to let you out.
All right.
But you tell them.
I am not running.
I am not running into that track.
Listen.
You tell them that I'm the racer's brother and I've got a code that I cannot take this helmet off.
They're gonna believe it.
I mean, this has to happen.
Do you think they're gonna lock you up with the helmet on?
They better.
What if I tell them I have a breathing apparatus in there?
I don't know.
All right.
You can try.
All right.
Let me talk to the green one and we'll soak this all out.
What?
You're gonna party line me in?
Like a three-way call?
No.
I gotta hang up on you until I call him.
Okay.
All right.
Just make sure.
And then.
Sarn.
Come in, Sarn.
Yes.
This is Sarn Turbo.
You're not gonna believe this.
Pollock says give up.
Is there any stipulations behind this?
No, but I say you should run the other way and I'm gonna give up.
That helps me zero percent.
Listen, while they're taking me away, grab the bike.
The one that's under the net.
It's not under a net.
They took the net off.
No, they took the net off of you.
So there would have to be some provision to untangle the bag from the net.
Likely an athletics or coordination check.
All right.
Fine.
I'm gonna flip the light side point to jump into the securities melded together bike.
Okay.
You will have to turn and go the other way.
Yes.
Let's see.
I would like some kind of check on the bike.
So maybe it's some kind of hot wiring situation.
I mean, they didn't leave the keys in it.
They were worried about capturing this guy.
I feel like there should be a check.
What other check could there be?
Planetary piloting.
Okay.
Yeah.
And what would that check do?
To see that you know how...
I know how to drive it and how I can get away.
Okay.
Fine.
But I would like...
So that could be...
Let's say that's average.
But it's upgraded because it's like that Megazord bike.
So three difficulty?
Or two and a red?
Correct.
Two and a red.
Two and a red?
It's not one and a red?
No, no, no.
I'm sorry.
One and a red.
And I would like to describe...
Oh, this is fine.
Sorry.
So what...
So you were running towards...
You were like running full sprint at the melee going on.
You get the call from...
From Mac.
You plant your front foot.
Slide a little bit in the dirt as you're riding...
As you're running towards him.
Turn around and sprint in the opposite direction.
There is blaster fire coming at you.
From the one...
Let's say the one up here.
Just shooting at you.
I mean, they're not hitting.
It's not their turn in the initiative order.
Um...
Well, actually, I guess it would be.
Because Mac took his action to call you.
So, um...
I will still let you be...
Turn around and run.
As part of Mac's turn.
Which is cheating.
But it's cool.
And...
Give one NPC a chance to be shooting at you.
Okay.
Um...
And you're at...
Medium difficult...
Or medium...
Medium range.
Oh, this could be very bad.
Uh...
It does...
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
Oh, wait.
There's...
Wait, can you do a dodge?
I can dodge.
Okay.
So take a strain.
Okay.
Uh...
And I will roll a difficulty die.
Right?
It's upgrading difficulty?
Yeah, it's...
Suffer Stranger, upgrade difficulty.
Okay.
So it should be one purple, right?
Uh...
I think it would be one red.
I think one of these purple should have been red.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
Well, let's take away the two that, you know...
Well, we're not going to take any away.
I'm just going to add...
Add...
Which is actually worse to add one.
Okay.
So two failures.
Um...
Okay.
So that actually would...
Would...
Cancel it out.
One advantage, right?
Uh...
Just one advantage.
Okay.
So, um...
The advantage is...
You're...
You're kind of thrown off...
From your dodge.
So...
When you get on...
And ready to go on your turn...
Um...
Get...
Get on the...
The bike and get...
And do your planetary check.
It's going to be a setback.
Okay.
Uh...
All right.
Um...
Okay.
The other...
The other security guy turns to...
To Mac.
And they...
They start...
They start to, uh...
Close in on...
On Mac.
And, um...
You know...
After the call...
Uh...
They...
They hear everything going on.
They didn't really...
Understand everything that was going on.
Because they only heard one side of the situation.
And they...
They tell you to surrender.
I...
Surrender.
I put my hand down.
But I'm keeping my helmet on.
Yeah.
They yell at you to...
To...
To lay on the ground.
I lay on the ground.
This is so humiliating.
Hands on your back.
Hands on my back.
Yes.
I know.
I've been here before.
And they come over and...
And they cuff you this time.
Yeah.
Uh...
And one of them goes to touch your helmet.
And he's starting to take it off.
I gotta breathe.
I'm Darren Mackler.
Look it up.
I need it.
Okay.
Uh...
This should be a...
Um...
Deception check.
Okay.
Uh...
It's...
It's average.
I'm going to get your ass to suck it.
Triumph!
Oh...
Okay.
Uh...
Let's see.
Um...
What...
Uh...
I have an idea for the threat.
Do you want to do your triumph first?
Uh...
My triumph is...
They believe that I'm Darren...
Like...
Well, maybe he is.
And they let me stand.
And like...
With the hand...
You know...
With the handcuffs like this.
And I do like this to the crowd.
Triumph!
Wait...
Yeah, but they...
They...
But...
Yeah, but they...
They already put them on your back.
Oh.
Um...
Okay.
On the...
On the back of the helmet.
Yeah.
It says...
Do not remove.
Okay.
So...
Uh...
All right.
So...
I...
I guess...
All right.
Uh...
The...
The threat is...
They've also put binders on your...
Your ankles.
Oh.
Uh...
Which makes it even harder to move.
Um...
You...
You do stand up.
And...
Uh...
In this triumph,
You do some kind of pose.
Um...
Which...
The crowd is...
Eating up.
I love them.
They love me!
As they...
As they put their arms inside your arms...
And start to carry you towards...
Uh...
Lockup.
Oh my god.
Uh...
Here we go.
Sorry.
And that makes it your turn.
Um...
I...
I assume there's just some kind of...
Exit...
Exit way out of here then.
Uh...
I guess.
Uh...
I mean, right now you've just jumped on to the speeder.
All right.
You have not zoomed off yet.
All right.
Well then I'm gonna...
I'm gonna zoom off.
Okay.
That's...
That's gonna be your planet...
Your planetary check.
Uh...
There is...
There's one setback.
Yeah.
All right.
Uh...
Two difficulty?
Yeah.
Okay.
Big sigh of relief.
Uh...
Yeah.
You...
You start to take off.
Uh...
Yeah.
You...
You start...
You start to take off.
And...
Um...
I don't know what the threat could be.
Do you have an idea?
Let's say it...
No.
I have an idea.
They hit...
They hit one...
Oh.
One of...
Or it knocks out the navigation.
I was thinking more like...
Um...
They do...
So they're...
They're shooting at you.
And they do hit it.
Uh...
Causing you to strain yourself as you...
You keep...
You keep the bike under control.
Okay.
I like that.
I have to really fight to...
To...
To wrangle it.
Like a...
Like a wild horse.
Yeah.
And then...
I want to...
Drive it right through a barricade...
Out of the...
The underground racing track.
I'm...
And then where?
Away.
Okay.
Away.
Anyway.
Really?
Just away.
Preferably like close to a hospital.
Would be kind of cool.
But...
Alright.
Uh...
Yeah.
You start...
You start zooming away.
Um...
After...
After you do that...
Um...
The last...
The last security guard goes...
Is running to jump on...
Uh...
A different...
A different speeder and chase after you.
But before you can do that...
Um...
A different security guard stops and says...
Forget it.
We got...
We got the main guy.
Let...
Let him go.
Uh...
Let's just...
Let's deal with this one.
Because I am a hassle.
Yeah.
Uh...
Alright.
And so...
Um...
Let's take a break.
But...
Let's say after the break...
Zarn, you're gonna be in an alley somewhere.
Um...
Just having...
Escaped from the cops.
And...
Um...
Mac...
You're gonna be in a jail cell.
Again?
Actually, it was the opposite last time.
Yeah?
Yeah.
What goes around, comes around.
Uh...
All right.
We're doing...
Uh...
A short...
Time jump here.
Mac...
You're sort of licking your wounds in the...
Um...
In the jail.
Uh...
Sarn...
Uh...
You're in an alley...
Um...
Sort of licking your wounds.
Um...
You're...
You're quite hurt.
Uh...
Yes, I am.
Yeah, I...
You also have a critical wound.
I do?
Yeah, actually...
You have several.
No, I thought we got those fixed.
Didn't you get...
Didn't you...
You got...
You got a critical injury, or was it...
Oh, no, that was Mac.
No, somebody had it.
Yeah, Mac rolled 90.
Okay, yeah, that was Mac.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, you don't have a...
You do have a head ringer injury in here,
but we cleared that off?
I thought so.
All right.
There it goes.
I really need to be a tougher GM.
Because that was after the...
After the fake butt radar thing.
I thought I stopped and got it fixed.
Probably.
Yeah, I got it fixed on the ship.
Okay.
Uh...
Let's see.
Siren Turbo.
And...
That's me.
All right.
Let's see what this is.
I'm Siren Turbo.
Gotta love me.
I'm the baby.
Dinosaurs.
Yeah.
Okay.
Mac, you...
You're in the jail,
and, um...
You know, it's kind of a dingy place.
You know, it is a jail.
It looks worn, like...
You know, it's not like a new jail.
Like, you could tell there have been
thousands of prisoners that have come in
and out of this jail cell.
Uh...
You've been in there a couple hours
when...
Uh...
One of the guards comes by
and...
He says, um...
Prisoner.
Yes?
You got a visitor.
Okay.
I let him in.
So...
No touching.
So out from the corner
comes this old man.
Uh...
He has a cane.
He's probably, like,
in his 80s.
Uh...
Maybe not 80s,
but, like...
Definitely mid-70s.
Uh...
And he has a cane.
And he comes in.
Uh...
They let him in the door.
Uh...
They lock the door behind him.
And he sits on the bunk
across from you.
Um...
Hello.
My name is
Darren Mackler.
How may I help you?
Welcome to my office.
I know you're not...
I know you're not
Darren Mackler.
I know you.
I...
I know you
from way back.
And so you look at him
and you're like,
he looks familiar,
but...
He's...
He's just older now.
You can't quite place him.
He says,
you don't recognize me.
No.
Uh...
Should I?
Uh...
Fair and bad?
No.
Uh...
It's...
It's an old human.
And he says to you,
it's me.
It's me, Eno.
Eno?
And Eno,
uh...
You remember from
way back when you were a teen.
Eno was
the guy that used to...
He's like...
And he says to you,
I recognize that
racing anywhere.
I could...
I could tell right away
just by the way you drove that bike.
I knew who you were.
I knew you when you were
still a young man
before
all of this.
Eno?
Eno.
Uh...
Eno was the man that,
uh,
kind of introduced you
to the underground
racing scene.
I believe he was like a
bartender,
but also a,
like a fixer.
Um...
You knew him...
Oh,
we lost Andy.
No, no, no.
I just kicked him.
Does that,
does that character
ring a bell?
Yeah,
I think so.
Okay.
Um...
Then you can,
you can describe him.
I don't,
I don't want to misdescribe him.
Uh...
I'm trying to remember,
uh,
he's the one who introduced me,
right?
So,
yeah,
he's just old and grizzled.
Uh,
you know,
um,
I don't think we gave him any,
any,
any distinctive attributes.
Um...
I think he worked at a,
at a bar where your father
basically forbid you to go.
That's it.
Yeah, yeah.
Your chauffeur
used to go there
and he took you there
and you thought it was
the coolest.
And when you got old enough
to drive,
you eventually badgered Eno
into letting you into
the life.
I do remember.
Dude,
you don't look like yourself.
What have you been doing?
How's the...
You've been,
you've been gone for
20 years.
I've continued to age.
Oh,
well,
you know,
uh,
I've moved up in the world too.
Um,
diplomat.
Um,
uh,
I'm a captain of my own skyship.
Uh,
currently a,
I'm currently the brother of a,
of a,
of a racer.
Uh,
you know,
your deceptions
have probably served you quite well,
but I can see through all of them.
I've known you since you were a young boy.
No,
but you,
that's because you know,
what have you got?
What have you gotten yourself into young?
Oh shit.
Mack?
I forgot.
No,
no.
It was what he,
did you ever,
did you ever reveal your name?
He,
he calls you by your original name from Alderaan.
Uh,
Mackenzie.
Uh,
that's right.
Mackenzie.
Yes.
I,
I remember you young,
young Mackenzie.
Oh my.
Well,
how have you gotten into this?
Uh,
well,
listen,
I saw you on the television.
Right.
I was trying to steal a bike.
The thing is,
is that we're,
uh,
we're on the hunt for a,
well,
it's a long,
complicated story,
but the long and short of it is,
is I need to win.
We need to make sure this one person doesn't win a race.
So I was going to race her to beat her.
And,
uh,
I thought my plan was to steal a motorcycle and run off.
Turns out they didn't think that was a good plan.
And they came after me.
Then my deception,
I got a little too big for my britches.
I don't think they're buying this whole brother thing,
mostly because I don't think he has a brother,
but they're not.
They've let me keep my helmet on.
So I think it's somewhat working.
I'm wondering why they haven't really talked to the racer yet,
but I'm still here.
Uh,
though,
uh,
then it cuts over to,
uh,
um,
to Sarn,
who's in an alley.
Um,
and he,
he's already,
he's called like as,
as a distress to,
uh,
Pollard,
uh,
and Pollard told him to meet up in this particular,
uh,
alley after a couple hours,
after some shit,
uh,
died down a little bit.
So,
uh,
walking around trying to find Pollard.
So,
so yeah,
you have,
you have this,
this hot bike,
and you're just kind of sitting on it,
just waiting in this back alley,
uh,
where Pollard told you to meet him.
and you see the headlights of another bike coming up,
uh,
on,
and it slows down.
And,
and at first you're,
you're worried that it's like a policeman or something,
but you realize it's friendly.
It slows down and,
uh,
Pollard gets off the bike.
Pollard.
So,
uh,
what happened?
Um,
Mac stole a bike,
took off.
I sicked the guards on him.
Uh,
yeah,
he got captured.
I tried to fight
to get him free.
It didn't work out.
Now he's arrested
because you told him
to get arrested.
You look like you've taken a few
hits yourself.
I am.
I'm almost dead.
I'm very close to passing out here.
Do you have a stim stick
or not?
Uh,
a stim pack.
Uh,
let me check.
He goes over to,
uh,
a rack sack.
What do you call it?
A rucksack on the back of his,
on the back of his bike.
Uh,
it's a canvas rucksack
and he,
he pulls out a,
um,
a stim pack.
Uh,
it looks dirty as hell.
Um,
like it's been in his bag
for a long time.
Uh,
kind of,
yeah.
And he tosses it over to you.
He's like,
this is all I got.
Oh,
I,
I open it up.
I clean off the needle
as best as possible.
How do you clean it off?
Uh,
I spit on it.
Okay.
And then I jab it into my
self.
Into yourself.
And what is a stim
item?
Is it,
is it three or five?
I think it's five,
isn't it?
I don't.
remember.
I don't
know.
All I know is that
I'm not holding one.
Oops.
I don't know.
I can't find anything in here.
Four.
Oh,
is it in there?
Okay.
It's four,
yeah.
It's four.
Okay.
Four.
Uh,
it heals you for four.
So you are now at five.
I,
sorry,
I,
I changed it.
Yeah.
Um,
well,
thank you,
Pollard.
You're,
you're a guy.
Yeah,
I'll put it on your tab.
Okay,
fine.
Uh,
so,
how are we going to get Mac out now?
I heard something about,
uh,
a bail.
Uh,
yeah.
Do you have money?
What's his bail?
Well,
we'll have to find out,
uh,
or what kind of bribe we got to do.
I got a nice thousand year old Dagobah whiskey.
That's only like a quarter drank.
That is going to be useless.
Why?
So pretty decent.
It's a quarter drank.
Do you want a quarter drank bottle of whiskey?
Uh,
yeah.
Yeah.
if it's a thousand year old Dagobah whiskey.
Hmm.
Oh,
I'll have to go down to the station.
No,
no.
I mean,
I think you should go.
And tell me.
You shouldn't.
Yeah.
They,
they probably know.
To look out.
So.
Or a twilight.
He checks.
He,
he checks the hollow net.
Uh,
so he pulls it up on his,
um,
his risk communicator.
And he can,
he's checking the news and he can see that bail has been set,
which would be incredibly fast.
But let's say the bail has been set.
And he says,
looks like the bail is going to be,
uh,
1200 credits.
Credits.
Yes.
They do not set the bail in terms of fractions of whiskey bottles here on this planet.
Credits.
Uh,
side note here.
Yeah.
All right.
Um,
how much are we getting from Elovan for this job?
None.
You're getting,
you're getting a clue to help you find the butt radar.
You're getting 20,000 from the Zahn consortium after killing the butt radar.
1200.
You said?
Yes.
Let me remind you,
you can't negotiate with me on his,
his bail.
All right.
I guess I'll pay the bail.
That should be able to either.
Yeah.
That should be able to get his bail.
All right.
And you transfer him the money or you give him a sack of credits.
The sack.
Yeah.
I guess I throw him a sack of 1200 credits.
All right.
Now,
what was your plan?
I,
I don't know.
Um,
I don't know.
apparently we had two different plans.
When you,
when you reach into your pocket to pull out the,
the 1200 credits,
um,
and hand them over this in,
in a little,
uh,
Kenzie and back full of,
of credits.
Uh,
yeah,
just like that.
Uh,
what falls out of your pocket is the,
the Polaroid that you took from the,
uh,
from flutter.
Yeah.
And it falls to the ground and Pollard asks.
So it,
Pollard picks it up and looks at it.
Like,
do you,
do you know how to speak that or,
or landish?
Um,
or I asked,
can you translate that?
Uh,
yeah,
he's,
he's looking at it and he's like,
where did you get this?
I took it off of a bike.
that we're trying to fix the race for tomorrow.
Uh,
hold on.
I'm just checking on something.
Okay.
Um,
yeah,
there's,
he,
he takes a look at it and he sees that it's a,
it looks like an old picture.
Like you said,
or like we said before,
uh,
it's got,
um,
flutter plume is a human.
Um,
and it's two older,
uh,
humans that bear a family resemblance to flutter plume.
Although I guess you wouldn't know that cause you've never seen her.
Uh,
but Pollard tell it.
I didn't see her.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
No,
you're right.
She was,
she was in the,
she was in the room.
Uh,
she was sleeping.
Yeah.
So we're reading.
No,
she was reading a book that heard noises came out,
checked on.
Right.
Calisthenics.
Son of a whore.
Calisthenics.
Uh,
and,
and Pollard's looking at it and he says,
yeah,
I recognize this.
This is,
um,
this is written in,
um,
it's like,
um,
what would you call it?
Like it's written in a style reminiscent of some,
uh,
graffiti around here.
Um,
it says,
it says pay us or else.
Oh,
um,
the,
the group,
the,
this is reminiscent of a style of,
uh,
this particular group.
They're,
uh,
they're slavers.
What's the name?
Do you have a name for the group?
I believe so.
Oh,
Thank you.
Um, no, he does not.
Well, you got the bail money, so...
But, but, oh, but he does, okay, so...
Uh, they're just known by where they're from.
Uh, Rusty Reach.
Rusty Reach, okay.
Good to know.
All right, let's go get Mac out of prison.
Okay.
Uh, and it cuts over to Mac.
Um, and he's still sitting with this, with Eno.
So what are you doing here, man?
Ah.
You know what they say?
Once a racer, always a racer.
And just, I've been here to check out the scene here.
Kind of strange to run into you.
So you're just, you were just in the audience?
No, I was watching on television.
On the pirate radios.
The pirate, the pirate holonet.
Oh, the PTV.
Yeah.
Yeah, PTV.
Uh.
Are you...
What are you trying to do?
I was trying to steal a bike.
You want...
Are you trying to race down here?
Yes.
Well...
Maybe I can see if I can still pull some strings.
Oh.
Oh, you old string tugger, you.
You old string tugger.
You coming in in a pinch.
Eno!
Get you one last...
Get you one last race.
All right, all right.
Darren Mackler's back in the game.
And he stands up and he starts to walk out.
He pats you on the shoulder.
And turns.
And nods over to the guard.
And the guard lets him out.
But before he turns the corner...
Well, and the guard closes the door behind him.
But before he...
Um.
Before he turns the corner...
Uh.
He looks at you.
And he says...
But Pash...
There's something you should know.
Crash is still alive.
What?
And, uh...
He...
He walks out.
You say Crash?
Or Chash.
Chase.
Chase?
Chase Carnage.
Oh, Chase Carnage.
Yes.
Your...
Your former family's, uh...
Driver.
My God.
And he, uh...
He...
He leaves a...
A card...
Uh...
With a...
Communicator number on it.
I just sit in kind of shock and awe.
Like, I've got nothing left to say.
No puns.
No...
No, no...
Any goofiness.
No deceptions.
Just...
Wow.
The first for Mac.
Yeah.
The first for Mac.
Okay.
Uh...
Now...
Sarn...
Um...
What did you do?
So you gave...
You gave him the money.
And...
With the expectation that...
Uh...
You gave...
Pollard the money.
Uh...
With the expectation he's gonna go bail Mac out.
Yes.
What did you do?
Are you gonna wait in the alley?
Are you gonna follow him?
Are you going to...
I'm gonna follow him.
And then I want to...
Yeah.
No.
I'm gonna follow him.
Okay.
Does he know you're following him?
No.
I'm stealthy as fuck.
Well, yes.
But...
You were intentionally being stealthy.
Yeah.
Okay.
Uh...
So...
You are following Pollard as he drives towards the, um...
To...
To bail out Mac.
But you do notice that...
Um...
He doesn't go right there.
He stops at a bar.
Uh...
And has a drink.
Uh...
On the way.
Um...
And so you sort of watch...
Watch him from outside the bar.
Don't notice any funny business other than him going in.
Getting a drink.
Uh...
Getting a second drink.
And then getting out.
And...
Heading towards...
Um...
Mac.
Um...
Which you thought was kind of strange.
Because you assumed he would go straight there.
Yeah.
Um...
But...
It wasn't like he went there and was, like, talking to, like...
Shady people.
He was just sitting there at all.
Just getting a drink.
Yeah.
Um...
And...
He drives off over to...
The police station.
Um...
And...
Uh...
You see him walk into the police station.
Um...
It has been...
Um...
A couple hours since...
You've talked to Eno.
Uh...
Mac.
And...
You've just been kind of sitting there...
Contemplating...
Everything at once.
Uh...
It just all kind of flooded at you.
Um...
Because you've been attacked with, like, the past.
Like, you hadn't seen Eno in forever.
And...
Also...
You've never really stopped thinking about...
Um...
Chase.
Uh...
But also, you just assumed he was gone.
Um...
He was from Alderaan.
So you assumed...
You assumed he didn't make it.
I assumed he was blowed up.
Right.
My God.
Um...
So, kind of these two things at once.
You just sort of...
Kind of flipped your world upside down.
Um...
But as you're sitting there...
Uh...
A guard comes in...
And says...
Um...
Your...
Your bail's been paid.
Uh...
You're free to go.
All right.
Thank you.
And I get up and...
Slowly walk out.
And then...
You open...
You open the...
They open the door in front of you.
Uh...
It's kind of dark in the jail cells.
And you walk through the door.
And it's bright because it's, like, the lobby.
And...
As...
As the sensitivity comes back to your eyes.
Uh...
The first thing you notice is...
Is Pollard.
Just...
Just standing there in a leather jacket.
And a...
Gruff beard.
And grit.
He's got grit.
Pollard.
You're looking mighty gritty.
Mac.
That was a...
Thank you for, uh...
Helping me bail out.
That was a...
A tough situation.
Hey...
You got...
You got some...
You got a good friend.
Yeah.
Did Sarn get the bike?
Yes.
He's got the bike.
Fantastic.
I got a second bike coming my way.
All of...
Am I making this up?
Or is it all part of my plan?
Am I right?
Let's go.
I mean, it's at least half my plan.
I mean...
Well, you know...
I think you might have fought to the death out there.
Uh...
You know...
I definitely would have figured out a way of, uh...
Mac-ing my way out of that.
And...
Uh...
Then...
It goes to the reverse.
Uh...
Sarn, you're watching from, like, across the street through your, uh...
Your hunting goggles.
And...
Uh...
Good purchase.
Good, good, good purchase.
You see...
You see Mac just straight strut out of the door.
Uh...
It's almost as if he kicked the door open and walked out.
And...
Behind him just, uh...
Is shuffling, uh...
Pollard.
Just like...
Like nothing happened.
But Mac is kind of...
Uh...
He's...
Yeah, he's cocky and a little happy to...
Like, everything worked out yet again.
Yeah, I'm starting to hold some resentment towards him for that.
Uh-huh.
Um...
Because that was not a small chunk of change.
And...
He...
And...
Pollard, um...
And Mac walk out.
And...
Mac, you kind of look around and you ask...
I go, well, what's next?
Pollard looks at you and says, I don't know.
And he flips you, uh...
Your...
Your comm...
And says, uh...
I'll see you around.
And, uh...
He rides off.
Um...
I transferred 1,200 credits to Sarn.
Well, you don't...
You don't know yet.
You don't know...
You don't know what's happened.
All you know is that someone paid your bail.
And, uh...
Pollard says, you got some good friends.
Yeah, okay.
Got it.
You got a good friend.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
A good friend.
You got a good friend.
A good green friend.
Well, he didn't say...
He didn't say that.
Uh...
I see him...
I see Pollard flip the...
The comm to Mac.
And I immediately read about it.
Because I wouldn't be surprised if Mac assumed that...
Pollard was talking about himself.
And Mac thought he made another friend.
Uh...
I thought it was Eno.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good...
That's good, too.
But I don't think...
I'm not sure Sarn would be the first person that jumped into your mind...
When he said, you have a good friend.
No, Sarn probably wouldn't be.
But would Sarn make it known?
Or would keep it to himself?
He's calling you right now.
Oh.
Hello?
Oh, Mac.
Yes?
Get back to the Kahuna wave.
Oh, you don't have to tell me twice.
I got you there.
I got good news, bud.
Can't wait to hear it.
Okay.
I mean, I'll...
And I...
Somehow make my way back to the wave.
Well, you have...
You have the bike.
The stolen one?
Yeah.
The stolen one was in the alley.
I assumed you were riding that behind...
I assumed it brought some unwanted attention.
It would if you weren't so fucking stealthy.
Right, right.
Good point.
Yeah.
I take the bike back to the wave.
Okay, so you take the bike back to the wave.
You hang up.
Mac kind of looks around...
Because he realized...
He doesn't know how he's going to get back to the wave.
He's just been dropped off and everyone left him.
And you hung up on him.
And he's just kind of looking around.
How does Mac get back to the wave?
Motherfucker!
Son of a whore!
Calisthenics!
Uh...
I don't know.
Um...
It doesn't have to be anything all that crazy.
I mean, you could just take a cab.
You could, uh...
Hitch a ride.
You could, uh...
Uh...
Walk.
Yeah, I'm gonna walk.
I would...
I would recommend against trying to steal another bike.
Yeah, I'm not...
I'm just gonna walk it.
Okay.
Hoofing it.
All right.
So...
All right.
So, by the time you get there...
Um...
Well, one, you're not in space.
I know it shows you in space.
Uh...
But Sarn is already sitting...
In the wave.
Uh...
What are you doing waiting for, Mac?
I'm just sitting there tapping my fingers on the...
Okay.
The what?
What are you tapping your fingers on?
The hollow chest table.
Okay.
Oh.
I imagine you're also staring at the boarding ramp.
I'm staring...
No, I'm staring right...
At, uh...
Ghost.
Like, right in the ghost's eyes?
Uh...
Yeah.
What are you thinking about?
This motherfucker.
Okay.
All right.
So...
That was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.
All right.
So...
Mac...
Uh...
You go...
You...
You, um...
You put your keys into...
The galuna wave.
Oh, I'll...
No, I'm drinking, uh...
Some of the...
The whiskey.
Okay.
Some of the Dagobah whiskey?
Yeah.
You just have...
You just have the bottle and the glass?
Are you...
Are you, like, sitting at home in the dark waiting for me to come home like it's past curfew?
Like, where have you been?
Nope.
Lights are fully on.
Oh, it's Dad staying up.
Yes.
Just staring straight ahead.
Just the bottle and a glass.
Into ghost's eyes.
And into ghost's eyes.
Just, like, silently talking to ghost and himself.
I wish we were here right now.
This would be so much easier.
Mac, I think, is kind of...
And correct me if I'm wrong, Boo, but Mac does walk up.
He's kind of happy to get back to the kahuna.
He feels like he's had an incredible string of luck.
So he's...
He's in almost the opposite mood as Sarn, I think.
Pretty good mood.
It's nothing like...
It's nothing quite like when a good plan comes to fruition.
Especially when you weren't planning on it.
Okay.
And as you walk up the ramp...
You know...
Because Sarn is not looking at the boarding ramp.
But you see him...
Just drinking...
Just...
Scotch...
Neat.
Just...
Hey!
With the bottle and a foot.
Buddy!
Sit!
Mi amigo!
We got some good news, man!
I'm sitting, I'm sitting!
Guess what?
So, first off...
I got...
My old friend came and visited me.
He told me...
Somebody from my past is still around.
I didn't know he was even there.
All right.
Matt...
Or Sarn, I want you to roll a...
What is it?
Is it coercion?
I was going to say intimidation.
But let's say coercion.
Against...
What...
Mac, what is your...
What is your level for...
Discipline?
Discipline.
Up for a second, you're going to say...
What's that?
The...
Deception.
Like, I ain't going to win this one.
No.
What are you asking about?
What is your deception...
Or, I mean, your...
Your discipline skill.
What do you mean?
Like, to the dice?
Like, what's the roll layout?
Yeah.
Oh, two green and two purple.
Two green?
Okay.
So, it's just two green.
Okay.
So...
Yeah.
So, two purple against your coercion.
No, it's just...
It was just Sarn.
But...
Oh, I'm sorry.
Regardless, this is not...
This is not contradictory.
So...
Uh...
You immediately shut up...
Because you notice that Sarn is really pissed.
Uh, he coerces you into quiet...
To being quiet.
Which is a first.
I point and go,
What the fuck were you thinking taking off?
I thought I would take off...
And give you a chance to get out of there.
Um...
I thought for sure they would think...
They would just assume that I was the racer.
Why?
The race that that guy was in wasn't even...
You just took off!
The helmet was really tight.
I couldn't really see.
It's a...
It's an adjustment.
I...
You know, are you ever wearing a helmet?
Okay.
So the first thing you do...
You put on helmet...
Right?
You hit the gas?
It was a mistake.
I didn't mean to...
But once I had to go...
I had to start just planning it out as I went.
You think I planned that?
But...
Guess what?
It worked out.
You got the bike.
Did it?
And...
Worked out?
Yeah.
It worked out.
I'm 1,200 credits right now.
That was you?
I thought that was Eno.
Yes, it was me.
No!
Who the fuck is Eno?
He's a good old buddy of mine.
I thought he was...
He visited me in the prison.
I thought it was...
I thought for sure he left and he told me he gave...
He was going to get me another bike.
So now we got two bikes and I thought he busted my bail out.
You got two bikes?
I didn't know you gave me...
Well, we're going to get two...
You got your bike and I'm going to get a second one.
I have my bike that I stole.
Right.
None of this is making sense.
It doesn't, but we have bikes now.
Not in character.
I think what Eno was trying to tell you was that he could help you get into the race, not that he had a bike for you.
Oh, well, that's not what I heard.
Okay, maybe that's not what you said then.
Yeah.
Well...
We will review.
Okay.
That's my tactics of...
That changes a lot of things.
I thought he was going to get me a bike.
But...
Well, you have a bike.
But you also are going to be able to get into the race.
Who has a bike?
Which I think was also...
Well, Sarn has a bike.
Sarn has a bike.
Okay.
You have a bike.
I thought I was going to get a bike.
Turns out Sarn has a bike and Mac has the only way of you getting into the race.
So where are we at now, bud?
So I'm going to race in the race.
Okay.
Fine.
Whatever.
Oh.
And take another...
Sarn takes another sip and goes, I didn't expect that to go so smoothly.
I didn't expect not to pay your $1,200.
But guess what?
That ain't happening now with your attitude.
You ain't giving me $1,200?
Nope.
Not anymore.
If you want to race, you got to pay $1,200.
Nope.
Give me the $1,200.
Does that mean I get the race then?
In your bike?
Yes.
Nope.
Not happening, Chief.
This is a...
We are at an impasse.
Oh.
Sarn grabs his duster.
Oh.
What are you going to do?
Shoot me?
Can't fly this thing.
Nope.
Slam him against the...
The wall.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, he grabs...
He grabs Max Duster.
I grabs Max...
I grab Max Duster.
And you're slamming me against the wall?
And I push...
Yeah, I...
Yeah, no, I slam you.
Oh, violent.
Yeah.
Very violent.
I'm not coerced.
I will not be coerced.
Okay.
Do you want to keep going?
Is there...
Maybe we can...
Settle this?
Maybe they...
Maybe...
So, I have an idea here, if you guys want.
You know, like, how...
In the movies where, like, a tense situation happens between two male friends.
And then they start wrestling.
Yeah.
And they're very mad.
And they, like, beat up on each other.
And sort of vent at the same time at one another.
And...
So, I grab you by you.
And I throw you against the wall.
Yeah.
So, yes.
So, then you...
So, you're up against the wall.
And...
And Sarn is bigger than...
Than Max.
Oh, yeah.
Much bigger.
And...
He's had a little bit more hand-to-hand combat.
But Sarn...
So, I'm...
I...
Yeah.
I've got some whiskey in me.
And...
But...
But Mac is a little squirrely.
So, he grabs you by the Lake Who, which is also, like, a dick move.
And he, like, is...
Like...
Put you into wrestling moves.
And you guys just are tumbling around in the main cargo hold.
Just making a fucking mess.
And hurting each other.
Imagining, like...
Rx and the fucking ghost...
Ghost thing.
They're just looking at us.
Like...
What has happened since we've left?
What have we come to?
Rx...
Yes.
After you guys are...
After a few times that you throw each other into the wall...
You do hear Rx over the intercom.
And he is yelling...
Fight!
Kill him!
Headbutt.
Headbutt?
I'm...
Hey...
He's grabbing by the...
He's grabbing me by the Lake Who.
I'm headbutting.
Okay.
That's fair.
I got headbutted.
Wouldn't be the first time.
And...
After some time...
You guys are just...
Completely...
Uh...
Exhausted.
Laying on the ground.
Just having beat each other up.
No