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Okay.
No prologue, so we're going to have to make one up as we go.
So let's see.
What happened last week?
You escaped the racetrack by giving up and running away, which...
I was told to give up this time.
It was by the advice of one of the gruffest guys we've ever met.
He told me to give up.
He's very, very gruff.
And gritty.
And a little rough around the edges.
Yeah.
Gruff around the edges.
He's gruff around the edges.
And so you gave up.
And Sarn ran away.
He freed Speeder from a net, the net that was used to capture UMAC, and sped off, meeting
up with Pollard to help bail Mac out of jail for 1,200 credits.
He smugly walked out of jail.
He very smugly walked out.
Was that in your notes?
It looked like you read it.
No, I was very upset about it.
Okay.
That's an interpretation, then.
I mean...
I was in shock.
What would you call it?
It was narration.
I was in shock.
It's your shocked walk?
Yeah.
I was...
Somebody...
My random friend from the past shows up in a jail cell to tell me he's going to help
me get into a race.
I mean, well...
And then he told me some pretty personal shit that I'm not really ready to talk about.
Okay.
So that brings me to my next point.
While Mac was in jail, he was visited by Eno, who was a fixer and sort of brought up
Mac when he was a teenager trying to get into illegal street racing.
And as any older grizzled man would do, he groomed Mac into being the scoundrel that he
is today.
I'll say groomed.
Oh, we can't say that anymore?
That word's been canceled.
Not in this galaxy.
I guess you're right.
That's a whole other door.
Pollard came out.
He met with Sarn to...
Oh, no.
This was before he went in.
When Sarn went to give him money to bail out Mac, Sarn had the photo of Flutterplume, the
Polaroid.
It fell out as he was trying to pay Pollard.
And Pollard translated it for him.
It was a photograph of Flutterplume and her family.
It looked like a...
I believe it was a mother and a father.
And in scrawl written on it was...
Pay us or else.
I think it was something like that.
And Pollard was able to tell you that it seems like from the writings and just context that
it was likely slavers.
After this point, Pollard goes in, bails out Mac.
Mac comes out.
He's very happy to be brought out.
Sort of...
He struts out.
What?
He struts out.
He did come out with an enthusiasm and confidence.
And he had just...
I mean, he got lucky, really.
He saw a person he hadn't seen in a long time, and that person told him that he would help
him get into the race.
That he has connections in the race circuit on this planet and can get him into the race.
What we cleared up later, but was not clear, immediately clear at the time, he did not guarantee
a speeder to Mac.
He did guarantee to get him a spot in the race, but not a speeder.
Mac...
I have the idea that I still think it's...
That's fine.
Play it that way.
I just want to make it sure so it doesn't feel like I'm taking something away from you.
Well, you can grumble.
That's fine.
So, then you meet up with Mac.
Mac and Sarn meet up and decide to meet back at the Kahuna.
I think maybe they give each other hand signals across the street.
Mac walks back.
Sarn drives back very stealthily to the Kahuna.
And they meet...
Sarn had already been there.
He got there much faster than Mac.
He was very upset, sort of rolling his fingers on the chessboard.
just staring at...
Blankly into...
The Carbonite that is...
Ghost.
Just drinking some Dagobah whiskey.
Just looking, you know...
Kind of upset.
And when Mac came home...
They...
They argued a little bit about who was going to...
Enter the race.
And who was going to pay for the bail.
And...
A tussle ensued.
It was a domestic...
It was a domestic disturbance.
It was a domestic disturbance, for sure.
If you guys had neighbors, they probably would have called the cops.
I still think I might.
Videotape the whole thing.
There was a lot of shrieks and screams and...
Well, no.
Actually, I don't know.
I actually don't know what happened.
You guys will have to fill in exactly how that fight went down.
But where we ended...
Was...
You guys laying on...
On the floor...
Completely exhausted.
Just having beat each other up.
Which I believe was the ending that...
Boo was referring to.
Yeah.
What a way to end that.
Exhausted from beating each other up on the floor.
We...
We really are two of a kind.
Think I won that one.
I mean, you're on the floor too, bud.
Yeah.
But I think I won.
No.
I'll let you think you won.
How about that?
I don't care what you think.
I know I won.
Okay.
All right.
I start getting over...
Start fighting again.
Wait, wait, wait.
All right.
Okay.
I just wanted to put on a little bit of background music.
Okay.
So, um...
Let's start from there.
You guys are...
Waking up.
Um...
Not waking up, but coming back to...
Do you guys...
Did you guys want to throw anything more in about the fight?
Because we kind of rushed in the fight at the end.
Is there any color that you guys wanted to put in there?
Before we move forward?
Or what your current state is?
I have no idea what our state is at.
Are we cool, bud?
I definitely punched Mac in the chest.
Okay.
And I definitely pulled on your...
Your ear things.
A couple times.
If I can, um...
Correct me.
I just want to throw some color in there.
Uh...
If...
Sarn is a pretty tough person to fight.
They're a bounty hunter and have been around.
Mac makes most of his...
When he wins, he's not usually beating people up.
Has he beaten people up?
Absolutely.
Has he gotten beaten up?
Probably a couple more times than he's beaten someone else up.
But he's usually more...
He usually wins more on his cunning.
And...
Block lying and talking out of it.
Um...
So he probably took a couple more whacks than Sarn did.
Although...
Unless Sarn was pulling his punches.
Because he loves me.
Well...
I guess we would have to see.
Most certainly not.
Fuck.
I was so...
I was so pissed off.
Yeah, well...
I still am pissed off about it.
Okay.
Well, I'm sure the drink helped.
Oh, yeah.
That definitely intensified everything.
I felt no pain at this.
In this fight.
So...
I think at this point...
Mac...
Um...
You're no stranger to...
Like, having your ass kicked.
But for some reason, this felt like a little bit more personal.
And you...
You took a little bit more damage than you were expecting when you came in.
Like, you weren't expecting him to be, like, super happy.
But this kind of took you off.
Off guard.
Yeah, well...
I get up and I start sulking away.
You know, because I'm not happy about this whole situation.
Do you mumble anything?
Oh, I just...
I...
I say I'm going to bed.
Okay.
And I head to the cockpit.
Oh, okay.
I was going to say, we share the same sleeping quarters.
Theoretically.
Keep your damn space bike.
Okay.
Oh, I will.
It's my space bike.
It's my speeder.
Okay.
Uh...
Is that it?
You guys...
And then I shut the door...
I shut the door to the cockpit.
Behind them.
Okay.
Is there a door?
I assume so.
So...
So basically, you slam...
You guys go to your rooms and slam the door?
Yes.
Okay.
I bring the whiskey.
Okay.
Um...
I don't...
Sorry.
This is a distraction.
I just got to put it back on.
So...
Let me think.
You guys...
You guys have slammed the door on each other and gone to your separate rooms.
Um...
Let's say you go to sleep.
And...
Go ahead and...
Okay.
I'm gonna...
Can you guys move?
I'll move you.
You guys can see it, right?
Should we roll our destiny points?
That's a good idea.
I will reset it here.
I'm gonna spend a light side point to say I won the fight.
Well, you don't even know if you have light side points yet.
I don't know.
It was more of a joke.
Well, uh...
You can't even make the joke if you don't have any light side points.
Yeah.
You gotta have a light speed.
For that joke to land, you need to have a light side point.
I mean...
Shit.
Also, I told you you did get more licks in, so quit your bitchin'.
Yeah.
Nice.
Okay.
Let's say...
So you guys...
You guys have...
You guys are going to sleep.
It's...
It must be nighttime.
It's been a long...
It's been a long night.
Right?
It's night?
Yeah.
It's night.
I think you...
I think you only bailed people out of jail at night.
There are a couple of things that didn't quite make sense.
I would call bullshit on if this was a TV show.
Or like a book or anything that I put like a lot of thought into.
But it worked out.
It's nighttime.
It's a 24-hour bailout station.
And...
Yeah.
You guys go back.
It's been a long night.
So do you have any strain?
I know, Saren, you have some strain.
Oh, yeah.
So go ahead and...
I still...
I have...
I think I have one strain.
And then I have eight damage.
Okay.
And you have a critical, too, I think.
I think so.
Yes.
Let's see if it does not...
I don't think it shows on your character sheet in here.
But...
Oh, yeah.
No.
It says you are compromised.
Do you have a...
You might have a critical, too, Saren.
It doesn't say it anywhere.
No?
Okay.
No.
It does...
In fact, it's empty.
So you might not, then.
We'll go by that.
All right.
Do I relieve my strain?
Yes.
Sorry.
Relieve your strain.
Both of you.
I'll do it for you, Abu.
Just because I'm in yours already.
Disgusting.
That's right.
Relieve my strain.
Oh, boy.
Okay.
Am I done?
Is my critical gone, too?
No, it is not.
Not that easy.
You are still compromised.
But no health points, right?
Just straight from risk?
That's right.
In order to heal wounds, you will have to do medical checks.
Wait, can I just do a medical check?
No.
I mean, you could do a medical check on yourself if you want.
I would like to wait until the morning until you do that.
Although, I guess you could do it at night before you go to bed.
But keep in mind, it's a higher difficulty if you're doing it on yourself.
Okay.
Well, what's the difficulty?
Oh, boy.
This is not going to work out good.
I have to double check.
I believe it would be hard if you are over half what you are.
Right.
Yeah.
Wait.
More than half.
I'm pretty close.
More than half is average.
I'm going to say it's going to be a setback die because you are exhausted.
I'm only at five wounds.
So that's not half?
No, I have 12.
Okay.
So it would be easy.
But again, you're going to have a setback dies.
So just the one setback?
Right.
That's the red one, right?
Right.
Well, shit.
So failing.
I do have an advantage, though.
And you also didn't roll the setback.
The red one.
Oh, okay.
That's not a setback.
Oh, is that challenge?
That's a challenge.
But I actually wanted this.
I wanted this.
And I was afraid to ask for it.
So thank you.
Your advantage would be to heal strain.
But you're going to heal strain when you rest for the night.
Yeah.
Gotcha.
Okay.
So, Sarn, you hear from the main cargo hold a calm beep.
Mac, you're fast asleep.
So you do not wake up.
And driving.
You're sleeping and driving.
You're two favorite things.
He's driving in his dreams.
Yeah.
All right.
So I wake up and I walk.
It's early in the morning.
It's like something like five or six.
There's some light, not a whole light.
Some light coming through.
Are there windows?
So maybe you wouldn't even know.
There's like one window where you can kind of see the sunlight starting to seep in.
Kind of like a basement, you know?
Okay.
Well, I gradually walk into the cargo hold to look at where this noise is coming from.
And I find it.
And you roll a perception dice.
And I find it.
Average.
All right.
Two threats about.
Two threats.
You do hear it where it's coming from.
And it's under the chair, the chess table.
And you crawl under there.
And while you're under there, it beeps.
And you jump up and you hit your head.
Causing you to have a hurt head.
Two strands.
Causing you.
Yeah.
But you do find it.
And you picked it up.
All right.
Hello?
Hello.
Ow.
Me and my head.
What?
You made me hit my head.
Who is this?
This is Eno.
Okay.
I'm looking for Miss Pash McKenzie.
Yeah.
He's sleeping right now.
Can I take a message?
I was just calling about the race tonight.
Okay.
Who is this?
This is Ghost.
Ghost.
Are you?
Yes.
You're hanging out with Pash McKenzie.
I mean, not right now.
He's sleeping, like I said.
Are you?
You're not the.
Do I sense a bit of an accent?
No.
You're not that Twi'lek from the Hollowvid, are you?
No.
I'm definitely a ghost.
What's a ghost?
It's my name.
Oh.
Well.
I just wanted to talk to Pash McKenzie.
Okay.
Do you want to leave a message?
Tell him that he has a race tonight.
He will have the eighth position.
Down at the track.
I know you know where it is.
Okay.
I'll have to ask him for that information later.
Do you happen to have a bike he can borrow as well?
This guy kind of trashed in the last month.
Oh, I assume he'll have no problem getting a bike if I know Pash.
So that's a no.
That's not usually how these arrangements work.
You could have just said no.
No.
All right.
And what position did you say he was going to be in?
Eighth.
Eighth?
Yes.
Out of how many?
Eighth.
Oh, boy.
That seems pretty low.
That's pretty low for Pash.
I don't know if he's going to like this news.
Have you spent much time with him?
I try not to.
Do you know him back from when he was on Alderaan?
No.
You do know he's Alderaanian, don't you?
I do now.
Okay.
Oh, good.
Good.
Uh, well, I know him from way back when.
Oh, okay.
Well, if that's the case, I'll just go wake him up.
And I go and I pound on the cockpit door.
Sir, I didn't, uh, I didn't miss that checkpoint.
What?
What do you want?
Can I mute my com for a second?
You want another one?
I will kick your ass, okay?
I will let you kick my ass again if you don't want yourself.
Did you have another bottle of whiskey hidden up in there?
I have many, many secret compartments.
That's something you know.
That's canonical.
That is canonical.
I am a maniacal.
You got a phone call.
A message.
All right.
Hold on.
A com call.
There we go.
A com call.
Hello?
I don't hear so good.
You have to lower your voice.
Oh.
Uncle Mac Daddy's been drinking and fighting.
Uncle who?
And mostly fighting.
Who's Mac?
I am.
It's.
Who is this?
This.
That's the real question.
This is Eno.
I'm looking for Pat.
Oh.
Hold on.
Can I try to sober myself up a little bit?
Hey.
Ugh.
Have you been drinking?
Eno.
Uh.
I mean.
It's been a rough night.
My partner and I had a little disagreement.
Hey.
I turned my combat on and go.
Yeah.
And I won.
Oh.
Is that.
That.
Are you guys.
Together?
Uh.
You know.
It.
You know.
We started off.
It was so good in the beginning.
And then it just turned into this.
I don't even know what we're working towards anymore sometimes.
You know.
But.
It's a hate.
It's a love hate thing.
Really.
Are you listening in on my conversation behind the door?
Yes.
Wow.
I thought you were outside.
I am.
Wow.
Sounds.
Cute.
Well.
Pash.
My boy.
I just wanted to tell you that I've gotten.
I've secured you a spot.
It wasn't easy.
Uh.
But I was able to, uh.
Finagle some strings.
And you will be starting in the eighth spot tonight.
You're an old string finagler.
I know that.
What's my starting number?
Um.
What's your number?
No.
I mean your position.
What's my starting?
Eighth.
Yeah.
My position.
Oh.
Eighth.
Eighth?
Yeah.
Oh.
Out of what?
Uh.
Eighth.
I've seen you do it before.
You can do it again.
Unless you've lost it.
I like those odds.
But never tell me the odds.
Uh.
It's one of eight.
They'll never tell me the odds.
All right.
They're gonna.
They're gonna wish it was nine.
I trust.
I trust you.
You've got a speeder.
Uh.
I'm still working on it.
But.
You know.
Uh.
You know.
I'm sure I can acquire one.
Along the way.
Good.
Well.
You wouldn't happen to have one.
You wouldn't happen to have a spare one.
Just to make my life a little easier.
Would you?
I don't.
So it's.
I'm happy to hear that you have one.
That you're gonna.
You're gonna work it out.
Uh.
Work.
You know.
It's a.
It's a domestic thing.
Well.
I'll be watching you on the.
Hollowvid.
From heaven.
I'll.
What?
From heaven.
I'm dead now.
No.
I'm just.
Pulling your chain.
You're a jackass.
You know.
You got my hopes up.
That was.
You had me there for a second.
All right.
Well.
I'm.
I'm gonna hang out.
I thought I was talking.
I thought I was talking to a ghost.
He's hung up.
Hello?
Yes.
I.
You know what?
Thank you.
I am the best racer there is.
And I know I can do this.
Thank you.
Yep.
No.
Thank you very much.
I hang.
Hey.
Mac.
You do know I was still listening.
Right?
That was on a separate channel.
No.
It wasn't.
That was.
That was pretty pathetic.
Okay.
So.
Sorry.
Are you still standing outside the door?
Oh.
No.
I walked away.
Okay.
All right.
So.
So you've walked to give him a little bit of space.
And.
But I was still listening.
Mac.
You sort of like stumble out.
You're.
I imagine.
And correct me.
I just like to put this color in.
Just.
Feed.
Feed the narrative.
But you have just woken up.
And you are in your space robe.
And slippers.
And.
You've.
You sort of ambled out.
The.
The tunnel.
Up in the cockpit.
Yeah.
From.
I mean.
That's where you sleep.
You don't sleep anywhere else.
It's kind of like.
You know.
Like the husband that always sleeps on the couch.
You're.
You're just the pilot that always sleeps in the cockpit.
And.
And you amble out.
Um.
Kind of groggy.
Shuffling your feet.
Um.
But kind of hobbling too.
Because you still have that critical injury.
And you just.
Um.
And I'll say it.
You got your ass handed.
Black eye.
You got a.
Yeah.
You got a.
Black eye.
And.
And a headache.
And.
And I go.
And.
And you walk out into the.
Uh.
The greater cargo hold.
And.
See Sarn sitting there.
Sarn.
What happened?
He muted.
Did he mute?
He muted.
Oh.
He just.
It didn't pick you up when you said.
Oh.
I said Pash.
How do you.
That's not.
Don't call me that.
Why not?
Because.
I don't like it.
My name is Mac.
I don't ever talk about.
He called you Pash.
That is.
That's a.
That's another name.
I.
You know me.
I have a lot of different names.
I'm also a sergeant.
Sergeant.
But you don't call me that.
All right.
Sergeant Pash.
Oh my God.
How did he know.
I was a Twi'lek?
He saw you on the racing thing.
He watches a lot of races.
You wouldn't believe the guy.
Oh yeah.
By the way.
I told him I was ghost.
I don't think he believed you.
How do you know?
I don't know.
He's.
He's an old bartender.
He just knows things.
You know.
He's one of those kind of bartenders.
So.
So Sarn doesn't really.
He doesn't really speak.
Doesn't really speak with an accent in our.
In our game.
But.
Like from.
Like.
Canon.
Generally.
Twi'lek.
Have an accent.
So he was able to pick up on that.
And as Max said.
As a bartender.
I'm not trying to defend him.
Just feeding.
As a bartender.
You know.
He would know this.
He's come across a lot of different people.
He's good at reading people's faces.
And also.
He saw you on TV.
So.
It's a bit of context clues.
He also couldn't see my face through the comm wing.
Right.
But he could hear it.
He heard my face.
He heard it.
Well.
He.
That.
My old buddy.
Eno.
Has secured us.
Has secured me a place.
And a racing.
The racing track tomorrow.
So.
That's.
That's good.
I.
I was.
What are you going to ride?
I was wondering.
If.
I could borrow your bike.
I've seen you drive.
And I will sell you the bike.
For how much?
Um.
Double your bail.
1,200.
Yeah.
That was.
So my bail was 600 credits.
So that's.
No.
It was 1,200.
Let me roll a deception on that.
I.
I paid it.
I know how much the bail was.
All right.
Roll Jedi mind trick.
I don't think I have that much cash.
You don't have 24?
I think you might.
How much am I going to win from this?
Where's my.
Where's my little doodad?
There he is.
Equipment.
Oh.
No.
I don't have 24.
I have 2,200 credits.
And I'm not giving you.
A red set.
Because you punched me in the face.
And then.
Talk to my old friend.
You still owe me 1,200 for the bail.
All right.
You know what?
I.
That.
That is to be.
That is to be foreseen.
Because my feelings are very hurt.
No.
It's not to be foreseen.
What are you going to do?
I will punch you in the face again.
Oh.
Well.
This time the other eye.
Not my eye.
I'm not supposed to get fist in it.
I just.
Just to.
State the obvious.
You cannot punch your way out of all your problems.
Sarn.
You can threaten to punch your way out of all your problems.
But.
I guess that's all I had to say.
I'm trying to give life lessons here.
Well.
I.
I just don't want bullying here.
So.
That's all.
All right.
Well.
What do you want to do.
Sarn.
I don't have.
I don't have that amount of money to pay you that.
You pay me the.
The bail money.
And if you.
Don't wreck the speeder.
You can use it.
Otherwise it will be.
Twelve hundred.
If I wreck it a little bit.
Is it okay?
Depends on how much it costs to get it fixed.
All right.
Look.
I'm sorry.
I stole the other speeder.
I was a plan.
It didn't go very well.
Um.
You didn't talk to me about this plan at all.
It didn't.
You just jumped on and went.
I thought people would really believe that I was his brother.
And they might still.
I'm still pretty convinced that everyone thinks I'm Darren Mackler.
You got arrested.
I don't think they're going to believe it anymore.
They didn't arrest me.
I didn't give them my real name.
I didn't give them any of my real names.
What name did you give them?
I just found out your real name now.
No.
That's one of my real names.
You don't know that.
What I gave the name I gave them was Colonel Darren Mackler.
Yeah.
I was a colonel in the middle.
In the empire.
I thought you were a sergeant.
What?
You know like when they tell someone to lie.
They always say to keep it as simple as possible.
So that you have less things to keep track of.
You somehow gave them like the most complicated.
You told them you were a colonel.
That's like another thing to just blow up into your face.
It's like titles.
All right.
You do.
All right.
Well, so what do we do now?
I will interject and say as information.
Roll a.
It would be street wise.
An average street wise.
No, say it's easy.
Oh, also.
This.
No.
What?
I didn't take the bike that was under the net.
Oh, you took a different one.
You took the security.
I took the security.
That's right.
Yeah.
I don't think you're going to be able to race with the Megazord.
So you might have to.
Well, there's got to be a way we can take it apart, right?
Yeah.
Hey, why don't we do that?
We take it apart and we each have a bike.
That.
I mean.
For 600 credits.
Well, I would like that idea to come from Mac, I guess.
Not from God.
However, I still want Mac to roll an easy street wise check.
Easy.
Hey, and that wasn't from God.
I came up with that idea.
Is that one difficulty?
You did, but it was aided by God.
One, please.
Most certainly was he.
Succeeded.
Okay.
But with two threats.
Two.
Two threats.
I trip him as he's walking.
Yeah, but it's not about.
It's about something else.
I know.
So, you know.
You would know from a race like this, just given on what you saw and your general history of
being in underground races, it's likely to be a winning prize of about a thousand credits.
The likely.
Yeah, it's possible it's more or it's less.
However, it's a thousand credits.
I have no way of you confirming that a hundred percent, but let's just.
I choose a thousand credits.
My God instinct is telling me.
Your God.
Your God boner is just throbbing.
Oh, man.
Someone's getting mad about that.
All right.
So, we got to go back for the race.
Are we just driving around the planet in my ship or did we not actually take off?
No, you guys were.
Matt, did you tell me that the.
Oh, I have the windows blocked.
I thought we were in space.
Weird.
Why would you think that?
Hold on.
You blocked the windows while you thought we were in space.
I was sleeping.
I didn't want the sun to wake me up.
And then I woke up and I thought we were in space.
You don't understand.
I dream that I'm flying a spaceship.
Does the block that you have in front of the cockpit.
Does it have stars on it?
It's just a bad sheet.
It's like a blotchy sheet.
Yeah.
That's gross.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Everyone's got their blanket.
I am so glad I don't go in the cockpit.
Okay.
Well, now we've completely digressed.
So, Mac, you were able.
Because you guys were still negotiating how you were going to divvy up this bike.
And you do mention that the purse is probably 1,000 credits.
Yep.
1,000 credits.
I bet you it's 1,000 credits.
Just judging by how many people are there, what type of crowd it was.
Yeah, I can totally tell.
You know, just I'm that smart.
I've got the streets on my Ys.
And this might be a good time for Sarn to also bring up the Megazord part.
All right.
Well, what about this?
You can borrow the bike.
But I get a quarter of the purse.
All right.
I'll give you half.
We're partners.
I don't care about that.
I just want to race.
All right.
We're here for a bigger mission than that.
That is not how you negotiate.
But all right, I'll take it.
Listen, I never said I was a good negotiator.
Also, a thought just hit me, Mac.
We can split that bike into two.
What?
Oh, yeah.
You probably didn't see it because you were driving for your life.
But the only reason that bike caught up to you is because two of them formed into one.
That's how it works.
Apparently.
Wow.
Whether or not that's canon, I have no idea.
I was wearing this helmet.
I wonder what the helmet looks like.
But I couldn't see a thing.
That's not a good racing helmet.
That's a great helmet.
I suggest you not use that anymore.
Did it have, like, a washcloth over the front of it this time?
No, no, no.
But I am going to try to look up Star Wars helmets to see which one I want.
But, yeah, I couldn't see a thing.
So I didn't see the...
So you can...
I'm a spotty.
So you have...
Sorry, you guys froze a second.
So we can take...
So we can have this...
We can divide your Megazord into two?
Yes.
Two bikes.
My God.
Then we both...
How are we going to get you to race?
I'm not racing.
Oh.
Do you want to?
Kind of, actually.
Call Eno back.
See if you can get us the number nine spot.
He didn't leave me his number, but I'll try Star 69.
Doot, doot, doot.
Hello?
Hello.
He's not answering.
Eno here.
Eno.
Yes.
It's, um...
It's...
It's Pash McKenzie.
Any chance you can get me a...
Oh.
Pash, my boy.
Is there any chance you can get another one of those nifty tickets?
I've been good.
You know, just...
How's your family?
Uh...
They're...
I...
It's not going well, you know, with the family.
I think, you know, ever since Aldron has gone.
Anyway, um...
All right, that did not happen.
I just wanted to say that.
You did not ask about your family.
He knows damn well about your family.
Um...
Okay, sorry.
I imagine he's saying that, like, laughing on the other line.
I know damn well what happened to your family.
Uh...
Well...
Uh...
What do you want?
Any chance we can get another, uh...
Racing ticket for my friend to race with me?
No.
No?
You don't know what I had to do to get that one ticket.
Any chance we can get another one?
Uh...
There's not going to be nine racers.
Can he...
Can my friend replace another one of the racers?
Can you just cancel that one out?
I guess if you wanted to hunt and kill,
another racer and steal their identity.
Yeah, let's do that.
All right.
Are you on the line?
Don't stay on the line.
I'm not killing any racers.
They didn't do nothing.
I'll do it.
Uh...
Don't...
Ghost will do it.
You know, it's been fun talking to you.
I don't think this conversation...
You know what?
I think...
Where are we going?
Uh...
Nice to hear from you.
Oh, yeah.
We'll call and talk later.
What are you doing tomorrow?
I don't know.
I'll give you a call around, you know, three.
Honestly, I didn't think I would last pass tonight.
Why?
Uh...
You know, I just don't have the foresight.
What is wrong with you?
You just kept these weird jokes.
I don't even know where you're coming from here.
You know...
I haven't seen you in 20 years.
It's called...
Degeneration.
I'm degenerating.
Oh, my God.
I'm old.
That's what I'm saying, is I'm old.
When you get to be my age, sometimes...
You don't know when...
Anything's gonna happen.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Well, I'll see you later, you know.
All right.
Uh...
Now what?
Now you have to deliver the news.
Sarn.
Well, he was listening.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, that's right.
Okay.
Now what is right?
Uh...
I think we should try to take those bikes apart now.
Right.
I don't know how long it's gonna take.
Hey, RX.
How long will it take to separate those two bikes that I got in the...
Hello, flashback.
Loading chamber.
What?
Do you need something that needs killing?
Actually, yeah.
Can you murder one of the other racers for me?
I am a ship.
So it'll be easy.
Well, I'm a ship and a head now.
I guess if you bring me close enough to a person, I could potentially bite them to death.
No, you're the ship.
The ship has guns on it.
Yes, I suppose we could fly the ship into a city and just start shooting.
That is a really good idea, I would say.
I could probably kill lots of meatbags if we did that.
Hmm.
All right, let's, uh...
Let's put a pin in that thought.
For just a second here.
But I will get to kill...
I will get to kill.
Right?
Yes.
Hi.
Please?
I said yes!
You guys leave me on this ship for long periods of time.
It gets so lonely.
Well, that's why we brought you the power loader.
Anyway!
It's been so long since I've killed.
I feel like you guys have forgotten about me.
Have you forgotten about me?
No, this is why I'm talking to you right now.
All right, you know that speeder bike I flew in here last night?
I don't not think you brought it inside, but yes, I know the speeder of which you speak.
I have eyes all around the ship.
Is it possible that you know how to separate the two?
I perhaps could assist you.
All right.
Then, can you...
Assist you?
Yes.
What will it be for me?
What's in it for me?
Um, what do you...
You'll get to kill someone.
You promise?
Yes.
Double promise?
Yes.
Triple promise?
Yes.
Okay.
I will assist you.
Okay.
And, uh...
He will assist you.
Okay.
All right, Matt.
I think we should go do that.
All right.
Agreed.
So, we gotta go back to the racetrack?
Is it time for the races yet?
No, no, no.
We gotta take them apart first.
Oh, yeah.
Um, so let's take it apart.
Mechanics check.
It will be a mechanics check.
Um, it's gonna be one purple, one red.
And you can have a boost.
Four...
Um...
Oh, wait, wait, wait.
Yeah, let me see what RX's mechanics is.
I assume pretty good.
You would think.
Um, it's four green.
What is...
Sirens?
Two green.
Okay, so you can roll with four green.
No boost.
Four green.
One purple, one red.
Okay.
Um, you pretty easily get them apart.
Um, it takes you some time to get them apart.
Um, there's certainly some back and forth between you and RX.
Um, just sometimes he's helpful.
Uh, a lot of times he's not.
But you are able to get the bikes apart.
So you are able to put together at least one race-worthy bike.
You have another bike that is certainly will still ride.
Um, I wouldn't exactly call it race-ready.
Um, it's definitely worth riding.
Um, and, uh, is it possible to go to, like, the power room and take...
One of the things that powers the Kuna wave to make it go faster?
Uh, since you have an advantage, um, I will let you put some kind of device in there.
Um, it won't be...
I'm not gonna say it's gonna be, like, super fast all the time.
Um, but you can jimmy-rig some kind of system of...
So it's kind of like Tetris.
Maybe.
I'm willing to hear ideas.
And I will let you know if it breaks the game.
Okay.
Yeah, I think...
What do you think, Mac?
Do you have, uh, any ideas?
Um, no.
Okay.
So what do you...
Yeah, in the power room, I think I find a...
Um...
It's not gonna be, like, a full...
Fully charged...
I...
I don't even know what...
Yeah, well...
What are we trying to do?
Trying to make it go faster?
Yeah.
So I'm thinking, like, taking, like, a power cell.
Can I do a mechanics check and just do something weird, like,
because I'm, you know, I have the background,
and I can just say, like, oh, we'll move this pipe here,
and, you know, connect these wires here,
and now we can...
Now we've just added a third, uh, you know, a turbo.
But what will the turbo do?
Turbo.
Okay.
Oh, yeah, roll a mechanics check for that.
All right.
What's my, what's my, uh, my, my numbers?
Uh, be average, so two purple.
Two purple.
Uh, anything else?
Um, you're a pretty cool guy.
Oh, I failed.
I broke the bike even more.
No, you put, you put the...
Oh, man, I wish we had a cool name for it.
Like, the Turb.
Let's call it the Turb.
You have a Turb on there, so it's not, like, something that's, that's blasting all the time,
but it is, it's akin to, like, a, uh, a boost button.
And we'll say for one check during a race, you'll get to throw two boost dies.
Okay, cool.
So, I didn't fail.
Um, you did fail what you were trying to do, which was look really cool, and, uh, but you were still somewhat successful.
God, isn't that the fucking story of my life here?
I mean...
Trying to look cool and just...
I mean, you were...
I guess you didn't fail, like, to answer your original question.
That's all right.
Yeah.
I guess we overruled that dice roll.
Well, that's what I wanted to flip a light side point and maybe put in one of the power cells from the Kahuna into it.
Oh, well, I should have taken your light side point and just, instead of just giving it to you, even though you failed the roll.
All right, never mind.
I guess you get to keep your light side point and you get your turb.
Oh, such a benevolent god.
Yeah, I don't ever want you to think ever again anything else.
Got him.
All right, uh, now would be a good time for a short break.
Okay.
:
Thank you.
My dad said you guys are going to be putting it together.
Yeah, we put it together.
They dropped it off Saturday.
Was it hard?
To put together?
Yeah.
No, not at all.
It was basically just put the legs on the table and assemble the legs on the chair.
It was that big stainless steel one.
It was that big stainless steel one, right?
No.
I sent you a picture.
It's a wooden one.
When?
The one I got for Christmas?
No.
When did you send that?
Oh, you sent it just now.
Yeah, just now.
Oh, nice.
Oh, really nice.
For some reason, I thought it was one of those cooking stainless steel ones.
No.
This one's better.
How does it smell?
Well, right now it smells like Jamaican jerk sauce.
Nice.
Did you put extra jerk in it?
So much extra jerk.
Get it?
It's a little spicy.
Jerk.
Alright.
Now.
See, there's no picture of these.
Okay.
This is going to be a mess.
I have a little bit of an idea how this might go, but it's from a while ago and I have to remember.
Do you remember?
Remember?
The 21st of September.
Okay.
Oh, yeah.
Hold on.
I want to plug in my helmet that I found.
Oh, good.
I found the helmet that I liked.
There it is.
It's the dumbest helmet.
It's the dumb helmet.
My helmet.
I want to send.
That's the helmet you want to wear while you're racing?
I mean, roughly.
You mean, no wonder why you couldn't see anything.
But cooler?
What?
But cooler?
Yeah, but cooler.
I mean, just slightly cooler.
It's just a dumb helmet.
It's not as dumb as the one from Spaceballs.
Oh, yeah.
That's dark helmet.
This is not what I wanted.
I say that every morning.
What?
Nothing.
Okay.
What the hell is Silhouette?
Silhouette is basically how big the speeder is.
Oh.
Oh, there's a bunch in here.
Are we supposed to be looking at the ship or what?
Yeah.
That's the one that you have.
Um.
I guess I can share this to you.
Can I?
No, this is 88R.
Oh, no.
Not the 88R.
8% off.
Oh, it has the...
Oh, see, that's wrong.
Oh.
What?
Oh, I can sell the other one for so many more credits.
Well...
Yeah, I guess.
Matt, after this race, if you win, you should sell the bike.
Where's the bike at?
How much is it worth?
$3,000.
Jesus Christ.
Just fuck the race.
We should sell these two.
Yeah, you could do that.
But you would risk that Flutter Poon wins and you don't get to go further along on your task,
which is to find the butt radar.
I know, I know.
But...
You can buy the butt radar for 6,000 credits.
No, you can't.
But for a monitor...
The Zahn Consortium's trying to buy the butt radar for 20,000.
You guys are doing so great at that.
Oh, yeah.
We're going to get 20 grand for this job.
One day, if it ever gets done.
Someday.
All right.
Okay, so...
You guys have gotten the bikes apart.
You do have a few hours before the race starts.
I imagine that...
Emak is going to do some type of training.
Like a montage?
Well, I was thinking of a montage, but what would be in the montage?
Definitely Eye of the Tiger.
Okay.
Yeah.
Eye of the Space Tiger.
I do not know.
And me doing fun things like racing around the ship a couple times, you know,
and doing weird things like with ropes where I'm doing that thing, you know?
Oh.
With the ropes where you're...
Oh, lasso.
What is that?
Yeah, is that what it's called?
Yeah, you know.
Like a cowboy.
After Ted?
No, I think he's talking about the strength training when you read the ropes.
Yeah.
Not like going like this, like he's riding a fucking Bronco.
Oh, I thought that...
I don't know exercises.
I didn't know if that was like a legit...
Like that's the lasso exercise right there.
I bought it.
I should have let you...
I should have just shut up.
Next time you bring that up in casual conversation.
Okay.
She's doing it on a commercial.
Hey, hey, hey.
Honey, look, look.
He's doing the lasso.
She's going to look at you like an idiot.
Yeah, yeah.
Dude, really something like...
Just really pointless things where I'm like drinking eggs and things.
It doesn't help.
But interspersed, there's like a couple things where I'm actually like doing something like racing and maybe Sarn's timing me.
All to Eye of the Tiger.
But what is Sarn doing?
Sleeping.
Because I have a feeling I...
Oh, no.
Actually, Sarn goes to look for a doctor.
Okay.
So in Sarn's half of the montage, as this montage is going on, it's cutting back and forth between Mac,
who's doing...
And even in his half, half of that is him doing things that could even possibly help him,
which is like racing, figure out how the bike even works, like testing out buttons.
And then the other half of that half is him drinking eggs and chasing around chickens.
Yeah.
And he cuts back to Sarn.
And Sarn's just like filling out paperwork.
At a clinic.
He's waiting at the emergency...
What do you call it?
The emergency care.
The urgent care.
And he's just sitting in line and there's all these disgusting...
Not disgusting, but it's like...
People.
Injured people in an urgent care.
And everyone is going in front of him.
Even the person that he swears got there after him.
And then it turns out it's a methadone clinic.
It turns out it's a methadone clinic.
And surprise intervention.
Yeah.
Actually, there is one guy that comes in there for methadone.
And Sarn looks at it sort of like a...
I don't know.
You're just...
Your eyes are magnetically drawn to this person who's just been handed some...
Darkness, my old friend.
Yes.
Finally, you are let into...
Into the urgent care.
And there's a medical bot.
That is...
You're let into a room.
With...
Remember the medical bot at the end of Empire Strikes Back?
Yeah.
It looks like that.
Okay.
And he said, what...
What ails you?
I don't remember.
Is that how they talk?
Everything.
It hurts.
Okay.
I will perform a check of medical stuff.
All right.
That is the...
You've got all my faith in the world.
You mess up.
Really sounds...
You're really selling the underground doctor.
Check me out for my medical stuffs.
I guess you probably should have to go to the underground.
But you're just in urgent care.
Just hoping not to get noticed, I guess.
Even though you're just on TV.
Although, I guess you are on TV in the underground.
So, maybe to hide from the underground, you should be in the above ground.
Yeah.
Where no one will recognize me.
Yeah.
Okay.
So, what would the...
All right.
It's going to be a...
Is it average?
No.
It's easy, isn't it?
I have to do a check for that?
I thought I'd just get it.
No, not you.
The doctor's going to.
Oh.
How do I bring him in?
Okay.
Sarn.
Medical droid.
General skills.
Medicine.
And...
It was easy, right?
Yes.
That's what you said.
Okay.
Just now.
Oh, yes.
Okay.
And a triumph.
All right.
So, what does that heal mean?
Is your toe going to work again?
No.
I mean, it never stopped working.
Oh, it was locked in.
I guess you could do your triumph on that.
I mean...
No, I'm going to use it to tell him that.
Give it a laser.
That I'm having some real withdrawals.
Hold on.
Let me see.
And hopefully he can cure me of my addiction to real.
On a successful check, the target recovers the number of wounds equal to the number of successes generated by the medicine roll.
So, two.
An amount of...
Two?
Yeah.
Get more than that from a...
Oh, you should...
You should have had yours...
Um...
Your difficulty should have been increased by two if you were doing it on yourself.
Well, I failed at any of it.
Yeah.
But it would have been funnier.
The number of successes...
Yeah, but what about a triumph?
It's unclear with triumphs.
So, where are you at with that two?
Uh, three.
Three wounds?
Oh, no.
I'm not going to give you...
Yeah.
I'll give you an extra because of the triumph.
Wait, no.
You can spend...
You can spend one on the extra, or you can spend it on your narrative thing that you wanted
to spend it on.
Um...
I'm hoping that they can do something to help me get off a reel.
What?
Get off a reel?
Yeah.
Like...
I don't want to be addicted anymore.
Okay.
Uh, he offers to give you some basically real methadone.
What a reel development.
And that helps get me off of reel?
Okay, so he's treating you...
I never really understood methadone in general.
It's a lower doses of heroin so that you can get off of it without having to completely
go turkey.
Yeah, from what I understand, methadone doesn't really get you high like heroin does, but it
helps you with the withdrawal.
But I'm not super clear on it.
It's supposed to be like a really low, low amount of heroin.
Like, it's like a...
I might be wrong, but it's supposed to really help, like he said.
No, that sounds right.
Help with the withdrawal process.
Yeah.
Because you're not...
It's dangerous if you're like addicted to that stuff to go cold turkey.
Okay, well, I guess I'll do that.
Okay, so as...
I'm proud of you.
As he's working on you...
Beat me as Brandon.
I'm proud of you, sir.
Well, obviously, Mac doesn't know this yet.
He's eating eggs, but...
He's just eating raw...
He's just sucking on eggs and chasing chickens.
A lot of chicken-related activities are going on over there.
Up into a garbage can because I keep drinking raw eggs.
Okay.
You think the only cure for that is more raw eggs?
More.
All right.
Well, if it's not getting into my body...
Real.
And you...
Oh.
Can I offer to buy a stand back from the front desk?
Um...
You can.
But they are reticent to sell things.
They're not a pharmacy.
Okay, so how much are Stimpaks going for?
I think it's 500 credits.
For one Stimpak?
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
We could have been selling those all this time, too.
Yeah, if you had them...
I had some.
You used them.
Why don't you have them anymore?
Instead of using them to stop yourself from dying, you could have just sold them.
Yeah, and then you would have died.
I mean, that's what Rex was for.
To not die?
I mean, he's dead, too.
Captain Rex?
Oh, shit.
He did die.
Not Captain Rex.
Um...
Uh, what was his name?
Oh, yeah.
Rex didn't die.
No, I thought you said RX.
We were calling him Rex, too.
Um...
Uh, fuck.
I don't remember his name.
Chase, no?
No, that was a different...
That was one of the other ones.
Whatever.
It doesn't matter.
Doc.
None of those matters.
None of it matters.
No.
Go to Chase and Chickens.
Let's cut back to that.
Okay.
Um...
It doesn't matter.
I don't know why I'm looking for this.
You're not selling Stimpaks.
You're right.
I should just rob the urgent care.
Oh, God.
That would fit with the old you.
So, the lady behind the counter, uh, says that she's not a pharmacy and she's not going to sell you Stimpaks.
Pretty please?
Uh, you can roll a negotiation check.
Is it still going to be $500?
Because I'm paying $500 for it.
Huh?
I'm not going to pay $500.
And then I guess you're not getting any Stimpaks.
Uh, I thought you...
I thought you had a lot of money.
Yeah.
I used $1,200 of it to bail Mac out.
He still hasn't paid me back.
You still have 2,000 credits.
No, I have $650.
Oh.
Alright.
Well, let me just change this so that mistake doesn't happen again.
I spent $300 of it on a blaster.
Who even knows where that blaster is?
I know exactly where it is.
I gave it to that pirate that fucking backstabbed us.
Oh, yeah.
Then you stabbed him in the head.
Oh, wow.
In the eyeball, yeah.
Yeah.
It's just like real life.
Things go missing.
It's just like real life.
Things go missing.
What can happen?
What could be done?
What can be done?
I did take that blaster back, but whatever.
How many blasters?
Oh, yeah.
You only use one at a time.
I know, but I got a rifle and a pistol.
Okay.
I guess.
I got it.
Alright, fine.
Alright, dust lady.
Can I trade you a pistol for her stimpack?
You see her finger reach for what seems to be some type of button.
Alright, I'll just go.
Damn.
Cut back to the chickens already.
Before I get into trouble.
He's done with the chickens.
He's tired.
He's tuckered out.
Like, the chicken is still running around and Mac is just laying there winded.
It's pretty much what I was going to get to that.
And I'm really...
I've got, like, just eggs all around me.
And the chickens are still running on the track.
Oh, Greg fell apart.
Just at his feet are just eggshells.
So I go back outside of the wave and just Mac passed out there.
The chicken's pecking him in the face.
Yeah, that's right.
Trying to get him back up.
Yeah, that's exactly what's going on.
It's pretty rough.
But I'm doing it.
Oh.
Craig crashed.
That's fine.
Craig.
I still have my other recording, so we'll be okay.
Wow.
No, actually, I want Craig.
Why can't...
Okay.
You're done.
Now we're over.
All right.
Okay.
So you guys spent all day on those activities.
And Saren comes back to Mac, who is starting to get up and dust the eggshells off of him.
Do you want to do anything before you guys head down to the Path of Coins?
I want to...
How do I heal my critical?
It's a medical check.
Okay.
And Saren, are you nearby?
Yeah.
You mind looking over this?
I'm not very good at the medical stuff.
I pass out of seeing my own blood.
No, you passed out because you ate too many raw eggs.
Yes, and chickens.
You ate the chickens raw, too?
Well, you know, that was the point of chasing them.
So you did catch at least one of them.
I did.
All right.
I am less disappointed in you now.
I'm ready for the race.
Yeah, I don't know what any of that had to do with racing, but...
It's a mental thing.
All right?
You have to be ready body, mind, and spirit.
Believe me, I know what I'm doing.
All right?
Just watch.
What did you do for your spirit, then?
My spirit?
You know, I took many sabbaticals.
A couple siestas.
You know.
I was gone for like four hours.
Three hours.
You took a couple of siestas?
Yeah.
A couple siestas.
You know.
You gotta, you know.
You gotta take some time for yourself sometimes.
And I definitely did that in between puke and eggs.
I am so glad I'm not gonna bet on you.
At the...
Actually, you know what?
I'm gonna go bet on Flutterplume.
Do it.
Then at least if she wins, we'll split the cash.
We'll have something.
Yeah, this is great.
Well, that's why we're scoundrels.
Okay.
Because we're rigging...
We're double rigging the race.
If you want to do a medical check, it's average.
I will remind you that RX was previously a medical droid.
So, should I have him do it?
Or should I...
Because I thought he was disabled from that kind of function, though.
No, he can look and tell me what to do.
Yes, he can assist.
All right.
So, let's go inside and have Nurse RX help us out.
What did you call me?
A nurse.
I am not a nurse.
Well?
I did not go to eight years of robot medical school to be called a nurse.
All right, all right.
Take it easy, Dr. Nurse.
Nurse has cleaned bedpans.
I do not.
I dissect arms and...
Okay, let me...
Let's be clear, though.
You're the ship, right?
That is the first time you're calling me the ship.
Thank you for admitting it.
I am the ship.
And the toilets are part of the ship, right?
Yes, as much as the cockpit.
So, and you...
Yep.
So, you're technically clearing the bedpans?
You got me there.
Listen, I just need your help in my arm.
I got a critical wound.
It's somewhere on my body, and I can't do it myself because I get squeamished around my own blood, you know?
Because, you know, it's red.
Sorry.
You know what?
Now, you might like it.
You promised me I would get to kill...
Is this it?
Is it Mac?
No, it's not Mac.
Is it you?
Not me.
Is it you?
After the race?
Yes, after the race, you get to kill someone.
You triple promised.
Okay.
You did triple promise.
I did triple promise.
Okay.
Well, then I will help with your critical.
Okay.
Was that from you, Andy?
Oh, sorry.
No, I heard a beep from Discord, and I was wondering if it was you.
It could have been.
Well, are you trying to text me something on the side?
No.
Okay.
Are you keeping things from me?
No.
No, I'm trying to, because I had a couple stim sticks.
I can't remember what they do, so I was looking up what it does.
I think it relieves strain.
I don't think so.
I think it adds to something, like agility or something.
Oh.
Oh, stim sticks are drugs.
No, no, no.
I bought these at a store, not a drug dealer.
I bought them when I got the hunting goggles.
All right.
Let me look in the book.
Am I in the right book?
Okay.
So what's the medicine roll, Val?
Stim.
I only have stim pack in here.
Oh, yeah.
I don't know what the stim stick was.
Let's see.
Stim.
Because it's not, well, it's only, yeah, I don't have it.
And it's not in my inventory for some reason.
It's probably because you don't have it.
I bought like two of them.
You buy a lot of things, and I don't always grant it.
Oh, I guess I just bought one.
But I got it in here, and it says ability, minus one.
Minus one what?
Just says minus one.
Minus one health.
Actually hurts you.
Oh, no.
I said her page fell out.
Oh, no.
It's no house.
Here's stim stick.
On Yavine.
Stim it.
A character who chooses stim sticks removes one difficulty from her discipline, perception,
resilience, or vigilance checks to stay awake or notice something due to fatigue or lack
of sleep until the end of the encounter.
It's a fancy coffee.
Oh, okay.
A fancy coffee.
Basically.
Well, I was going to give it to Mac in case if he needed it to earn the race.
Yeah, well, maybe he should.
So he can not have a setback to perception.
Yeah.
Are you guys going to try and heal him?
Or what?
Yeah.
What's the role?
I will help.
You never told me.
It is average.
And you will get, you can have his, so the way the assistance works is that you get his
yellow dice with your.
Oh, he doesn't have any yellow dice.
Well, RX does.
Two green dice.
So it's, so what is your, because you're doing the medical check.
What is your medicine?
I have two.
Okay.
So they're both yellows now.
Yeah.
Oh, just not what I'm doing it on myself.
Right.
Never mind.
I got some things mixed up.
Yeah.
Because he did help you, but it wasn't for critical.
No, he helped me with the, the.
Oh, it was the speeders.
Yeah.
It was the speeders.
That's right.
Yeah.
I am very helpful.
I better get the biggest, juiciest thing to kill.
I failed.
Mac looks pissed.
I have three advantages though.
Okay.
What are the advantages?
I couldn't heal.
I couldn't heal his critical, but I was able to heal.
Two wounds.
I think I, how many wounds did I have?
I think I had eight damage.
You did.
Seven.
I thought you said.
Bye.
How about this?
I will let you have a health per advantage in exchange for one light side point.
Who, for me or from him?
I mean, you guys are sharing light side points.
Because that, that's, that's off.
That, that's a lot.
Well, that's why I just said two.
I mean, yeah, but you did fail the check.
Yeah.
Well, yeah, but I failed it for critical.
You're right.
So it should make you succeed at something else.
Exactly.
No, I don't think so.
No, I don't think you should spend the light side point here.
I won't fight it for the light side point.
I'm dying on the table here.
This is a crime.
You're fine.
I'm just thinking you're going to need a light side point for the race.
I don't think so.
I've seen you pilot, man.
I don't think so.
I want to save it for the race.
You've never seen me race.
That's also true.
You've seen me pilot.
You've never seen me race.
And especially now that I'm used to the helmet.
No, I don't think you're going to be any better with the critical.
I don't think I'm going to be any better either.
So why don't we just like, you know, magic this shit out of me?
So the critical is compromised, which is increased difficulty of all skill checks by one until the end of the encounter.
It is the end of the encounter.
So you will not be adding the difficulty.
What will happen is if he does get an injury that results in a critical, you get another critical, which is like, I believe it's a plus 10.
You automatically add 10 to that roll.
My God.
All right.
I mean, if you don't think you're going to need to turn the race.
You will still have the critical, but you will gain some wounds.
I mean, lose some wounds.
I mean, let's be honest.
I wasn't going to use the light side point during the race anyway until you just told me.
Well, I was going to like suggest it for the conflict.
I mean, he's going to.
Hey, there's a shortcut coming up over here.
Shortcut on a racetrack.
With everybody watching.
Isn't there a shortcut in the pod racing there?
Like a like a like a crash team racing where it's just a fucking or or a hey, watch out on your right side coming up.
There's a bomb that's ready to blow up if you drive over it.
What kind of racing is this?
Oh, it's dangerous.
Did you not?
Yeah.
Did you not see the last race?
Oh, no, you didn't because you couldn't see through your helmet.
That's the advantage.
They'll never see it coming.
I don't if I can't see that word.
I don't think you know what I mean.
What?
I can't see them, but they can see me.
Check.
I can't.
If I can't see it, it's not illegal.
All right.
So.
What do you want to do?
If you want to if you don't want to save the light side point, I'll do it.
But I sounds like if I get hurt, I'm going to be pretty.
I'm going to be pretty crit.
All right.
Let's just use it.
All right.
How do I do that?
I'll just flip it.
Flip it.
I flipped it.
Flipped it.
So now you take away three wounds.
So now I'm done to five damage.
Whatever eight minus three is.
You're the dealer here.
Yes, I add.
I don't subtract.
House never loses.
I just add.
I never subtract.
What a stipulation.
And that's not true.
Sometimes I do.
I just thought about that.
All right.
You guys are going to mosey down to the the racetrack.
Then let's say it's.
Do I have the path of coins on here?
I thought I put it up on here.
You've you've had it before.
Yeah.
No, I don't.
I don't.
I don't have the street on here, I guess.
Just the racetrack.
Rack track.
Da da da da da.
Rack track.
Oh, boy.
Let's get rid of this grid.
It makes it.
All right.
See, see.
Very terrible things.
Oh, yeah.
I did kill that guard.
All right.
I should have cleaned this off.
I should probably disguise myself.
I don't need to this.
Just do what they all do.
Just put a hood up.
I'll wear a blank black baseball hat.
And some sunglasses?
Some sunglasses.
Okay.
No one will know I'm the one that saves the world.
So let's see if I can get you your vehicle.
Okay.
There's your vehicle here.
Maybe I'll just change the face to Mac, huh?
I don't see the vehicle.
You don't see it?
It's got the face.
It's got a hooded face on it.
Oh, okay.
I see five of those.
I'm going to change this one.
I'm going to just change it to Mac.
Okay.
Oh, it's going to be in PC.
I don't know where any of this is.
What is going on here?
Where am I?
What game are we playing?
Where am I?
Oh, this is the old Mac photo.
Yeah.
We'll just call it that photo patch.
And it did not change.
Great.
What is that?
Is that somebody playing slot machines?
It's not me.
Where do you really play?
It's a kalimba.
All right.
And these are going away.
See you later.
Someone playing slot machines.
That's what it sounded like.
I assumed it was Andy.
That's why I raised both hands.
It wasn't me.
Hey, wait.
What does that mean?
That you're a degenerate.
Oh.
He's got my...
I mean, you're not wrong, but...
It hurts to hear out loud.
Okay.
On Discord.
Speed.
I'm so glad that that was recorded in the podcast.
That you're a degenerate?
Yeah.
I guess I'll add some of these.
I don't even know what these bikes are.
So hopefully this doesn't break the game.
Break the game.
Maybe should not have made this an eight-person race.
Yeah.
I was hoping it would be nine.
All right.
Yeah, I know.
But that would have been too many people.
All right.
So it's going to go in the crowd.
Okay.
So what do you guys...
So you guys go down there, and it's raucous, because this is the big race tonight.
There's a big race probably once a week.
And you guys are finally here for it.
I mean, you guys have finally made your way down for it.
What...
You know, it's crazy.
It's bigger than what you saw last time.
You know, I think last time we said it was about 100 people.
It's easily double or triple that.
And you guys are...
Everybody is just packed in there.
Mac, you put your helmet on, and you walk down.
Yeah, just like that.
And you've got your racing...
You had a racing outfit in the Kahuna Wave.
Yeah, it's got gloves on it, and gloves on it.
It's also...
It's not a buster, but it does have, like, shoulder pads.
Okay.
Like cauldrons.
Aldrin?
Buzz Aldrin?
Aldrin.
No, pauldrons.
You mean Pollard?
No.
Pauldrons.
Who is that?
Who the hell is that?
Like, on armor, it's the shoulder pieces.
Okay.
No one knows that.
I know that.
Yeah.
Because you're a degenerate.
Oh.
Third time on the podcast, I've been called a degenerate.
Well, you know.
I'm waiting for the rest of that sentence, boo.
Well, you know.
Give me something that makes me feel good.
You know, you gamble with your armors, you know.
Stop it.
That's a bad hope.
Okay.
That's bad.
And you ride your bike in through the, you see the signs, like racers only, and you ride
out into there, and you line up on, you know, up onto the line, and you see all these racers.
You don't recognize any of them, but, you know, they're bad dudes.
Sorry, do you hear me?
Who is this?
This is Max Saints.
This is Darren Macklin.
Sorry, I had to figure out what I was saying this time.
Max Saint, Darren Macklin.
Wouldn't your name in this be Pash McKenzie?
No, not this time.
Maybe next time.
Are you sure?
Because they booked it under Pash McKenzie.
Why?
Don't ever.
Get that off.
You put it under Darren Macklin.
You don't know what you're doing.
I didn't put it in there.
Your buddy put it in there.
Oh, my.
Your buddy got you the ticket.
So, he probably put it under Pash McKenzie.
And as he says it, you look up at the scoreboard, the leaderboard, like the big video board,
and it says in big, bright letters, Pash McKenzie.
This is not good.
This is not.
This is.
Oh, my God.
Don't blame me for this.
I'm not blaming anybody.
Why is this not good?
You have no idea.
Do you have enemies?
You have no idea what's happening.
Well, this is not good.
This is not.
I've got to.
Okay.
All right.
Listen.
We've got to win this race and get the fuck out of here.
You've got to help me out.
These other guys look like they're bad dudes.
Let Shutterpool Malone.
I'll knock her ass out with my racing skills.
But you've got to do something to help me out out here.
Well, I rigged her bike.
You rigged her bike with what?
My hands.
To blow up?
No.
All right.
Good.
Okay.
What about the rest of them?
Well, that's for you.
The thing is, Flutterplume can't win.
So, do you think these other people are going to be out for murder against you during the race?
I don't know.
They look like bad dudes.
Because if that's so, then I'm going to bet on you to lose.
Oh, my God.
Wait.
Why is he even racing, then?
I don't know.
Where's my car?
I don't know.
What?
He wanted to race.
I rigged her bike to lose.
Well, I mean, you did attempt something on there.
I don't remember exactly what happened.
I was able to rig it.
Yeah.
I thought you just snuck in there, and then you found the picture.
No.
I was able to do something to the bike.
What was it?
Was it going to make it slow down or take off the brakes or something?
I don't remember.
No.
Honestly, I think it was to rig it to explode when it gets to a certain temperature.
Yeah.
That sounds right.
Oh, my God.
All right.
So, then we just got to make sure Shutterplum doesn't get to that speed.
And if she does, I don't want her to die.
No one has to die for this.
We don't know if she's going to die.
You said you rigged it to her.
Well, I'm completing the contract here.
All right.
I'm not going to let someone die over this.
My name's on the board over this.
Well, yeah.
I guess we don't.
We don't.
Tension.
Tension has been added.
I'm sure the Game Master will figure it out.
All right.
I want to place a bet, then.
Okay.
What are the odds on Pash McKenzie?
I go to, like, one of the little bots that are taking bets.
Pash McKenzie is, he's the long shot in the race.
But they're still bunched together.
The odds are four to one against to win.
Four to one, you said?
Yeah.
All right.
I'm going to put a $250 bet on it.
Okay.
I need to write that down.
On who?
Pash McKenzie.
To win?
Is there a to place?
No.
I'm not going to get that in depth.
Then I guess, yes, to win.
I thought you were going to bet against him.
No, actually, is there, can I put a bet on Flutterplume to not win?
Um.
Yes.
Uh, that is three to one.
All right.
Then 300, that Flutterplume won't win.
All right.
Take that out of your inventory, then.
Yep.
All right.
Um.
I do not think we're going to have enough time to finish this race.
Um.
You're scared.
I am scared.
Uh.
I kind of don't want to leave it on this cliffhanger, though.
Bye.
.