Aurendor (2025): Recap #38 - Questions and Answers
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The group called Ay in on what'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '27.439', 'text': 'had happened to them, and she asked them'}, {'start': '25.840', 'end': '30.080', 'text': 'if they wanted her and her cobalts to'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '31.359', 'text': "help bury Torx's body. Shawn told her"}, {'start': '30.080', 'end': '33.200', 'text': 'that the group needed to discuss that'}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '36.160', 'text': 'among themselves, although she did ask'}, {'start': '33.200', 'end': '38.640', 'text': 'for their help burying Dag and Rain. The'}, {'start': '36.160', 'end': '40.480', 'text': 'group is torn on what to do next. Keelin'}, {'start': '38.640', 'end': '42.160', 'text': 'and Shawn both thought that maybe Tornak'}, {'start': '40.480', 'end': '44.000', 'text': "didn't want to return and that was why"}, {'start': '42.160', 'end': '46.559', 'text': 'the previous ritual had failed when it'}, {'start': '44.000', 'end': '48.079', 'text': 'felt like it should have worked. Tia'}, {'start': '46.559', 'end': '49.440', 'text': "didn't want to give up, but she also"}, {'start': '48.079', 'end': '52.160', 'text': "didn't want to force him back if he"}, {'start': '49.440', 'end': '53.680', 'text': "didn't want to come. Seiya essentially"}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '55.280', 'text': 'said, "Fuck that." and insisted that the'}, {'start': '53.680', 'end': '56.480', 'text': 'group find a way to drag Torn back to'}, {'start': '55.280', 'end': '58.800', 'text': 'life, kicking and screaming if'}, {'start': '56.480', 'end': '60.000', 'text': 'necessary.'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '61.600', 'text': 'Upon hearing the topic of the'}, {'start': '60.000', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'discussion, Aki joined in the'}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '65.760', 'text': "conversation as well. She didn't have"}, {'start': '63.840', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'the power to bring Torn to back, but she'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'had something that might help. She'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '71.600', 'text': 'handed Tia a stone tablet that would'}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '74.799', 'text': 'allow her to cast commune and speak to'}, {'start': '71.600', 'end': '76.400', 'text': "Jalexera, the cobalt's goddess. It was"}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'given to her in case she needed it when'}, {'start': '76.400', 'end': '79.360', 'text': 'searching for the medallion she was'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '81.080', 'text': "wearing, but she hadn't needed it"}, {'start': '79.360', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'because the group had helped her'}, {'start': '81.080', 'end': '85.520', 'text': 'instead. Talk pointed out as the'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '88.080', 'text': 'resident expert in deaf, he had some'}, {'start': '85.520', 'end': '89.680', 'text': 'thoughts on the subject. Around that'}, {'start': '88.080', 'end': '91.040', 'text': 'time, Tia used the tablet to start'}, {'start': '89.680', 'end': '93.680', 'text': 'casting the spell without waiting for'}, {'start': '91.040', 'end': '95.280', 'text': 'anyone else to actually decide anything.'}, {'start': '93.680', 'end': '96.640', 'text': "There wasn't much anyone could do once"}, {'start': '95.280', 'end': '98.040', 'text': 'she started casting. So, they all'}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '100.560', 'text': 'settled in to see what'}, {'start': '98.040', 'end': '103.040', 'text': 'happened. As Tia finished casting the'}, {'start': '100.560', 'end': '106.119', 'text': 'spell, Jaxer appeared in the form of a'}, {'start': '103.040', 'end': '108.720', 'text': 'giant scarred snake with black and green'}, {'start': '106.119', 'end': '110.399', 'text': 'scales. Try asked if Torn wanted to'}, {'start': '108.720', 'end': '112.799', 'text': "return, trying to see if he'd rather"}, {'start': '110.399', 'end': '116.159', 'text': 'remain with his brother instead. The'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '117.600', 'text': 'answer, he wishes to return.'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '119.439', 'text': 'Then she asked where the group could go'}, {'start': '117.600', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'to find a way to bring him back, trying'}, {'start': '119.439', 'end': '122.240', 'text': 'to find out if there was any hope in'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '126.360', 'text': 'Silk Shadow since they were heading'}, {'start': '122.240', 'end': '129.479', 'text': 'there next. The answer, you head'}, {'start': '126.360', 'end': '132.680', 'text': 'there. Her last question was a bit'}, {'start': '129.479', 'end': '137.040', 'text': 'different. What lies beyond the'}, {'start': '132.680', 'end': '138.640', 'text': 'seals? Tornac was the answer.'}, {'start': '137.040', 'end': '140.080', 'text': 'Everyone did their best not to think'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '141.599', 'text': 'about the fact that Tornak had stolen'}, {'start': '140.080', 'end': '142.959', 'text': "his dead brother's identity, and it was"}, {'start': '141.599', 'end': '144.239', 'text': 'therefore at least a little unclear'}, {'start': '142.959', 'end': '145.760', 'text': 'whether Tornak was referring to the'}, {'start': '144.239', 'end': '148.080', 'text': 'dwarf they knew or the long deadad'}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '149.400', 'text': 'brother of said dwarf. Semantics, the'}, {'start': '148.080', 'end': '151.520', 'text': "DM's best"}, {'start': '149.400', 'end': '153.440', 'text': 'friend. Meanwhile, talk turned'}, {'start': '151.520', 'end': '156.239', 'text': "Ishitari's body into a new garden to"}, {'start': '153.440', 'end': '157.680', 'text': 'follow him around as a zombie. Shawn got'}, {'start': '156.239', 'end': '159.360', 'text': 'permission from Maki to take a diamond'}, {'start': '157.680', 'end': '162.080', 'text': "from Nagen Rain's belongings since it"}, {'start': '159.360', 'end': '163.360', 'text': 'had magical uses for the group. She also'}, {'start': '162.080', 'end': '166.480', 'text': 'found several letters with the Rain'}, {'start': '163.360', 'end': '168.239', 'text': 'family seal in it that she pocketed.'}, {'start': '166.480', 'end': '171.599', 'text': 'Try posed some questions about Gelic'}, {'start': '168.239', 'end': '173.120', 'text': 'Sarah to Aki and Za had a few as well.'}, {'start': '171.599', 'end': '174.080', 'text': 'Shawn asked Yara and no lesson some'}, {'start': '173.120', 'end': '175.840', 'text': 'questions about what happened in'}, {'start': '174.080', 'end': '177.360', 'text': 'Petstone and she was somewhat relieved'}, {'start': '175.840', 'end': '179.280', 'text': 'to hear that the illuminator had met an'}, {'start': '177.360', 'end': '181.280', 'text': "unfortunate end so there wasn't really a"}, {'start': '179.280', 'end': '182.959', 'text': 'temple left there which simplified'}, {'start': '181.280', 'end': '185.840', 'text': 'things greatly in regards to the request'}, {'start': '182.959', 'end': '187.280', 'text': 'that the Luminous had made of her. Then'}, {'start': '185.840', 'end': '188.879', 'text': 'the group set out into the swamp,'}, {'start': '187.280', 'end': '190.480', 'text': 'planning on making a slight detour to'}, {'start': '188.879', 'end': '191.319', 'text': 'visit a waystone before heading towards'}, {'start': '190.480', 'end': '193.599', 'text': 'Silt'}, {'start': '191.319', 'end': '194.879', 'text': 'Shadow. Between Talk and Shawn, they'}, {'start': '193.599', 'end': '197.360', 'text': 'made their way through the swamp both'}, {'start': '194.879', 'end': '199.000', 'text': 'easily and quietly. While they saw a'}, {'start': '197.360', 'end': '201.680', 'text': 'number of praers, they managed to avoid'}, {'start': '199.000', 'end': '202.959', 'text': 'them. Or at least they managed to avoid'}, {'start': '201.680', 'end': '204.480', 'text': 'them up until the point where they came'}, {'start': '202.959', 'end': '206.000', 'text': 'around a corner several hours in and'}, {'start': '204.480', 'end': '208.400', 'text': 'found themselves face to face with a red'}, {'start': '206.000', 'end': '210.159', 'text': 'cloak prader. As the group all'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '211.879', 'text': 'instinctively reacted, the prader pulled'}, {'start': '210.159', 'end': '214.000', 'text': 'off his mask and revealed himself to be'}, {'start': '211.879', 'end': '216.480', 'text': 'Alonzo. He had been trying to find them'}, {'start': '214.000', 'end': '218.560', 'text': 'since he knew they were in the area. He'}, {'start': '216.480', 'end': '220.000', 'text': 'had a letter for Keelin. He had also'}, {'start': '218.560', 'end': '221.680', 'text': 'done more research since the last time'}, {'start': '220.000', 'end': '223.440', 'text': 'they met. And he was convinced that the'}, {'start': '221.680', 'end': '225.680', 'text': 'war was being spurred on by improper'}, {'start': '223.440', 'end': '227.680', 'text': 'advising of the emperor. Prefic'}, {'start': '225.680', 'end': '229.519', 'text': 'Levvenia, someone high in the government'}, {'start': '227.680', 'end': '231.360', 'text': "who wasn't one of Aurelion's favored,"}, {'start': '229.519', 'end': '233.200', 'text': 'belonged to the cult of Falacross, and'}, {'start': '231.360', 'end': '234.280', 'text': "he was almost certain she'd been put in"}, {'start': '233.200', 'end': '236.319', 'text': 'power by the'}, {'start': '234.280', 'end': '237.519', 'text': 'Luminous. Considering the group had been'}, {'start': '236.319', 'end': '239.439', 'text': 'having their own strings pulled by the'}, {'start': '237.519', 'end': '241.120', 'text': 'Luminous, he suspected it was all'}, {'start': '239.439', 'end': '242.959', 'text': 'related.'}, {'start': '241.120', 'end': '244.640', 'text': "Shawn wasn't particularly surprised to"}, {'start': '242.959', 'end': '246.400', 'text': 'hear that suspicion even before he'}, {'start': '244.640', 'end': '248.400', 'text': 'handed her a copy of the newspaper that'}, {'start': '246.400', 'end': '250.640', 'text': "had her family's name prominently listed"}, {'start': '248.400', 'end': '251.799', 'text': 'on the front page in a very much not'}, {'start': '250.640', 'end': '254.080', 'text': 'great'}, {'start': '251.799', 'end': '256.000', 'text': 'way. Alonzo said that he would give'}, {'start': '254.080', 'end': '257.840', 'text': 'Kelan the letter if the group would'}, {'start': '256.000', 'end': '259.919', 'text': 'agree to place a small item the next'}, {'start': '257.840', 'end': '261.519', 'text': 'time they met with the Luminous. It'}, {'start': '259.919', 'end': '263.040', 'text': 'could be placed on their person or in'}, {'start': '261.519', 'end': '264.320', 'text': 'their carriage. All that mattered was'}, {'start': '263.040', 'end': '266.639', 'text': 'that the group managed to put it in'}, {'start': '264.320', 'end': '268.479', 'text': 'place without being caught. Shawn'}, {'start': '266.639', 'end': '269.759', 'text': 'agreed. Her family was already in'}, {'start': '268.479', 'end': '271.919', 'text': "danger, so things couldn't get much"}, {'start': '269.759', 'end': '273.880', 'text': 'worse. And the luminous were all but'}, {'start': '271.919', 'end': '276.320', 'text': 'certain to want to meet with her'}, {'start': '273.880', 'end': '278.000', 'text': 'again. Alonzo then explained to Keelin'}, {'start': '276.320', 'end': '280.479', 'text': 'that the letter was from a gold cloak'}, {'start': '278.000', 'end': '283.160', 'text': 'prader, Valrexian, and it was orders to'}, {'start': '280.479', 'end': '285.680', 'text': "wipe out Keelin's village for suspected"}, {'start': '283.160', 'end': '287.440', 'text': 'becraft. It also mentioned that it was a'}, {'start': '285.680', 'end': '289.120', 'text': 'potential source for dark tears,'}, {'start': '287.440', 'end': '291.360', 'text': 'although no one knew what that meant,'}, {'start': '289.120', 'end': '293.280', 'text': 'including Keelin.'}, {'start': '291.360', 'end': '295.120', 'text': 'Tara listened closely to the explanation'}, {'start': '293.280', 'end': '297.600', 'text': 'and once Alonzo was finished speaking'}, {'start': '295.120', 'end': '299.440', 'text': 'shifted into the form of an older man.'}, {'start': '297.600', 'end': '301.600', 'text': 'She asked if Alonzo recognized him and'}, {'start': '299.440', 'end': '303.040', 'text': 'he said that he did. He was an informant'}, {'start': '301.600', 'end': '304.800', 'text': 'for the Praers who was often around'}, {'start': '303.040', 'end': '307.919', 'text': "Valtrixian and he'd been involved in the"}, {'start': '304.800', 'end': '309.919', 'text': "attack on Keelin's home. Tia explained"}, {'start': '307.919', 'end': '312.000', 'text': 'that he was her uncle Malik, the one'}, {'start': '309.919', 'end': '313.320', 'text': "she'd mentioned before who had betrayed"}, {'start': '312.000', 'end': '315.919', 'text': 'her'}, {'start': '313.320', 'end': '317.120', 'text': 'family. Vrexian was there in the swamp'}, {'start': '315.919', 'end': '320.400', 'text': 'so there was a chance the group might'}, {'start': '317.120', 'end': '322.600', 'text': "run into him. Malik wasn't there. Not as"}, {'start': '320.400', 'end': '324.880', 'text': 'far as Alonzo knew at'}, {'start': '322.600', 'end': '326.560', 'text': 'least. As with their previous meeting,'}, {'start': '324.880', 'end': '328.800', 'text': 'Alonzo flinched at the open use of'}, {'start': '326.560', 'end': '331.000', 'text': "magecraft by Taria, but didn't do or say"}, {'start': '328.800', 'end': '333.199', 'text': 'anything, even though he was clearly'}, {'start': '331.000', 'end': '334.880', 'text': 'uncomfortable. Seiya prodded at him a'}, {'start': '333.199', 'end': '337.440', 'text': 'bit, and he revealed that he was loyal'}, {'start': '334.880', 'end': '339.520', 'text': 'to the Empire. He felt like the group'}, {'start': '337.440', 'end': '341.080', 'text': 'was his best bet to save it. Or at least'}, {'start': '339.520', 'end': '343.680', 'text': 'he hoped that was the'}, {'start': '341.080', 'end': '345.120', 'text': 'case. Before they parted ways, Alonzo'}, {'start': '343.680', 'end': '347.600', 'text': 'gave them a map that he would help them'}, {'start': '345.120', 'end': '349.039', 'text': 'avoid any praers. He told them the'}, {'start': '347.600', 'end': '351.120', 'text': 'praers were planning on converging on'}, {'start': '349.039', 'end': '353.680', 'text': 'Silt Shadow, so they only had 3 days or'}, {'start': '351.120', 'end': '355.680', 'text': 'so to get there. The group decided'}, {'start': '353.680', 'end': '358.160', 'text': "they'd skip heading to the way since"}, {'start': '355.680', 'end': '361.520', 'text': 'clearly every minute counted. And that'}, {'start': '358.160', 'end': '361.520', 'text': 'is where we left off.'}]