#cr highlights

[paintedwarpony]

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NIGHT C2E124

Sam drinking an Absinthe and Yogurt Suicide right before the game starts

Man-moth

Starting off the episode in the battle music

Quick change Polymorph

Glow in the dark Yasha

Mad Dash Crazy Directions

"... Ima bird."

Panic Planning and Mid-Air Switcheroo Nat 1

Angel making a snow angel on her landing

"We're basically gods!"

"Surface tension is a whole thing. Nah."

"ARE YOU SHAMING THE CREW FOR FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS!?"

"All pronouns are valid and your hate is earned, because Otis is terrible..."

Jetski Beau

Bird Stats

Magic Button

Cranky Caduceus

Zoren's big bag o' bombs

Long rest (in the dome so puppy pile) FINALLY and Beau falling asleep on Yasha

The Classic Matthew Mercer Fake Out

Return of the Matt Shirts

Return of the classic Jester sending disasters

Caleb’s pouch of random location anchors

Suggesting sending Sprinkle with the Threshold Crest

Cursed Dagger Shenanigans

"I heard the Rusty Dagger did really good Absinthe and Yogurt smoothies..."

Empire Sibling Squabbling

Butterflies? Butterflies? Butterflies?

Your Tracking Number is 53.10.2.

Seeing the Aeorian Crater

Land Before Time reference

"They're Mulan-ing us!" - Tomb Taker Avalanche

Otis the new BBEG

Standing ontop of Aeor

Mecha Gelidon

Curse of the Cake

"... gee whiz you are GREAT!"

"...Weapons away..." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

Wild magic surge?

Theylon...

VURMAS OUTPOST

ESSEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS BEEN 84 YEARS

Essek smile and Essek hug

Hot cocoa for the Aurora Watch

MASS INSIGHT CHECK

Taliesin's ridiculously bad rolls all night

Jester’s description of the Tomb Takers

"We fought a dragon and the dragon was an easier fight than them..."

The fact that Essek chose to come to Eiselcross

Quick retreat method confirmed

Insight Check: Essek's Ashamed

Tiny Kryn Info Dump: Vurmas

"We killed a giant baby." "It had no butt."

The casual banter with Essek and Beau’s staring

Essek's heartfelt honesty about his friendship and trust with the Nein

Oh shit, Dagen x3

Reunion with Dagen with an Aurora Watch soldier IN HIS LAP then giving advice to the Vurmas patrol

Aurora Watch skeptism and annoyance with the "strange incoming people"

Essek: . . . what are we talking about?!

The Nein scaring their new purple friend about their old purple friend

Scaring Essek then trying to convince him he's their 100% ace in the hole

Eyes of Nine info/speculation from Essek

Hints that Essek is under suspect in the Dynasty

Essek connection with Trent confirmed

Essek's face journey when they tell him Vess DeRogna is dead

Hints of wanting to gather allies ala Chroma Conclave style

"Oh shit's real bad."

Cocoa with whiskey for the nerves

Possible plans suggesting pulling Lucien's soul out and putting/resurrecting Molly via knowledge of the Luxon

Beau's face while wizards talking about time manipulation

Essek panic attack

VERIN MENTIONED VERIN VERIN VERIN

Essek saying he "trusts his brother"

"I'm sorry for alot... alot..."

Caleb holding Essek's arm and telling him to breathe and Essek's little shuddery breath

Talking about rounding up all the wizards they know

Tal'Dorei Council mentioned

Chuckle Dust and Oops Stones: Look out Lucien

Yogurt mentioned again

Veth snapping at Fjord about a snowball, Fjord's mental journey afterwards

Artagan hanging out in Port Demali then teleports in all sass and frass for the best failed Divine Intervention ever

SUCCESSFUL DIVINE INTERVENTION BRING IT WILDMOM

Wildmother Brothers- "I love you like family, you're in so much trouble..."

Jester goes to scry, Fjord insisting to come along

The Nein genuinely considering traveling away from Eiselcross

Sending to Wensforth/Yussa

"Its alot of dicks, theres just alot of dicks..."

Dagen already best friends with the Aurora Watch

Dagen retirement plans in Marquette and chit chat with Beau

Dagen goodbyes, chewing a hot cocoa ball

Hearing Matt's teleportation circle sound after so long

Level 14!!!

Caleb at 101HP

Wait

MANIFEST LIST COUNT: 13.5

There were a couple of halvesies in there but holy shit Verin was mention even without his name being dropped. Its a step in the right direction.

[intothefey-blog]

“Wanna huddle together, y’know, for like, warmth?”

[sparring-spirals]

c2e24 I was trying to write a highlights thing for the Hupperdook episode, but there are so many good parts here. Reoccuring generic unlucky bandit group, Beau backstory, Jesters sensitivity about leaving Kiri in a room, the drinking competition, half of the M9 /extremely/ drunk, hungover detective work, and then the M9 being extreme softies with orphan children. 

bonus lines i really loved:

- “If you’re going to do bad things, at least work for somebody who’s rich and doing bad things!”

- “Have you ever been with someone?” “Yeah, totally.” “INSIGHT CHECK!”

-”I can do that. She’s small. I can hold her down.” yasha your caretaking skills raise some concern.  + bonus introverts club.

- “yOU WERE ABDUCTED BY MONKS??” (+ the whole convo, I love beau and nott talking to each other, and beau backstory)

- Nott’s increasingly strange things during the drinking competition to psych out her opponent

- the mighty nein is the mighty nein.  the mighty nein is the mighty nein. the mightiest nine that ever neined! nine mighties, mighties nine!

-” at least your dad cares about you” “at least you know your dad” “…wow so many daddy issues!”

- *ominous infernal noises* “What beast brings their way into our workplace?? SHOW YOURSELF.” 

*Jester pops out* “Oh hi! :)”

- *Beau stumbles out of the fireplace, covered in soot* *points threateningly at child* “YOU DID IT.” “No, Beau, we’re already winning.”

- The half discussion of should we just.. adopt? more kids? (+  Fjord wanting to reunite them with parents, bc ofc)

[cellobotomy]

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[paintedwarpony]

C2E122 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NIGHT

Everybody caving to the NordVPN ads at last. They finally got Matt.

"Makin' my way" in less than 30 seconds passed beginning the game

The chat talking non-stop about Sam's beard for five minutes

Travis map time

CAD LORE

Matt lounging in his chair a-la Lucien style

"Angel-Blood"

Veth just putting everyone's secrets out of front street for Lucien to use

"Change a heart and a mind and save a soul"

Lucien talking to Caleb through Frumpkin

The mysterious cake with dice on it

"Do we know how old Lucien is?" "We do." "You don't."

Talkin' about unicorns 🦄

Veth's turn to make the conspiracy theories

More creepy Lucien watching

Caduceus' rabid squirrel story but it actually made sense: Nonagon is Lucien's rabies

Cad admitting to actually wanting to save Lucien

" 'Ey Yudala!"

"Its been a week since we played..."

Caleb turning into the Mighty Nein's therapy dog

Lucien's Book Lore Dump

More ice fog and getting lost again with multiple Nat 1s

Lucien refusing to make eye contact with Beau

Confirmation that the blank door room is meant to be Molly's room

Mollymauk's coat

Doors Four, Nine and One

Caleb's childhood room

Caduceus leaving the tea on the table

Tower Cats hating the Tomb Takers

Every second of the Caduceus and Lucien dynamic

Cranky cats and chocolate fondue

Mighty Nein: Cult Killers

Veth renaming cats

Cats the Musical

The mystery cake revealed to be a dice tray

MESSAGE TO ESSEK AND HEARING BACK

Coming so very close to making a run for it to the Vurmas outpost and Essek

Matt Mercer's opinion on Grandpa Joe

Sleepover in Yasha's room

Lucien creepily walking around the Tower in the dark

Jester Polymorphing herself and Lucien into cats to explore all over the Tower and the conversation with Frumpkin

The shared nightmare and Beau and Caleb both getting Eye markings

Beau's notes looking like the cursed book

Total number of Manifest List check offs: 4.5

Caduceus and Beau banter and dynamic with Lucien

Tower Cats hating the Tomb Takers

Caduceus' hot meal

Essek (voice only)

1/2 : Polymorph but not turtles cats instead

[paintedwarpony]

C2E120 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NIGHT

Disaster Lesbians 3000

Giant robot bad guy rolling Natural 19s and 20s and still auto-failing saves against Banishment spells

The banana peel

Liam's excitement over Wild Magic

Everyone's disappointment over the failed Wild Magic sheep polymorph

Caleb getting the power source for the mage collar FINALLY

Sam being an absolute troll

Caduceus knowing exactly what happened with Beau and Yasha

Caleb’s firebug arsonist tendencies rearing its head again

Caduceus lying and failing and later using all the events that followed as grounds to never lie again

MOTHER FUCKIN FJORD'S INTIMIDATION

Sad sweet heart breaker moment for Caleb during his watch and snuggling Frumpkin for comfort

Purriscope Frumpkin

Furiscope Caduceus

The wrong purple bastard showing up but hey what was that black metal scimitar there?

The entire party more concerned about trying to stall for a Long Rest than actually facing Lucien

Dagen just disappearing

Taliesin's excitement over "brunch with the devil"

[intothefey-blog]

“That was such church youth trip flirting”

“You gotta start somewhere”

[intothefey-blog]

“This dark energy emanates from her body”