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Itās the VOD of the best session weāve run in a while, and we usually run pretty good session as it is!
The Hunt for the Red Ribbon Android! Goodbye, Super Android 13!
GUESS WHAT, weāre streaming today and weāre back from hiatus and running one shots to playing Dragon Ball Z: Gaiden again. YEAH BABY.
Weāll post when we start streaming tonight, as is tradition, but thatās not what this post is about. This post is about your (and my) favorite thing: More content.
In this case itās super ultra secret bonus scene Panty content coming in hot straight into your ear and eyeholes! NOW!
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden Bonus Episode: Panty Alone
Iām sure that thereās absolutely nothing clearly visible in my browser tabs in this video that is at all a reference to what Pantyās character arc is going to be.
Hope you enjoy, I sure had fun.
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Weāre going to be streaming soon! And Iām excited for the horrors that await! https://www.twitch.tv/batilisk
Usually I send the video link to Loaka and then he posts it with a cute title. This time Iām posting the video link myself because last weeks video is an absolute mess and I want to take responsibility for it.
You see, in an effort to reduce the audio problems weāve been having since we first started recording and uploading our sessions (which were largely the fault of my shitty recording set up) I bought a new headset. Last weeks session is the first time Iāve used it while streaming/recording and it came with a new host of terrible audio issues that we still havenāt figured out how to rectify.
Itāll probably take me a few months, at best, but I plan to actually type up a transcript of this sessions audio so nobody misses any of our content because that is how awful the audio errors in this video were. And I have absolutely no idea how Fefnir is gonna handle editing this video for the radio version of our campaign that she does whenever she gets around to this one. This was an excellent and hilarious session so if you can bear the echoing and annoying background noises you should give it a listen. But if you canāt then you should wait until I, or someone else, summarizes this session.
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I know what you, our fan, really wants as a sign of my remorse for hecking up the latest session (and also for not having a session this week) more Panty content. Hereās the script for two, heart wrenching, bonus Panty scenes with everyoneās favorite NPC to date, Ark. And Loaka swears heāll actually act these out with me next next weekend but by then, weāll have played a new session and these events occur chronologically before the next session. Donāt worry, when we act out these scenes Iāll link them all in chronological order, itās like time travel!
Anyway, enjoy.
Friends Like Me
[Panty and Ark have met up at the gay bar Nine Inch Males to have a drink and catch up on things.]
Ark: So you went back in time and changed nothing?
Panty: ā¦Yeah.
Ark: All those regrets and you changed nothing? You could change anything! Whatever youāre most ashamed of! You could undo it.
[Panty internally reflects on grabbing Yoraās boobs.]
Panty: ā¦Yeah.
Ark: But you donāt.
Panty: Iāve been tempted.
Ark: But you donāt.
Panty: ā¦Yeah, I donāt.
Ark: You really arenāt like parallel you at all. As far as I can tell parallel you caused a weird time crisis by jumping forward in time andā¦ you know maybe I wonāt say.
Panty: Why wonāt you say it?
Ark: It might influence your behavior.
Panty: I have agency, Ark.
Ark: Ok, true. [Deep inhale] Itās a huge mess and Iām not exactly sure what went down because of how the timeline recalibrated around parallel youās antics and youāve not been completely forthcoming with the faā
Panty: Just get on with it.
Ark: ā¦As far as I can tell Future Parallel You jumped back in time and attempted to assassinate Present Parallel You and gravely injured her before PPY, thatās Present Parallel You, blew up FPY, thatās Future Parallel You,'s time machine and escaped in her own time machine stranding FPY there. In the future, PPY killed FPY before FPY ever came back to try and kill her and then FPY faded out of existence as PPY jumped back to the present.
Panty: ā¦ What?
Ark: Yeah. Thatās a mouthful. Parallel you kills your future self.
Panty: ā¦And thatās how I die?
Ark: Thatās how she dies.
Panty: ā¦ Do you know why I did it?
Ark: No, but I hope you donāt replicate it. Parallel you isnāt taking it well. Itās probably weird to know exactly when and how youāre going to die.
Panty: ā¦ Weird is an understatement.
Ark: My theory is that FPY had a change of heart and came back to take her past self out because of all the ruckus you were causing in the present.
Panty: ā¦But if she succeeded then she wouldnāt have had the change of heart in the first place.
Ark: Mmhmm, time paradoxes are fucked up like that so I guess itās, I donāt want to say good but, fortunate maybe? Ugh. Itās a thing that it worked out the way it did.
Panty: Yup that sure is a thing.
Ark: My point is that, if my theory is correct, then youāve yet to use that machine to alleviate any kind of guilt so youāre different than parallel you.
Panty: ā¦ Assuming youāre right, I am. Iāve been ruminating on this a lot too lately. On why I donāt use time travel to retcon things. It all boils down to emotional strength, Iām not sure it works like physical strength. I donāt seem to get more powerful emotionally when I suffer or lose emotionally. But even if I did, it seems unethical to go back and change it. Then how do I learn from my mistakes? If thereās no consequences, I donāt change as a person, and thereāll always be that chance I slip up and do the regretful thing again because I never learned my lesson.
Ark: Convoluted, but admirably moral and responsible.
Panty: Are you surprised?
Ark: Impressed. But donāt let it go to your head.
Panty: Perish the thought.
Ark: I guess your rationale kind of has to be convoluted because youāre a time traveler.
Panty: It carries a lot of responsibility.
Ark: Universe hopping seems comparatively less complicated.
Panty: Eh itās all in the eye of the beholder, friend, but itās not a competition.
Ark, smiling: True.
Panty: ā¦ What was Present Parallel Me doing that caused Future Parallel Me to try and take me out?
Ark: Hurting people. Killing people. People who trusted her. People I thought she cared about.
Panty: Is that so? Well then weāre not so different after all, she and I.
Ark, looking at her seriously: What do you mean?
Panty: I also hurt the people I care about.
Ark: [Snorting derisively] Do you now?
Panty: Yes! I do! Iāve hurt them in the past! Iām hurting them now! And Iāll hurt them in the future too! I do nothing but hurt the people in my life and it would be better off for everyone if I just got the hell out of all their lives!
Ark: [Bristling with anger] Everyone ? You hurt everyone you care about?
Panty: Yes! Everyone! Every last one!
Ark, voice low and angry: If truly believe you hurt everyone you care about then all I can say in response to that is āprove it.ā
Panty, taken off guard: Excuse me?!
Ark, growing louder: You heard me, prove it! Youāre a people-hurter, right? Then pull the fucking trigger!
Panty, startled and confused: What?!
Ark, quaking and speaking between clenched teeth: I care about you. You care about me. So take the shot, Panty. Hurt me good. Make it count. Kill me in one hit.
Panty, frantic: I donāt want to!
Ark, seething: Youāre either someone who hurts people or someone who doesnāt so either pull the damn trigger or get over yourself.
Panty: W-whatās gotten into you?
Ark: Whatās gotten into me? Whatās gotten into you?! I thought weād worked through this but youāve still got yourself all twisted up in knots. Youāre not her, youāre you. You may hurt people but you atone and change your behavior. Those youāve injured have probably either long since forgiven you or forgotten about you. Youāre the one not forgiving yourself.
Panty: How condescending. I can see the future! I know what I do!
Ark: You can change the future too! The future isnāt set in stone, Panty! You of all people should know that. [Contemptuously] Youāre punishing yourself for things you havenāt even done yet.
Panty: ā¦
Ark: [Deep, calming breath] You need closure. You need forgiveness. For your past wrongs. But not your presumed future sins.
Panty: ā¦ Ark Iā¦ What if they havenāt forgiven me? What if they havenāt forgotten?
Ark: [Distant look] One of the hardest things about closure is that we never get the closure we want, only the closure we deserve.
Panty: [Pained noise]
Ark: The search for closure is a desire for things to end the way you want them to without thinking about what might be healthier for you let alone what might be healthier for who or what youāre seeking closure with.
[Panty listens quietly]
Ark: And the people you hurtā¦ You canāt control them, Panty. No one is owed or entitled to closure or forgiveness from anyone regardless of their relationship. You can try to earn it, you can apologize, and you can even show the ultimate apology of changed behavior. (Because your apology means nothing if the behavior that required the apology doesnāt change.) But ultimately it doesnāt matter how much you change, or how good of a person you are, if the person or thing youāre seeking closure and forgiveness from does not wish to forgive you then you will never receive it and you have to accept that. The power of forgiveness, and closure, is in the hands of the injured not the injurer. With one, and only one, exception.
Panty, subdued: Whatās the exception?
Ark: You, Panty, youāre the exception. If the injured party is you then you have the power to forgive even if, no especially if, the injurer is you. The ability to forgive, and to grant closure, for your own self-inflicted injuries is always in your hands. So if youāre not forgiving yourself then thatās just a choice youāre making.
Panty: [Pained breath]
Ark, gesturing widely: And you can choose different. At any moment you could choose differently. You could literally forgive yourself right now, right this very moment, and get on with your life. Honestly, Panty, in all things we should be asking ourselves who stands to benefit from our actions. Who is benefiting from you flagellating yourself for however long youāve been at this? Because it sure as hell isnāt you. I donāt think itās the people you hurt either.
Panty, very softly, almost a whisper: ā¦Nobody is benefiting.
Ark: Mnnn, yeah, thatās the way I see it. And if that potential future youāre always seeing is so intolerable then jump forward and dispense justice just like parallel you.
Panty, quietly: Thatās a cop out. Itās irresponsible. It changes nothing up until that point
Ark: Well, then maybe you should stop staring into that time viewer for hours at a time. Stop living in the future and start existing in the present. You can change whatās on that screen and you can be confident enough in that change to stop checking it for validation. If you canāt be good enough for you or how can you expect to be good enough for anyone else?
Panty: ā¦ Youāre right.
Ark: Hehā¦ I wish it wasnāt such a rare occurrence but yeah, this time I am.
Panty: ā¦ It hurts. And Iām ashamed.
Ark: [Opens his arms] Cāmere.
Panty, tensing: No! Iām not a child! I can do this on my own.
Ark: Mmhmm then Iāll come over there. [Approaches]
Panty: Donāt touch me!
Ark: ā¦Panty.
Panty, achingly: ā¦Donāt touch meā¦
Ark, pained: ā¦Pantyā¦
Panty, thickly: Iām leaving. [She power walks away.]
Ark, looking after her: Panty! Panty! ā¦
FUCK.
Next scene hype! Grab some tissues and maybe something to scream into.
Being Alive
[Panty sits quietly on her couch, staring contemptuously into her time viewer. A embrassassingly thematically appropriate song is dimly playing from the boombox on her makeshift bookshelf. Thereās a knock on the door. Panty doesnāt answer. The knocking returns and Panty sets the time viewer aside on the coffee table and answers the door. Ark stands at the door with a crate at his feet and a pizza box in his hands.]
Ark: I brought you a pizza. Bacon and banana peppers with extra sauce.
Panty: ā¦ I donāt want pizza.
Ark: Oh, thatās okay I have back up. I also brought a crate full of ceramic dishes and a bat. [He nudges the crate towards her with his foot.]
Panty: ā¦Youāre joking?
Ark: Nope.
Panty: ā¦ [Lifting the bat and the crate in one hand] Come on in.
Ark: Thanks.
Panty: If youāre hungry eat some pizza and then just put the leftovers in the fridge Iāll get around to them. Thereās some beer and a jug of Arnold Palmer in there if youāre thirsty.
Ark: Thanks. [Opens and browses the fridge] You changed brands.
Panty: ā¦ They were his brands.
Ark: Oof. ā¦ Look, I should apologize.
Panty: For what? You didnāt do anything wrong.
Ark: Ngh, I hurt your feelings.
Panty: What feelings?
Ark, crossly: Donāt be like this.
Panty: ā¦ fine. I forgive you.
Ark: [Sighs, puts the pizza away and pours himself a drink]
Panty: [Settles back onto the couch]
Ark, spotting the time viewer: ā¦ Youāre still watching that thing?
Panty: You know, Iām the one with the psychology degree.
Ark: I believe itās unethical to practice on yourself? Maybe even illegal?
Panty: Iām doing a piss poor job of practicing it anyway.
Ark: Thatās fixable.
Panty: ā¦Why are you here?
Ark: ā¦Well, I couldnāt help noticing that you were alone. I thought maybe I could do something about that. Youāve, uh, been alone for a while actually. Kind of a new record for you.
Panty, eyeing him: Youāve been keeping track?
Ark: Eeeh itās more of an estimation. Nothing creepy.
Panty: Mnn, yes, very uncreepy.
Ark: So, weāre just gonna keep dancing around this being alone thing arenāt we?
Panty, frustrated: What do you want to hear?
Ark: The truth. The truth would be nice.
Panty, exasperated: You know, thereās nothing wrong with being alone! Not everyone needs a partner! Not everybody needs someone else in their life! Some people are perfectly fine alone!!
Ark: Sure. Are you one of those people?
Panty, flustered: Iā¦ ughā¦ There are perks to being alone, Ark! I donāt have to worry about someone sitting in my spot! I donāt have to negotiate the temperature the thermostat is set at! I donāt have to fight for the covers at night! I no longer need to fear the fate of plums I am saving in the icebox!
Ark: ā¦Oh yeah, getting to eat those plums is totally worth being alone forever.
Panty, losing her patience: Did you just come here to give me more shit?
Ark: No. I came here to eat pizza, drink beers, and break dishes with my friend.
Panty, rising to stand: Well, letās get to the breaking then.
Ark: ā¦ What are your plans?
Panty: ā¦ I thought we were breaking dishes?
Ark: [Just looks at her quietly, expectant]
Panty: ā¦ [Heavy sigh] I donāt know. Itāsā¦ complicated.
Ark: ā¦Soā¦ is this a person-to-person kind of complicated or like a more abstract kind of complicated. Whatās, eer, going on here?
Panty: ā¦ Itāsā¦ interpersonal complicated.
Ark: This is fixable, just talk to them.
Panty: [snorts]
Ark: Itās not that hard. Think of what you want to say then say it.
Panty, curtly: We already talked.
Ark: ā¦Ok soā¦ whatās the problem then if you already talked?
Panty: ā¦She doesnāt know the problem.
Ark, increasingly baffled: You should just tell her.
Panty: I donāt want her to have the problem.
Ark: Oh but you can hog the problem all to yourself.
Panty: Yup. Iām keeping it to myself. We breaking these dishes or what?
Ark: ā¦Does this have to do with your hurting people thing again?
Panty: ā¦ You can break things with me or you can go. I donāt want to talk about this.
Ark: [Deep breath and long sigh] Sheās gonna be able to tell somethingās up. [Grabbing the bat while Panty walks out into the backyard with the crate of dishes] Youāre not very subtle.
Panty: Iām starting without you.
Ark: [Grabbing the time viewer off the table covertly and pocketing it] Women are always saying that to me.
Panty: [Surprised laugh.] Nice.
Ark: [Handing her the bat after she grabs a tea cup] Oh ho, teeing up already.
Panty: [Chuckling in amusement] Stop it or Iāll throw you out.
Ark, grinning: Ugh. Hate fun. The worst.
[Panty tosses the cup into the air then cracks it accurately with the bat shattering it] Fore?
Ark: What sport is this?
Panty: ā¦Foreplay?
Ark, immediately: Ew.
Panty, also immediately: Yeah ew. That crossed a line.
Ark: [Picking up a plate] Iām forgetting that happened.
Panty: [Handing him the bat] Same.
Ark: Three ball in the corner pocket. [Tosses the plate, whacks it into a scattered mess of pieces]
Panty, musing: Can you play pool with the Dragon Balls?
Ark: [Holding the bat towards her] Sure, but what would you wish for?
Panty, petulantly: ā¦ What would you wish for?
Ark: How old are you? Nevermind. Time travel probably makes it weird.
Panty: Yeah. I just celebrated my twenty first birthday like a hundred times in a row so now itās all muddled up.
Ark: Excellent and extremely responsible use of power.
Panty: [Tossing a bowl] Yup. [Smashes it]
Ark: Iād wish to live exactly as long asā¦ someone elseā¦
Panty: ā¦So you die when they die?
Ark: Mmn. I live when they live.
Panty: Haha, glass half full kind of guy.
Ark: [Picking up a glass] Glass broken kind of guy. [Smash!]
Panty: What if you get pulled onto the other side of the coin from them?
Ark: As long as Iām alive theyāre alive so I just keep trying to get back to their side.
Panty: And if you canāt?
Ark: Avoid parallel you and stay alive as long as I can. They live as long as I do.
Panty: No, no. You live as long as they do. If you die, they might still stay alive.
Ark: Does the Dragon really bad faith the wishes like that?
Panty: ā¦ It didnāt for Yoraā¦ and it really could have.
Ark: ā¦Sheās the one. Your problem.
Panty: Sheās not my problem. My problem is my problem. Iām keeping it from her.
Ark: Howās that working out for you?
Panty: [Smashing a dish] Iām fine.
Ark: [Taking the bat back] Ok.
Panty, handing him a dish: You donāt believe me.
Ark: Do you believe you?
Panty: Tch. How old are you?
Ark: [Chuckles softly]
Panty: What about your crush. Do they know youād make that wish? Would they be okay with it?
Ark: [Shattering a dish] Hehā¦ they probably donāt even know Iām alive.
Panty, fondly: Youāre so good at not being creepy.
Ark: Youāre so good at being alone.
Panty: Wow.
Ark: Mean.
Panty: Weāre so mean.
Ark: We, platonicly, deserve each other.
Panty: Extremely not sexual or romantic companionship. [Choking up on the bat.]
Ark: I agree but wow, that separation.
Panty: [Vaporizing the dish with the force of her swing] Itās how it is.
Ark: Soā¦ I told you my wish.
Panty: ā¦[Sigh, deep breath] You know. Originally I was planning on wishing for Yora to go on a date with me. But thatās all gross consent wise so now I think Iād just wish for Scooby Buu to have an ordinary appetite.
Ark: ā¦You knowā¦ you can grant that original wish yourself.
Panty; Ark please.
Ark: Justā¦ ask her out.
Panty: No.
Ark: You have no problem asking out anyone youāre not related to ā are you related? Is this a forbidden incest thing?
Panty: Ark!
Ark, jeering: Cousins ?
Panty: Ark I have a bat.
Ark: This is why Iām eating the plums in your icebox.
Panty: You tell your crush your feelings and Iāllā¦ fuckā¦
Ark: Ha ha, sheās your crush.
Panty: ā¦Iāll ask her out.
Ark: Ok, Iāll tell 2B I have a crush on her. Gimme your phone.
Panty: 2B? You have a crush on 2B?!
Ark: You know Iām not incredulous about your crush on Yora.
Panty: No. No. It makes sense but why? How? I donāt even think youāve spoken a word to each other?
Ark: She was really hot when she killed all the dinosaurs.
Panty: THAT WAS THE OTHER 2B!!
Ark: This sideās 2B will reject me. Parallel 2B might say yes.
Panty: Parallel 2B is the one you crushed on.
Ark: Can you call Parallel 2B?
Panty: Iāve got a long distance plan and four bars.
Ark: [Laughing and taking the bat from her] Iāll text her a dick pic.
Panty: [Snorting and laughing]
Ark: What?
Panty: I just canāt imagine you sending anyone a dick pic.
Ark: Hey! I sent my urologist a dick pic once.
Panty: [Breaking down laughing]
Ark: [Breaking a dish] Iāll confess my feelings to Parallel 2B the next time I slip over to that side of the coin if Parallel you doesnāt kill me first.
Panty: Race against time.
Ark: You gonna ask her out?
Panty: You havenāt confessed yet.
Ark: But I will, you coward, I promise.
Panty: ā¦ youāre serious.
Ark: [Handing her the bat] Yup.
Panty: ā¦ What if she says no?
Ark: Parallel 2B? Well then I have my answer.
Panty: Ugh. No. I mean thatās nice but no. Yora.
Ark: Oh. Well then you have your answer.
Panty: [Looks back into her apartment, pointedly towards the coffee table] Whereās my time watcher?
Ark, defeatedly: [Sighing and holding it out] Here.
[Panty reaches for it.]
Ark, not drawing it away: Donāt look. Donāt check. Just ask.
Panty: But I wonāt know unless Iā
Ark: Youāll know when you ask. Just like I will.
Panty: ā¦
Ark: Donāt check. Just ask.
Panty: ā¦
Ark: Use your words.
[Panty snatches the time watcher away from him]
[Ark watches with pained disappointment]
[Panty stands still with the time watcher grasped firmly in her hand]
Ark: ā¦Itā¦ uhā¦ āIt carries a lot of responsibilityā.
Panty: ā¦Sheāll say no.
Ark, drawing in a sharp breath: You donāt know that.
Panty: But I could .
Ark: No. Youāll know what that tells you. Youāll do countless things between now and then thatāll change those results. Every blink of your eyes and beat of your heart is a flip of the coin.
Panty: Itāll tell me, and then I wonāt need to ask. Iāll have my answer.
Ark: Youāll have nothing.
Panty: ā¦
Ark: Iām gonna hold up my end of the bargain in good faith.
Panty: [Looks down at the time watcher]
Ark: Parallel 2B and I are gonna adopt like a whole sled team of dogs and mush around the frozen lands.
[Panty closes her eyes, the wind blows]
Ark: I betācha sheās got an attachment thatāll let me heat up hot cocoa in her chassis.
Panty, quietly: A glass half full kind of guyā¦
Ark, softly: No.
Panty: ā¦ [Tosses the time watcher into the air and just annihilates it with the bat with a scream]
Ark, fondly: Thatās right. A glass broken kind of guy.
Panty, between tears and hyperventilating: We deserve each other.
Ark, opening his arms: We do. You do. We do.
[Panty drops the bat and leans into his arms with a wretched sound]
Ark, embracing her: ā¦I wonder if she can blend.
Panty, hoarsely, returning the embrace: You should see what she can do with a swordā¦
Ark: Sheās gonna sit in your seat.
Panty: [Choked noise]
Ark: Sheās gonna negotiate the thermostat temperature with you and fight over the covers.
Panty: [Burrows into him]
Ark, with certainty: Sheās going to eat the plums.
Panty, weakly: Iām saving those plumsā¦ [very quietly] for her.
Whether I put an action in the nameplate or in brackets within the dialogue is completely arbitrary but hopefully all this is comprehensible. Letās see how this all plays out! Next time, on Dragon Ball Z: Gaiden! A Romantic Reveal! Hearts in a Bind!
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Stream time! Weāre going to be going into Fusion Reborn, and apparently Jenner has ~plans~.
I have to update this time because I have to do timeline shenanigans. These videos should be watched IN ORDER:
These events play out before Session 23:
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden Bonus Episode: Iām Still Here
Session 23 happens shortly after the bonus session above:
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden Session 23: A Romantic Reveal! Hearts in a Bind!
This bonus session happens almost immediately after Session 23 and itās the one where I sing and publicly embarrass myself on the internet forever:
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden Bonus Episode: No One Is Alone
The second bonus episode features a track from the play Company called Being Alive which was written by Stephen Sondheim but includes slightly altered lyrics towards the end as well as one more movement of completely original lyrics (both written by me) to better capture Pantyās sentiments. Um please clap and be kind.
Finale time! Letās do some epilogues, before we move on to an episode 0 for our next campaign! (That second part is gonna be off stream, but look forward to that starting either next week or the week after.)
And the last VOD for Dragonball Gaiden is up!
Farewell, Tournament Finalists! Stronger Than You!
Iāll keep updating this thread as Dragonball Gaiden Kai videos come out. I hope youāve enjoyed our rough cuts, but the Kai edits are amazing!
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