Episode 39 - Get That Bread

## Transcription

*Integrity and the bad snake, from 59:45 to 1:06:30 with some out of character content omitted. Transcribed by Sarah Z.*

**Luke:** So. You find yourself standing on top of a fairly large stone platform, different from the other time that you've seen something like this happen. To your approximation, it's just a normal dream as of yet. And there's steep stairs coming up on this stone pyramidal structure you're standing at the top of. The steep stairs are coming towards you, and there's people kneeling on them. Around you are very large trees. It seems as if you're in a jungle of some sort. They're large, and there's vines, and the air is warm. You feel yourself sweating profusely, and you're very cold at the same time. And it's about sunset, and all the trees are just rustling with this, like, as if it's a gale of winds coming through. And you hear a voice say, from beside you, as if you know that they're referring to all these humans that are kneeling on the steps, seemingly kneeling to you. And a voice, almost as if it's right next to your right ear, says...

**The Progenitor:** They saw me as a god from beyond the stars.

**Luke:** And then, almost instantaneously, as soon as that sentence is over, everything turns to this brown dust and falls to the ground. And you find yourself in a semi-familiar room with black, oily stone on the ground and seemingly no walls and it stretches out to shadow forever. And instead of anything else in the center of the room this time, there is a large, black, oily stone chair with a high back within which a amorphous humanoid with the head of a cobra is sitting. And they're looking at you, their tongue coming out occasionally to feel the air around them. And they will stare at you, and you can feel the unhappiness coming from them. And they'll say to you:

**The Progenitor:** You had the power to have control of all of them. And yet you gave all three back, to from the Tall One, who was dying. Then you took Power from the Cold One, when you tricked him. But then you gave it back in exchange to save the Tall One, and then even returned Reverence and Might to the Tall One when you felt horrible about it.

**Integrity:** I only gave one to the Tall One.

**The Progenitor:** You took two from the Tall One and gave both back. You took one from the Cold One and gave one back.

**Integrity:** I only took one from the Tall One.

**The Progenitor:** When he was dying, you had both Reverence and Might. You returned Might to stop him from dying of his own stupidity, and returned Reverence because of your own stupidity.

**Integrity:** What do you want from me?

**The Progenitor:** I want you to open the hatch. Do you want something in return?

**Integrity:** What is in the hatch?

**The Progenitor:** I am in the hatch.

**Integrity:** Who are you?

**The Progenitor:** From beyond the stars, as they liked to say.

**Integrity:** But you're a bad... snake.

[everyone in the background loses their shit]

**Luke:** Its tongue juts out at this and feels the air, and it will be in front of you, closer now. There's no chair any more, and it didn't move, it's just standing closer, probably three or four feet away. And historically you've seen it on much larger scales than this, but it almost seems like its body is the same size as you are. And it's very... it's still intimidating, but less so. Less physically intimidating, at least. And it will say, and you can feel cold breath as it speaks.

**The Progenitor:** People will continue to lie to you about the hatch. But I wish for you to open it. And if you want something in return, I could offer that for you.

**Kharla:** And is the snake just going to stare at me?

**Luke:** It's just staring at you. And its tongue comes out, and will taste the air every occasion. And then nothing else. It doesn't even seem, beyond the undulating motion beneath its skin, it doesn't seem to be moving whatsoever.

**Integrity:** You know I can't do what you're asking me. I don't even know where the Cold One is!

**Luke:** And it will close its eyes, and then open them and look at you. And it's closer again, face to face, almost. And it says,

**The Progenitor:** Then I will show you.

**Luke:** And it touches you on the forehead. And you will wake up. And you are very cold and sweaty. And you see a workshop. You don't see where you are, but you feel where you are. And you see a workshop in a very saturated place. You can see tall purple and green barked trees, with orange and pink leaves around. And there is a table, upon which is sprawled papers of regular saturation, just parchment. A man is standing there, his hair cut and trimmed and brown with no beard. He is wearing bright white robes, moderately stained on the bottom. And there are two or three plants in front of him in small pots and soil, and he is taking turns just holding them each and freezing them to death, and then he seems to be waiting a sew moments before opening a small jar, taking a brush, and brushing this dark pink ointment on them, and when they seem to wither away he seems very dissatisfied..

And then you are immediately back on the floor in the hallway!