Cerrit Reading Zerxus

LUIS (ZERXUS): "I had a bit of a nightmare of sorts last night, I suppose. Maybe it's my anxiety for coming home. Maybe it's some nerves that I have from reuniting with my son, but it seemed to- It shook me. I didn't know what else to do, but to come and tell you about it. Evandrin was in my dream and in it there was a fight of some sort between, between, I can only say the gods."
AABRIA (LAERRYN): "Oh."
LUIS (ZERXUS): "The Father of the Dawn seemed to be trying to extinguish what I could only say was one of the Betrayers."
AABRIA (LAERRYN): "Oh. Um..."
LUIS (ZERXUS): "Does this mean anything to anybody, other than just perhaps bad dream?"
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "Sounds silly to me, frankly."
MARISHA (PATIA): "Dreams can be deeply interpretive, Zerxus. I mean, perhaps it is your anxiety of the two colliding forces of Avalir reuniting."
LUIS (ZERXUS): "It felt- I understand, and the gods don't mean much to me."
AABRIA (LAERRYN): "Good."
LUIS (ZERXUS): "But... one was begging me for help."
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "One of the gods?"
LUIS (ZERXUS): "The fallen one, the Betrayer."
AABRIA (LAERRYN): "They're all behind the- They're not here, though. Not like the others that walk around. I know you know that."
LUIS (ZERXUS): "I know that."
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "What did this Betrayer look like?"
LUIS (ZERXUS): "He was red, had a horn. And, uh..."
AABRIA (LAERRYN): "Just one?"
LUIS (ZERXUS): "I think maybe... I couldn't remember if it was because of the way he was lying down, but I just recall seeing the side of his face and maybe one horn. Maybe if there was another one, maybe it was broken off. I'm not sure. I'm not remembering it so clearly, but I do remember something that was said. 'Ghor Dranas.'"
BRENNAN: Who here speaks Draconic?
AABRIA (LAERRYN): Right here.
LOU (NYDAS): I do as well.
TRAVIS: Throw it up. Let's go.
LUIS: I knew you would.
BRENNAN: The gathering of shadows. Ghor Dranas. It doesn't mean anything to you right now. It doesn't mean anything to you right now. Anyone here who would like to may roll - you can roll history, you can roll arcana. Or if you are listening to your very troubled friend who you know is in a state of emotional turmoil and just want to roll an insight if you're not about-
MARISHA: You said it's either history or?
BRENNAN: Arcana if you're like, 'Okay, let me take him seriously.' Or insight if you're like, 'I want to-'
MARISHA (PATIA): I'll go for history.
AABRIA (LAERRYN): Got a 12 for history.
BRENNAN: 12 for history.
LOU (NYDAS): I mostly think it's emotional, but I will think about- These words feel more relevant. Which would you want from that?
BRENNAN: If you're thinking about the words themselves, any of those intelligence skills. I would take religion, arcana, or history.
LOU (NYDAS): I'll do arcana, then.
BRENNAN: Do arcana, yeah.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): 26 on insight, and I just want to glean if he's really shook by this, or if he's talking about something else.
MARISHA (PATIA): 29 on history.
AABRIA: Let's go!
SAM (LOQUATIUS): And 22 on arcana.
LOU (NYDAS): Also 22 on arcana.
BRENNAN: 29 history, 22 on arcana.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): 26 on insight.
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BRENNAN: Then for that 26 insight.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): Yeah, he's seen so much. How shook is he compared to his life experience?
BRENNAN: This arcana stuff, you know people. That's what you do. You are a detective. You solve mysteries. Zerxus barely could stomach walking into a room and getting attention. The idea that this dude would pop off on like, The idea that this dude would pop off on like, 'I had a dream that scared me' to his peers, unless it was the realest shit in the world, is laughable. In fact, I would say on a 26 insight, and you can roll deception against it if you want, but if you are trying to be honest in this moment-
LUIS (ZERXUS): I'm not hiding anything.
BRENNAN: You know the fact that he's telling you about this dream means there's 20 before that he didn't tell you about. The straw's already broken the camel's back.
LUIS (ZERXUS): Yeah. Yeah, you can tell that there's something that was being contained that now can't be contained anymore and it's got to come out.

Episode 1 - Excelsior - 2:59:49