Good afternoon. I'm going to talk about manifestos in tech, which of course that's not controversial, right? This is the agile manifesto, by the way, the agile manifesto. How many of you have never heard of agile software development? Raise your hand. It's okay if you haven't. You can be honest. Okay, everyone. All right. Well, then I'll go through a certain part of my presentation very quickly. How many of you lead technology teams in any capacity? Okay. I see a scattering of hands. How many of you want to lead a technology team at some point? All right. Similar number of hands. All right. I think we're all in the same place. So that's good. So I want to talk today about my journey as a technical leader. And a lot of my journey has been around the idea of trust. But it took me a while to understand that. And my journey really goes back to when I was young. And I remember I'm a big science fiction fantasy nerd and played Dungeons and Dragons. And I really loved the exploration aspect of when I was a kid. But when I went to college, I discovered that someone named Joseph Campbell actually put together a structure that was called by others, The Hero's Journey. And so there was this actual academic study of the journey that almost every, at least man is seeing, a lot of sci-fi stories and other genres have heroes go through. And the book is titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. And it is often subtitled by others, The Hero's Journey. And the introduction from the book goes like this. A hero emerges from the common world and enters in this fantastical world where that hero encounters wondrous fantastical things, is changed, and then returns to the real world with some knowledge or perhaps some magical item that that hero can use to make the real world better. That magical item is often called a boon in Campbell's language. And I really liked how Campbell used this cycle to show common threads in every story. And, you know, being someone who likes fantasy and science fiction, I was always drawn to heroes. And I was amazed that someone had actually put rigor behind the idea. Now, I did not know it at a time, but Campbell's cycle, Campbell's Hero's Journey, would become a key part of my leadership style. Not every story follows Campbell's cycle exactly. Some omit phases, some may change the phases, but there are four major parts. And so there is first the call to adventure, right? You're in the common world and you have this call to adventure.  And then there's the transformation that you go through after going through that trial. And then finally, every hero has to go home. And so you make your way back on the road to where you started back in the common world. And I'm not going to go through every step in the journey because I could do a series of talks on this. But you have different parts of the journey from the call to the initial refusal to meeting a mentor. I'm going to talk about that mentor relationship in a slide. But I really like the idea of this journey, of having this road that the heroes have to go through to really find their destiny. And I think I like it so much because my life in technology also has two worlds. You have the personal world and then you have the programmatic world, right? You have the world that's analog and the world that's digital. And I found that as I began to learn about programming and, you know, I had my trials. I took a class called Data Structures in C, almost took me out. But I made it through, made it through. And so I persisted. And so by going through my journey in programming, I began to see that I had a boon. I had something that I could offer to the real world. As software developers, you have to think in a very structured manner. You have to think logically. And the ability to think logically is really powerful in a world where often a lot of illogical things happen. And so I felt that this journey really matched my journey through programming. But how does the mentor relationship work? How does someone choose who to mentor them? And really it was this mentor aspect that drew me to the world of heroes.  A mentor is someone who simply has completed the hero's journey and is helping someone start their hero's journey. And so I began to see the link between the journey you're and the journey you're and the journey guide. Because that's what it technically does, right? When you lead a software team, you're guiding your team through a journey that you've already traveled yourselves when you were an individual contributor writing code. But I really didn't understand what would cause a new hero to follow an experienced hero. And I didn't know it, but I began to see that trust. Trust was a very key ingredient. Now, one of the most popular myths of our time is Star Wars. And it really showed how this mentor hero mentor hero cycle works. In fact, George Lucas has said on many occasions that Campbell's book was a big inspiration for Star Wars. And we see this cycle where Quingon mentored Ben, who mentored Luke, who mentored, we'll see, Ray. And so you see this journey, this cycle happening. And keep in mind that along the way, every mentor has to earn the trust of the next person in the cycle. Now, I don't own any of these images, by the way, so you don't have to get that disclaimer. Well, I think we all know this story. And I thought, that's cool. I get it. There's a problem, though. It seems like a big part of this requires passing on a lightsaber. And I don't have a lot of those. So I began to think about, well, is there more academic study? There's someone like Campbell put rigor around leadership and around leading teams. And I found a couple of examples. So when I first became a tech lead, when I first started leading software teams, no one gave me a manual said, this is how you lead. If you find that book, let me know. But I didn't get a copy. But I found a book by John C. Maxwell, which is called a 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. And I really love this quote from the book, which is the law of influence. The true measure of leadership is influence. Nothing more, nothing less. And so I saw that influence is really powerful. And it really resonated with me. Maxwell made a distinction between people who lead by their titles and people who lead by their influence. And I can tell you that people who lead with influence are a lot more effective and get a lot more done. There's someone who just says, do what I say because my title says that you should do what I have to say. Because just because you have a title, that does not make you a leader.  So I realized that influence is a key part of leadership and a key part of influence is trust. You can't influence people who don't trust you. But were there other aspects of leadership that would come into play? And I found another book by McGregor Burns on leadership. And so one quote that I like from this book is this one. You have two types of leaders. There's a transactional leader, right? We all work with this type of leader. If you do what I say, I'll give you good things. If you don't do what I say, I'll give you pain. And I don't know about you, but I don't like working for transactional leaders. I think that you can get things done with this method, but I don't think you get them done well, nor do I think you get them done for long. What I like is to be a transformational leader. And that is someone who uses their charisma and enthusiasm to influence their followers. And there's that word influence again. And so I realized that influence is a big part of leadership, and I've been wrapping my leadership style around influence ever since. And so I began to think, well, I get influence, and how can I detect how my influence is doing? How many of you have heard the term cold smells? You know, aspects of cold that you just look at, and you're like, ah, something doesn't seem right? And so I realized that, okay, cold smells in my team, and I've identified cold smells, and every team has different cold smells based on the language you're working on and the practices that you employ. And you may see, okay, this is a really large class. We don't need to break this up, or there might be some other way that you have a cold smell. Well, is there a way to have influence smells? You know, are there trust smells? How can I get an intuition that something may not break right now, but it's probably going to break in the future? And then as I began to progress in my career, and I'm old, y'all, so I also began my career in the 90s, like someone else said, I think. And so, no, I think Amy was saying this was before her time, before your time. That was my time, by the way.  And I began to learn about Agile, and so about ten years ago I learned about Agile, and I thought it was just, you know, oh wow, we stand up during meetings, and I thought that was it. And over a time I was like, oh, there's actually more to this. And I became a certified scrum master, and I began to look at the Agile Manifesto, and so these gentlemen gathered in a place not too far from here, at a ski lodge, and they were there to vacation, but they were also there to try to figure out, how can we make software development better? We've all seen these huge projects fail spectacularly. Is there a better way? And these people all came from different backgrounds and different ways of doing programming. They also were having a diversity and inclusion conference there. Obviously not. So they came from extreme programming, they came from scrum, they came from different backgrounds, and so they began to, like all people who want to do a revolution do, they wrote a manifesto for what they learned. And this was, can be known as the manifesto for Agile Software Development. So most of you have heard of this, but I'm going to roll through these, right? So we are uncovering better ways, and I want to pause there, because people forget the uncovering. They forget that they weren't saying that this is Bible, that this is forever. We are uncovering better ways of developing software, and they uncover by doing, and that means that all of us are also engaged in this uncovering aspect of developing software. So we can take part in this as well. And so there are some principles that are some values that they came up through this manifesto. I'm going to roll through these. And so these four values I think were extremely, extremely powerful. And the way that is structured, it means that the values on the left just simply have more value than the ones on the right. And I go through a few more examples as I continue through this. And so I'm going to go through each Agile value and show the leadership lesson that I've distilled by using that value in my daily work. So individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Now, this doesn't mean that you don't have tools, but it does mean that you can only have tools because you build software, not with tools. You build software with people, at least for now. And so if you have people involved in software development, then you have to have a team where these people and their interactions are optimized. But not just any people. We need to have people who are motivated, people who are interactive. And there are a lot of ways to optimize the interactions of a software dev team. And I've seen a lot of them. I've seen the open space concept where we all sit in a pit and we see everyone. And it's meant to open the communication flows through the team. Or we've all seen people put in pool tables or ping pong tables. And all these ways are popular in a lot of ways. They're all really bad for productivity. And a lot of studies are showing that. But there are also other ways that you can motivate a team. Daniel Peak wrote a book very well known that said Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose are better ways to motivate teams. However, I thought a very simple way to motivate my team and that's this, preserve dignity at all costs. This is the way that I apply this agile value to my team. And that just means that I preserve the humanity of everyone on my team in every interaction. That means that even people who I don't lack on my team, I still preserve their dignity. It's easy to dignify allies. It's easy to dignify the people who do what you tell them to do. But as a leader, as a transformational leader who wants to foster trust, you have to dignify everyone on your team. And by honoring the dignity of everyone on your team, that's how you build influence. That's how you build trust. Now, I've learned this in a couple of ways. And one quick example is a couple of companies ago, they were on a team and does anyone here use Slack? Everyone, alright. So you guys know what Slack is. So I came to the company and they didn't really have, they used Skype, which nothing against Skype. I wasn't a fan. And so I said, you know, there's a tool called Slack. And so I introduced Slack to the team and we began using the Slack channel. And then over time, more people from my company joined the Slack. And I thought, this is great. You know, I love this. Well, after a couple of months, a co-worker came to my desk and said, you know, in the general channel, someone made a joke about bacon. I was like, well, does everyone love bacon? Bacon, there's nothing, there's never anything wrong with bacon, right? Well, this co-worker was from a Muslim country. And she explained to me that making this kind of joke was very insensitive. And she said that, you know, while people are joining this Slack group, then we might want to be very careful and a little bit more prescriptive in managing the conversations.  And at first I kind of blew it off. But then I realized that, you know, this Slack channel, this Slack team is a community. And in a community, everyone needs to feel welcome. And so I eventually went to this co-worker and I said, you're right. I want to make sure that everyone feels welcome in every part of this company, including this Slack team. And so I just pinned a note to the general channel saying, please be respectful of other people's beliefs and perspectives and worldviews when you post. I think there might have been a, you know, brief dip in activity when I did that, but it was worth it. It was worth making sure that everyone felt that their dignity was preserved, working with me and in this company. And so preserve dignity at all costs is an extremely important, agile value if you want to be an influential leader and that one, one that builds trust. Now there's this one which is working software over comprehensive documentation. Now I always tell people this doesn't mean that we don't document. A lot of people say we're doing agile, no more documentation. That's not true. We do lots of documentation and as we document the sprint backlog, we document the product backlog. We create user stories. So it doesn't mean that we don't document, but it does mean that we try to do as little documentation as we need. And my general rule is if someone new joined the team, what would they need to know to get up to speed? Well, then that's what we write down. And so it doesn't mean that we don't document, but it does mean that we really try to optimize getting working software to our customers. And I always tell people that, you know, nothing against prototypes and I know that there are a lot of envisioned ninjas who can create really high-fidelity prototypes, but the only way to know how our customer is going to use software is to just ship it to them, all right? Ship it and then hear it back from their experiences and then bake that into the next version of your software. And so by focusing on getting things working, by focusing on making sure that you are known for getting things working, then people are going to trust you with the product. And so that's that lesson. The next agile value is working always ships faster than perfect. And I'm sorry, that's the lesson for this, is that working software, working always ships faster than perfect. And by that, I mean, you could spend a lot of time trying to make a feature perfect. And you're never going to get there because perfect software never ships. But if you get a working version of your software, then you'll be able to get influence for your customers because they know that, you know what? I'm going to get working software that I can look at and actually get feedback on and then this team's going to make it better. And so this is how I learned this story. A few years ago I was working for a global company and one of our European offices had customers in each Asia. And the problem was that our support team was in the U.S. and there was a problem with getting support during late hours. And so, you know, we had this long drawn out discussion. We drew all the trust about time zones like the American time zone and the European time zone and the Asian time zone. And we were going to put together some big long document. I was like, hey, guys, chill. Let's just give it a try. Let's just say this is the number for support. Let's get this person who sits in India a phone that when that person supports called, that phone rings. Let's just see what happens. And so I just cut the meaning short. Because I want to get something working. Let's get something working and then see what happens. And I guess what? A month with the buy, we had no calls. And then over six months we had maybe two calls. And so we could have spent hours on that system but we eventually got it working and realized that, well, that's good enough. And as developers, you're going to not just build software. Or as leaders, you're not going to build just software. You're going to build schedules. You're going to build productivity plans. You're going to build a lot of things. And so working software doesn't just apply to code. It applies to anything that you have to build to make your team successful. All right. So the next value is customer collaboration over contract negotiation. And again, this doesn't mean that we don't have contracts. I write statements of work pretty much all day long in my daily job. And that statement of work is a contract that outlines what we're going to provide to the customer. And so it doesn't mean that we don't have contracts but it does mean that we don't focus on contracts as the basis of our relationship with the customer. And so the leadership listed is this. Customers trust colleagues, not contracts. If the main mediator of your customer relationship is the contract, that's not going to be a very rich relationship. You have to work side by side with your customers in order to get their trust. And to be honest, customers don't read contracts anyway. And I've learned this many times. I was like, well, did you see on page 89, section two, subsection B? Like, no. And so treating customers like colleagues instead of contracts will get you the better outcomes and it will increase the trust that your customers put in you. And the way that I learned this is that I was working with an outside company to build an interface between our product and their product. And we began to try to work separately where my team would work on the feature and then we would have a weekly call and then they would show what they had been working on. And we kept on diverging because this interface, either they were missing fields in the interface or there's something wrong with their code. And I was like, well, wait a minute. We're operating as two teams separated by companies. Let's create one team that spans both companies. And so I set up our sprints so that we all went through the same sprint calendar, the same sprint cadence. I set up our daily standards so that they called in two. So instead of working separately and meeting weekly, we worked collaboratively. We worked side by side. We were doing that by treating that partner as a colleague instead of a customer, instead of just letting the statement of work mediate that relationship. We got a lot of things done.  Responding to change over following a plan. Now again, this doesn't mean that we don't have plans because a lot of people after they say, we're not going to document anymore. They say, we're not going to plan anymore, right? No, no. There's an agile, there's a scrum event called sprint planning. It's called that because that's where we plan. So it doesn't mean that we don't plan, but it does mean that we acknowledge that the future is notoriously hard to predict. I'm not sure what's going to happen tonight. How can I put a plan together to account for what's going to happen in six months? So we break time into slices called iterations. And then we set up those iterations or sprints so that we do work that we think is valuable. We learn from that, then we bake that learning into the next iteration. And so that's how we create time slices. Now the lesson that I want to share with you guys is this one. Don't fear surprises, fear and flexibility. You're going to get surprised when you start leading teams. These are going to happen. People are going to leave your company and therefore leave your team. There might be some major break the build bug that your team, instead of working on the next feature, they have to work on. And so I tell people, accept that surprises happen and then plan for them. And by building flexibility in your planning, then you'll be far better able to handle surprises. And so the example that I give is that I was involved in this WCAG. This might do WCAG, the accessibility requirements. I don't know what that is. Okay, so I was on a WCAG project where we had to remediate some of the findings of an audit. And so we were going to put out this long plan of, okay, we're going to spend six weeks working on these findings and then we're going to meet a week before it's due and then hope it works. Or that's basically what we were going to do. I was like, well, wait a minute guys, why don't we simply set this up? One week sprints, we do the findings that are the most urgent, that have the most value and then we remediate those. And so I set up this cadence where I built in a schedule of sprints where we did the findings and then we learned every sprint something that we built into the next iteration. And by doing that, we actually ended earlier than planned. And so by building flexibility into the schedule, by building the ability to react to changes, by building an ability to direct to surprises, my team was much more effective. So these are the four leadership lessons from the Agile Manifesto that I want you guys to take away. And I think that you'll see trust running through all of them. Preserve dignity at all costs. That's people trust. Working always shifts faster than perfect. That's product trust. Customers trust colleagues, not contracts. That's customer trust. Don't fear surprises for inflexibility. That's schedule trust. And so by operating in these lessons, you're going to build several layers of trust, not only in you, but in your team. And I think that these are very powerful ways to build your influence smells. I think that when you're making decisions, you can kind of run them through this matrix. If I make this decision, will this hurt my influence with the team by not preserving their dignity? And by team, I just don't mean the people who report to you. I mean everyone who's involved in the project. Or let's say that you have this 10x engineer, we talked about that earlier, who is really, really talented, but every now and then they harass certain people on your team. They write manifestos and they publish them. Well, you know, is this person really someone, I should keep on my team, right?  Or what about a product feature that you know is actually going to hurt your customers? Well, should I implement that product, right? This product may make my boss happy, might make my company happy, but what about my customers? And so by having this matrix of leadership lessons, you'll be able to make better decisions as a leader. And I've really used these lessons as I've grown as a leader, and I've noticed when they've worked for others. So no matter where you are on your journey in Ruby, whether as a developer or as a leader, if you optimize your influence with your people, your build and your customers and the schedule, then that will maximize the trust that people put in you, your team and your products. And you'll soon move from a transactional leader to a transformational leader. So the next time that you face a leadership decision, or the next time you face a decision that requires leadership, when in doubt, I highly recommend that you look to the manifesto for what to do. All right, that's my time. Thank you. Letting go of making things, right? Trusting my team that they'll, they're the people now really primarily in charge of making code, shipping product. And so understanding that my contribution was optimizing the people and the environment that they worked in. So the question to make sure that you guys heard that is what was the biggest challenge going from being an individual contributor to a team lead, team manager, and that's it. That is stopping and letting go of making things, stopping having an opinion on how things should be built and totally trusting my team. And that's trust, right? Trusting them to come up with the best solution and then creating an environment where they can be successful as they build that solution. Great question. So the question is a con man or can man, I've heard people present it different ways or both ways. So can man, if you don't know, so you have the can man board that you are really flexible in doing. You have velocity and things like that. And can man, you basically measure flow and you know, cycle time and all that stuff. And so the idea is that you have a board that work flows across. And so the idea, usually if you're the team lead is to optimize flow, which is usually removing obstacles from your team. So that's kind of can man versus scrum. I in general feel that and so, and again, this is my certified scrum master hat kind of putting on is that, you know, whenever I come into a team is really important that I tailor the agile practices. And so there's can man, there's scrum, there's XP streaming programming to the reality that that's on the ground. And so a large part of what I do in the first few weeks is understanding the developers, the customers, the product, and then I tailor the appropriate agile method to what's happening. In general, this is a broad general, I guess, rule of thumb. I usually find that scrum is really good for like new development, right? We're like, we're on the enterprise going to a new planet. You know, we're building something totally new. It's usually not totally new, but you think it is. But we're building something totally new, then I think scrum is great. Can man, I think it's usually more for maintenance. If you have a product that's been in production, you're doing either break fixes or small features. In general, I like can man for that type of work. Yeah. So the question is how do you balance pragmatic versus dogmatic approaches? So I've never worked in a team that was pure scrum. Like all of the canonical definitions of scrum in terms of the iterations, and when a sprint starts, the team doesn't do anything until it ends, right? I mean, stuff happens, right? So the way that I manage it is that I'm a very practical team lead. That means that with a few rules that I never break, I'm very flexible to reality. And I think that that's actually very agile, right? Agile builds in the ability to respond to changes and expectations. That's why it's called agile. And so, you know, in general, I set up when I'm doing the scrum, the sprints and make sure that the scrum ceremonies are in place and that we do sprint planning and that we take, I was at the back log, we always involve the product owner in our sprint planning. So there's something that I do, but I realized that, you know, life is very rarely perfect. In fact, it's never perfect. And so, for example, if the product owner is new to the role that I know that, okay, my role is going to be more product owner rather than just scrum master. And so I flex my role based on that. Or if the team is more junior, then I think it probably needs to be, then I flex based on that. I say, well, let's try to lower the number of story points we're going to try to get done because of what's happening. And so, if you're going to be, especially an agile leader, then I think being flexible is very practical. And it actually leads to better results because you're about to respond to reality. One more? Okay, thank you everyone. I appreciate that.


The eighth television series from Studio Trigger, BNA, or Brand New Animal, was released in early 2020 via Netflix Japan, and later on worldwide. A 12-episode action mystery set in the fictional Anima City, a place where beast men are able to live as themselves. You see, this is a world where humanoid animals roam the earth. Some are hunted and persecuted. Others discriminated by humans. When high schooler Michiro Kagemori is one day turned into a Tanuki Beastkin, she seeks refuge in Anima City, where she will meet Shirou Ogami, a wolf beast man with a keen sense of smell, and a protector of the weak. Hi everyone, welcome back to the channel, Gio here, and I decided to review BNA, Brand New Animal, which instantly became one of my favorite anime of recent memory. Trigger has a bombastic reputation when it comes to their work. Kill a kill, premiere, grid man, the list goes on. Known for their intense action, gorgeous art design, larger than life, plots, and wonderful action set pieces, I was more than excited to check BNA out. As I mentioned at the start of this video, we follow Michiro's journey and experience, what this world is, and what it has to offer through her eyes. She's on the run from humanity after turning into a beastkin, and enters a decade old city that is a safe haven for beast men. Its mayor, Barbara Rose, is working with the Japanese government to secure the right for every citizen and to keep Anima City intact. Those same citizens are very diverse. Beastkin come in all shapes and sizes, from birds to rhinos, dogs, cats, minks, wolves, bears, and so much more. One of the city's main figures is the mysterious Shiro Ogami, a wolf beastkin who possesses immense strength and what seems to be an immortal body. Shiro is both veered and revered in the city. Criminal underground mobsters know of him, while citizens are thankful for his role in keeping the city safe. His appearance is reminiscent of Gindro, a huge wolf deity that is known throughout history as the legendary guardian of beast men. During the first act of the series, Michiro becomes acquainted with Shiro after he saves her life from a thief and a bombing plot. Together they will look into Michiro's mysterious transformation as well as conspiracies and foul play that disturbs Anima City. Meanwhile, an enigmatic entrepreneur and president of Silvasta Pharmaceutics, Alan Silvasta, has taken note of our main heroes and is working behind the scenes to unravel the nature of their abilities and transformations. One of the great things about using anthropomorphic animals for your cast of characters is how we can criticize and poke fun of ourselves as a species through the lens of animalistic characteristics. BNA takes advantage of this by constructing a narrative similar to real-life issues that plague society, such as discrimination, racism, and inequality. Humans fear and loathe beast men. They see them as lesser, freakish beings. When Anima City was built, people resented them and opposed to a fully functioning autonomous city within Japanese borders, but those on the positive side of things moved ahead and helped make this utopia a reality. Inside the city, however, things aren't as bright as they might seem. Like with any big city, crime, injustice, and fear are present, from organized crime to beast trafficking. Michiru gets a hands-on experience early on in the story on the dirty side of Anima City, and at first declares her hatred for beast men, seeing herself as a human with a sickness, a condition that needs fixed. Artanuki Girl joins forces with Chido and the mayor of Anima City to cure it and eventually leave. As the series progresses, Michiru's beliefs are put into question as she gets to know the different characters that inhabit the great city. The dolphin daughter of a crime lord, who is a social media influencer in her human form, and is oblivious to the prejudice coming from humans. The Bear's team, a poor, down-and-out baseball team led by a coach who is more interested in bribes than actually winning tournaments. An albatross who has faced trouble migrating due to flight restrictions placed on them from human governments. The introduction of religious cults into a modern, evolving cosmopolitan city, and most important of all, a white fox who resembles her best friend from before her transformation. Through all these interactions and more, Michiru learns of diversity and how we are all one in the same. Like the human condition, these characters are living, breathing parts of a society that is trying to coexist and survive amidst social issues and the ills that plague us. During the middle portion of the show, I realized that BNA could have easily been made into an epic motion picture, but I'm thankful for them to have created a riveting TV show instead. What could have been an action story set in an hour and a half spectacle instead gets a multi-layered run of 12 episodes, taking the time to explore the city, its inhabitants, and Michiru's evolution as a character. But most importantly of all, explaining the significance of her mixed blood in a society that is pure. A lot of the characters in the show resent the opposing side. This is evident in the way humans look down on beastmen, as well as how several characters such as Shiro Ogami also resent humanity for their past transgressions. At first, questioning Michiru's purpose for being in the city, he quickly develops an awkward relationship with our Tanuki girl, and as the two investigate her mysterious transformation and evolving abilities, Ogami acquires a piece of humanity itself, the understanding and embracement of our differences. One fascinating element of this series is represented in the relationship between Michiru and Nazuna, a former friend who is also going through the same disease. In the story, she is the poster child for a silver wolf cult dedicated to the mythology behind Ginro, the sacred deity of the beast kin. While our main lead struggles with her identity and her new appearance, Nazuna takes advantage of her issue and uses it to catapult her popularity into becoming a famous idol. Her cult of the silver wolf is feared at first as a fanatical abheaval of the society that took 10 years to build. As the mayor reluctantly is forced to approve of their stay, we find out that the true motivations of the series antagonists and their willingness to manipulate from the shadows, these powers that be reveal the series lore to us, the audience, and how easily it can be for those in power to change public opinion. The villain in this story is seeking to fix beastmen problems, and through a series of coordinated events, works to dismantle the city to its very core, producing our characters to their true animalistic natures, and proving to humans the dangers of a city like anima. It will take the coordinated effort between our protagonists to uncover the truth behind truths, and in the process, learn about the true meaning of beastmen. In true trigger fashion, the action is intense, stylized, and bursting with attitude. In my first impressions video, I talked about how synthwave heavy the series was and how much I dug it. I still feel the same way after finishing the story. The villains' motivations are pretty unique and somewhat different than what we are accustomed to. Every episode added more to the story, and not once did I feel it dragged, each adventure adding to the overall enjoyment and world building of the show. At the end of the day, this is a story of prejudice and acceptance, told through the metaphor of animals, and expertly brought to life by a talented creative team. Each character has a story to tell. You grow to love or hate them, and hopefully sympathize with what they are going through. The animation is gorgeous. The 12 episodes help us understand our main protagonist and her journey of self-discovery. The music and sounds of BNA bring to life this kick-ass story, and hopefully leaves you with a sense of wonder. Through one adorable tanuki girl, we learn of a character that comes to term with who she is and embraces her individuality as she moves forward with a new sense of purpose. 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Hi, it's Bridget. Welcome to above life channel. The purpose here is to inspire your spirit and to fill you with hope. Today, we're going to be channeling having a conversation with Phil Hartman in the afterlife. So this is an unusual session for me as I'm entering into it because I don't usually channel people or aren't drawn to people who had suspicious or difficult deaths. So Phil Hartman was murdered by his wife and I try to stay away from like drama and and the kind of the energies around that because death isn't the definition of someone's life. It's not the reflection of the wholeness of the bodies of work that they've left to hear for us that the legacy that they have that the talents that they shared and Sometimes they just become famous for their death and I don't I have a really hard time with them myself. That's a personal thing for me So why Phil Hartman then you're probably single-bridge. Why are you going to talk with Phil Hartman because I feel his energy and part of that is probably my own doing because I've been watching a vlog channel and You guys may have heard me mention it before days with Jordan the lion I love days with Jordan the lion I have been watching it for quite a while and I thought during this time when It seems like the economy is a bit slower in things I wanted to be able to go back and support other youtubers that I really Know that that's their source of income. That's their livelihood is just youtube being a youtuber And so days with Jordan the lion is one of those ones that initially with above-life channel and got me interested in Hollywood again, and I've always been interested in Hollywood, but You know actually seeing someone walk around Hollywood on Hollywood Boulevard and see the stars on the the walk of fame and seeing the Chinese theater Seeing the sights the iconic sights that I have seen physically myself in this lifetime because I've had several trips to California in my childhood and my teen years and that and And always felt an affinity to it And so I thought I wanted to go back and watch some of his videos and just literally leave it on Like as much as I can in the background just so that he can get More minutes more viewers more likes that kind of a thing, you know Because that's how you support youtubers, you know, that's how you do it Especially people who do like a lot of ads and stuff in their In their channels or in their videos and that kind of thing. That's how you support them, right? So I'm like, I'll come and do that again. And one of the videos that came up on the screen was the Phil Hartman House and I thought Do I really want to Watch this one, you know or listen to it in the background have it going in the background while I'm you know Doing the dishes or making dinner and I thought Yeah, yeah Because when Jordan portrays it or shares the story, he's very open very sincere And he's not about like all that drama about it necessarily but there is a curiosity that comes through I think And that many of you as viewers Probably are drawn to in video. So let's get to the channeling. I know some of you're like Bridget get to the channeling Well, guess what? It's my channel and I'm talking to Phil Hartman. So You can wait for me to get to it and so I suppose I don't really know why I'm channeling Phil Hartman I have no idea So let's bring them in and find out shall we? This video is being recorded in May on May 5th, 2020 I'm not sure if that has anything to do. I feel like there's a child. I feel like a daughter a young girl I feel like almost like kippy like long hair pretty. He must have been married before Um because I see two Like spouses Like I feel like I'm looking through a picture book like a photo album And somebody's birthday isn't I think in May or June. There's a birthday coming up up and coming coming up And so Phil I know you from I want to say Saturday Night Live, but I don't think that's right He's definitely he's a good writer you guys like it feels like he's a really good skit writer like a really good writer And so he may have very well written for Saturday Night Live. Um But the The connection is the news radio show which I watched did you guys watch that the news radio show? I watched that so that's how I remember you Phil is from that. Um, I feel like you It was probably the 90s then um This is energy of this dry humor and I appreciate that being a midwestern Person um, and then he shows me an eye state. So indiana or illinois showing me an eye Uh, I don't know if like on a show that he did besides the news radio guys. I don't know. Um What's the illinois or the indiana? I think it's illinois I think it's illinois um It's almost like a sports team thing or something illinois something something indiana or illinois Okay, I can't hear i'm not hearing clear. Audiently. I'm seeing the information And i'm not seeing a whole picture. I'm seeing like pieces like kind of sentimental things He's showing me kind of sentimental things And I see a martini glass too like alcohol like a martini glass um Do you want to share what the best part of your experience as a person was like what are what are you most proud of or what are you most Um like to be remembered for He says yeah writing he said you got it you got it writing the ability to write right creative to be creative and right to write He said that's the when things really come together and there's this cohesion. He says you can give a really good, um group of actors a kind of a foundation or a base and Then they can take it to levels that you didn't even expect they could go to You know, you have to kind of lay the groundwork though You have to have kind of a solid concept first and then then it's just You know, would you consider yourself more of a comedian or an actor? Or what would you consider yourself a comedian a comedic actor? He says a comedian is is um Probably more how I would be described um a humorous actor maybe But writing writing feels like a really important thing so I just loved it. He said I just loved it There's a lot of joy you guys in acting and being in a group of people and seeing what comes from the idea He says like an idea and he kind of you know what he shows me you guys is that um Whose line is it anyway? I think that's the name of the show. There's a show with like um Oh, I can't think of the guy's name. I can see his face He's uh, I can't even think of his name right now But where there's a couple of actors from a show drew a carry from his show and then they like You know do kind of impromptu extemporaneous speaking stuff and um That kind of it's like a show I wane Somebody wane is also in that show was in that show Um some really interesting actors and stuff like that like he's showing me that like that's the kind of like I would want to be in that he's like I want to be part of that that would want to be part of that Did you have any famous um actors or mentors or anybody that you looked up to or favorites? He says I wasn't always in acting, you know, I wasn't always in acting That was I think that was stated on the blog actually. I think Jordan On days with Jordan the line, I think he said I'm trying to remember I think he said that you did like graphic arts or artists like art design or something like that before So it wasn't like acting was a thing that you learned and did or whatever Um, but did you have any like who were your favorite actors? And he's like looking at me like laurel and hearty like he literally shows me laurel and hearty You know in the three stuges and stuff like that like that kind of slapstick kind of funny real impromptu Acting he says He says acting um, then he shows me robin williams interesting. What is the deal with robin williams? I've met robin. I've met robin williams. He says Um, he came here after I did as you know, he says as you know, he came transitioned after I did but he Real deep He's a real deep guy Real a lot of talent there. He says a lot of talent there a lot of talent um He says we didn't run in the same circles, but I did I did meet him a few times and Um, I've been able to you know had interacted or had conversations with them It's kind of what it seems like almost like he ran into him in a club or a comedy club or a kind of social thing or something um I mean he says Joe Somebody rogan joe rogan. I don't know I had that name sounds really familiar to me. Does he have a show? He might have a show or something Joe rogan like comedian kind of type um And I don't know why he shows me him not sure why you guys um, but he mentions him And I think he's kind of like um Kind of crass with the words he uses and things like I think he swears a lot I think um, that's kind of the vibe I get and comedian. He was committed to or he is committed to Um, I know that I can't think of where he's from. Oh, I think he's from fear factor Isn't he wasn't he like the fear factor host and I'm sure he's had a lot of career before that But that's how I know remember him. Um, okay Phil. So let's talk about Let's talk about the tough stuff. Can we talk about the tough stuff? Yeah, he said, yeah, he said, you know the whole mystery There's really no mystery here. He says there's not really there's not really that kind of romanticized mystery around my death He said, you know, I wish if I could have written a different ending it probably would have been something more um Well, he said, okay, so Can you say that again? I can kind of hear you but I can't totally hear you It's almost like smoking like he shows me smoking. He said like he thought that if he For his death, he thought that it would have been more likely He would have expected himself to die from like a heart attack or like lung cancer or something like that Like that kind of thing is like I would have expected my health to be an issue for me a problem for me Not my wife Okay, now my wife now It's true though that she did your wife did have Some mental health stuff because that was mentioned also on the vlog. Yes. He said, yeah, yeah, she's crazy. She was really Really volatile. He says really volatile. Were you ever afraid for your life? Were you ever afraid of that? You know at times it's more um He never really think it's gonna be that bad like you never really want to believe that someone that you loved Was um, you know capable of something like that. You don't really want to Believe I think how bad it is So would you say something to people that are in situations like that dealing with mental health? Yeah, yeah Get help get help and don't stick around don't stick around you can't Put on yourself the blame or or the the job of making that person feel better or be better be healthier because they make their own They you know people make their own choices They make their own choices. I would have expected I wouldn't have been surprised if she would have When on her mood swing she has a bipolar some kind of bipolar disorder.  I wouldn't that would not have shocked me at all um because at times she was so miserable so so angry at the world and I I kind of blame myself in a bit, you know, I mean For for the relationship part there's a part of blame if you're gonna sign blame or sus blame is There's a part that I mean I could have done things differently too and That doesn't mean there would have been a different outcome though So I don't I think it's really important to say to people who are in a situation dealing with mental health of someone that they love or care about that Yeah, you can do the best that you can but that's it. You can't you can't make Someone make different choices that that's really something that you do not have control over and uh So are you angry or do you how do you feel towards your wife now in the afterlife? He says oh, no, I'm not angry. I forgive her. He's like, I'm not angry.  Or I mean is that poignant? Is that important? I wasn't surprised. He says I wasn't shocked. I wasn't scared. I wasn't afraid because we we'd had really difficult um Confrontations like that before he says like that before but it was never I didn't really expect her to actually Oh, this is tough. I don't want to see this. There's a lot of blood you guys Oh god, I hear I don't like being clairvoyant isn't fun Um, he says you don't have to he's like don't look don't look He says I couldn't believe it. I was I was shocked and I don't think that there was a gun That's the thing. I'm not quite sure how If there was she shot him a lot because there was a lot of blood I don't think I don't even hear that. I don't hear it I don't hear a gun. That's interesting I don't usually do the murder stuff. So it's all new to me Phil can you share with me what the purpose is for our connection? for our contact today He says to open up To recognize the importance of mental health There is a crisis. He says in america today. There is a crisis globally, but in america it's It's awful. It's it's something that is a long time Long time disease And mental health Is something that is treated so Few and far between and so sporadically That it doesn't there's not a consistency about it. There's not a recognition about what's the real issues are dealing with your mental health and and and preventing Yourself or the ones you love from going off the deep end is something that is It's part of so many relationships and now where you're at now right now right here right now the stressors of things like finances and health and The economy and the future are all things that add an extra layer of pressure into that He's like it's like a pressure cooker. It's just I mean what do you expect? Of course the people are going to explode Of course people who are already volatile or on the edge are going to take the leap and go over the edge and hurt other people Or kill themselves in the process and then there's loved ones that are grieving children that are grieving the loss of their parents And The loss of their childhood There's not There's a lot of nurturing that needs to happen here. There's a lot of Of awareness that needs to be brought to the forefront and and it's really important I think to share that I am not angry. I'm not I for completely forgive The act is not a reflection of either one of us of of bren or of myself it's Tragic and unfortunate and it's but it's not unforeseen. This is a this isn't something that it is is Just for a tabloid This is real life for people now that are struggling and that's the importance. That's the priority bridge. That's why we're talking today Phil you have such Now I know and now I'm glad that we had this conversation because when I started pushing the record here I thought I have no idea What's going to come through in this channeling session or why I'm even channeling you? Maybe it's just I've been watching a vlog and so it's in my mind It might just be my brain doing it But I thought let's connect and see how this goes. That's really to show up In full authenticity and see what happens and be open And instead of me just kind of saying no, I'm not going to do that because of this, you know He says yeah, you got to change your mind. Everyone has to recognize that you all have the freedom to change your mind and to not be afraid To ask for the help that you need and to consistently ask Even if you're you feel belittled or even if it's not a time to make light of the the Care that you need for your mind for your mental health for your mood That's such a new key part of your your health and your your ability to to be Not just a productive member of society, but to really Give something back and everybody relies on you in that way and we rely on each other in that way and It's it's so so it makes me so sad to know that There's a lot of suffering going on and and in private and isolated and separate and not it's not accepted As something that is a natural human need instead. It's still judged. They're still Bias, they're still prejudice for people that say well, I'm bipolar or I have anxiety disorder or I have attachment disorder. I have this or that or I feel I simply just feel sad really depressed I don't understand. I feel disconnected and all of those things Should be completely part of our health care system and of taking care of one another each other and and most importantly yourself You've got to be able to recognize that for yourself And the codependency that we're in and these relationships that we're in there It's very lopsided and it does confuse things and it can be really hard to know when to pull back and when to Save yourself And clearly I didn't make that decision I didn't make it And I want other people who are watching this to be able to have the freedom and let go of the guilt and save their own lives and to be able to be in the space to be able to do that for yourself without feeling Like you are responsible for the happiness or the wellness the mental wellness of someone else You can't you can't take that burden on that's that's completely unrealistic. You're not god. Are you?  That's completely irrational unrealistic. Not not even fair not fair at all Not fair So that's what I wanted to say. So thank you for letting me share that. Thank you for letting me Talk about that Wow, you guys I'm really gonna get emotional all of a sudden Um It's may 5th 2020 and this is phil hartman with a very powerful message for us Kind of a long way around the fence, huh? I've been beating around the bush here trying to get to this point But this is a powerful message So again, I'm going to mention to you to reach out and get the resources that you need for your own mental health As well as for your loved ones Many times on the back of your insurance card. There's like a number that you can call for crisis There's also crisis hotlines Um organizations like save Can help to support your mental health and to support you while you are supporting the mental health of someone else And also your local government agencies. Usually your counties have crisis hotlines in the human services area All right, so please make sure you reach out you ask friends ask um You have to ask for the assistance that you need and you can't be afraid of the stereotypes or You can't be afraid to do it For yourself and for your loved ones So look online. There's no excuses. You can do online stuff. You can do text stuff You can be totally anonymous You can do counseling in person. You can do stuff over the phone There are so many hotlines and so many resources for you So if you don't reach out that's your choice and that is on you That is on you Okay So this is Bridget with above life channel. I want you to be healthy I want you to feel connected. I want you as a spirit and as a human being to feel inspired and have hope And I know that that can be a very challenging process at times Remember this is your life. It's yours So live it. Please Just live it Thank you so much for watching


Parents are married. They have been for the last 20 years. My grandparents on my dad's side are married. My parents on my mom's side, they're not. But I feel like what made me angry that I'm working through is my example of men. Because when I hear my mom talk about my grandfather, who I didn't get to experience, it's not what I see in my dad. So I was angry with him for a little while. And then I got over that. Well, I'm working through that and I got over it. But when I listen to your show, and even tonight, I hear what you're saying in regards to, you know, women should focus on like their fitness and being feminine and cooperative and all of those things. But it still seems like we're still at a disposition. Like I still have to work against that narrative. Okay, ma'am, you threw a lot at me at one time.  Everybody. I wanted to give you a background. How old are you? 26. All right. Did you have braids? Say that one more time? Okay. 26. I'm trying to remember. Okay, you got to work. You got to work at what is frustrating that you have to work against what? I feel like I have to work against the narrative that is set for black women that we are just angry and loud and upset and pretty much everything that you're you kind of talk about in your show. All right. All right. So the narrative, is it a narrative or does it play itself? Why? Okay. Well, there's part of narrative, but then you have to ask yourself your live reality. Or I took that little straw poll. Are black women happy or the majority of black women happy or angry today? I would say the majority are unhappy. Why? Why would you say that? Black are better whereas the circumstances that we put ourselves in. Right. Okay. But okay, so it's not a narrative if it's the majority is true, man. I understand that. I understand that, but my confusion is or not even confusion where the disconnect for me is someone like myself where I am working to improve different areas that I see our weaknesses that are my own and that I've learned through the behavior of the women in my life and watching their marriage. Okay. But that's what I mean by I feel like. Okay. So where's your boyfriend or husband? I actually just spoke up with them, my boyfriend. How long, how long were you guys together? We were together for about five months, five and a half. Okay. All right. Who broke it off? I did. Why? I wasn't happy. So let me just go ahead and let me go ahead and just level saying you said you're 26. Yes. Let me just go ahead and level set you man. I have to work three times as hard to get a half the credit and guess what? That's just my lot in life. There's always going to be prejudice and discrimination and unfair treatment to any human being. There's a difference is you either going to work to overcome it or you're going to let it overcome you. That's it. And it won't be the latter. Well, then, but the thing is, if you say it's un, you see the thing is the being, you shouldn't be angry about the treatment. It's not fair and it was so angry. Well, if it, what are you going to do about it though? Because here's another thing. Black women are under who's burden? Who's burden are you under? Because it can't be black men. No, it feels like what I see. And what I see is like my parents' relationship for my mom or my grandparent. No, no, no, no, no. Okay. Your proms relationship and your grandparents relationship or their relationship.  It's time for your own experiences. I agree. I agree. I do.  The first thing I'm saying is the nerve of you.  You see, you have no problem.  He's your father. I don't feel like I'm taking the, the approach of being like judgment to like you're wrong. I'm not saying that, but I am observing what I grew up around my environment. And I'm not saying that I'm not taking any. Okay, but hold on. Will your mother and father marry? Yeah, they're married. They're still married to the state. Right. And did you graduate in high school? I'm sorry. Did you graduate from high school? Yes. Did you go to college? I did. Did you graduate from college? I did. So your father raised the college graduate? He did. What the French toast are you talking about? That's better than most of the country.  Sounds like he did a hell of a job to me. That's why I also said I'm not taking anything from him. I'm not. But you said you were mad at him. No, no, no, you said you were mad. You know, earlier you said that there was a time when you were upset and mad and angry. And then the nerve of you to look a gift towards in the mouth. You got what eight out of 10 black people don't have a father in the household. But as usual, black men still ain't good enough. So you make an issue where ain't no goddamn issue. Judging your father because he wasn't your grandfather. When you got more than what most kids in the neighborhood had a dad, a dad that was apparently good enough to stay married to your mama raised a high school in the college graduate. Wow.   Being married to a black woman and raising those and providing a lifestyle to where you graduated from high school and college and didn't end up on drugs or on the street in the penitentiary, whole house, babies all over the world.  A white man could just go to work in the plant. And that's good enough.  His kids still ain't happy. I'm not laughing.  I am because I'm not angry in that way. But I am. Black men are because I listened to what you said.  Because he wasn't another man. You don't know your grandfather. You weren't raised there.   Well, how did he feel because he couldn't be the man you thought your grandfather was? Did you ever ask him how he felt about that? We did. Yeah, we have had quite a few conversations. And how did he feel that he's dead? Of course. But it wasn't just because of the comparison to my grandfather and the comparisons came from what I felt like my mom did receive that I was fighting for my dad, which was his attention. I felt like he was able to be more present with my brothers at the time than he was with me growing up, which was a part of our conversation that you're asking about. And from his standpoint, he gave you. And how did your mother balance out these things? My mom gave me a lot of the things that I feel like I'm working through now. I'm not trying to put it all on my dad. That's why I said the women, because I noticed how she also treated and behaved with my dad.  We just didn't get to that part. You didn't leave with it? I had to pull it from here. No, I wasn't. I wasn't trying to withhold it. All right. And here's another thing. All right, granted. But here's the thing. First world problems. You sound really entitled, man.  Apparently, they provided for all your needs. And you're worried about your wants. I didn't get what my brother's got. Oh my God. I don't think that that's wrong for a little girl to want that love from her dad though. No, no, it's not wrong to want love. But this is why I say first world problems. There's this disney vacation to where the man did the best he freaking could. And it still wasn't good enough because the youthful year, the years his daughter should have been praising and loving her father. You were angry with him because he didn't give you what you felt you deserved or should have got or what your mama got. Oh my God. When you have children. I'm sorry. I didn't hear the question you asked. I hope when you have children, you don't have to experience that level of hurt. And as a parent, whether an ungrateful child and some of you ladies don't seem to realize that this is how so many men feel defeat. They don't even want to try. Let me go ahead and say this. This is why many men don't even want to try to do relationships or get married anymore because they hear this, that this woman came from an intact grandparent, grandparent, nuclear family, lived a life, presumably middle class parents are still married. But because she didn't get the kind of love that she felt she needed or deserved or wanted.


Hello and welcome back to the craft box, my name's Brenton today We're in episode 83 of the was a one-on-one death walk through the last episode if you haven't checked it out already We continued on with the district of stars and we defeated Some things and we did some other things and we are hitting into the Stalurium So yeah, which is a dungeon and I'll take about 20 minutes, but only so that's cool Yeah, and then we say goodbye to this lovely place So yeah, let us do this man Okay Already starting it off. Look at the star school stress discuss cook Can't even talk and fell nice Thank you Vengeance and empowerment empowerment is really useless Vengeance is not really useful in amplifiers and really useful either So he wouldn't recommend getting those but you can mean whatever you whatever you want a Um Yeah, we're going to defeat things Don't know what we're doing, but we're doing things and stuff that do things Gonna yeah Yeah, do not proceed your defeat is inevitable spare yourself the humiliation You a myth.  Oh What do we have in sides?  They could be really good They could not be I don't know what they resist to so who knows 1,420 well, we should definitely be able to take them out 6,000 Hopefully doesn't earthquake I Say after I put my blade up a blade up.  What are you surprised? It's a safe as well.  In fact, we're going to faint Earthquake Wow just as well. I didn't play Hmm Kind of saw that one coming Smith Smith Smith Smith love their earthquakes.  Okay Also, I hope to know nothing because that could be bad Okay, let's start blading quickly Quick games a fast game good games a fast game. I don't know who knows Luckily we go first so before you get six perps we should hit With whatever we got and also by the looks of it. We might have to because we could be dead Let's just cut you let's get you out. We got a scarecrow We'll just cut scarecrow then and we will try for a blade We'll enchant the wraith Blade, please. Thank you Another blade up Hopefully Fingers crossed We can get another blade Don't don't don't Didn't get another blade Five we are going to fortify Nothing no frog that's cool Yeah, we have a longer Longer to blade which is good No didn't do anything at all that fantastic the fantastic guess wait another blade That is three blades. What's this miss Jeff? It's a blade. Okay What's this miss Jeff? Oh, it's an amplify. That's fine. Um, and Scarecrow crow scare Yum Don't don't Do-do-do. Oh that actually did quite a lot. He goes as well, which is fantastic He's dead as well, which is good Yay Just one left and we can kill him with a Wraith hopefully next round That wasn't actually too bad at all Papa thank you that would be better if we didn't don't actually know I did that 1900 Got a single blade. Let's just see what this does. It's probably gonna earthquake anyway Did he get a papa? I don't even know who knows See how much this does he boost so we should be fine. Oh, not quite. Okay We use another one. That's fine That's fine All good You would crit Mephimp is annoying That's why it's annoying. That's we did the spell there Do we discard of my? Mmm Mmm, I just cut of my blade. Mmm. Oh, no, I've already used my blade. Mmm. Nicely Nicely Nicely Nicely blade Of course not blade. I don't want to lose pips. So we just gonna do that Thank you for fizzling. Yay. Okay That's cool See how it is with this Oh Okay That's fine Okay, what's this? Oh, it's really going on Kind of want to see what it's gonna do, but then again, I don't so yeah, that's unfortunate Boop Boop Boop No, okay, there we go That is that done yay Yay, you have defeated me But your weak mind cannot solve the problem that will we guarded the gateway well with a grid of flux panels They must be linked to bring power to the gateway and pass beyond though You can manipulate the pedestals and orient the flux panels anew you are simply Incapable of an arrangement that links them continuous such cleverness is beyond your human form Function do not waste your time attempting this challenge Accept your limits with dignity well We'll see if that works Um, okay, we're going to the other room. That's cool That wasn't actually too hard, which is good Yeah, essentially we need to get up there because that's where the star solicitors No, no, no This place is really cool this delirium. I really love it. It's really cool Okay. Well, this isn't actually too hard and one more there we go and use this perfect Not hard at all. Now we go into someone's chamber And are you a cheaty boss? I think you're a cheaty boss. Maybe I'm wrong Speech nope Nope, but here's a monstrology person. So if you want to do monstrology Hmm not that most people do You can get him We're going down this way to get the lizard who is just here G'day there we go. Perfect and Someone oh my home was beyond the stars I have dwelt in this place for time out of mind Serving and waiting I will not surrender the secrets of Celestia's magic willingly Okay, then Good to know Went too far don't like the second page aren't they? Okay, let us Hit on Ian Shouldn't be too hard again Should be nice and easy None of them in this laid up as much as we want he uses He's balanced spells and fire spells and can say to which is fantastic Said no one ever But he can't shield from death, which is fantastic Got that blade get this blade Let's do this Just get some protection just in case both of them can say to actually which is interesting We are going to do this Got 6,000 health quite a bit actually Um Discard you draw. What do we get? We got a monstrous, which is perfect draw. We get a Deathblade perfect amazing Just what we need fire the spell That's cool. Don't know when that was put on gonna be an ages ago. Who knows not me No, this is how they found okay, that's cool Just chill bill No Okay Okay on to three blades of faint Three thousand added half of his health, which isn't fantastic And he's dead for sure. Hey And he passed okay now we blade again And wait for a wraith which needs to do three thousand as well. Mm-hmm Gotta love death full health. That's as if we didn't even just start the battle, you know But obviously we haven't he's gonna do a lot and I am worried that this might Intimidate him a lot, but you know what we can do it anyway because we're cool risky Okay, I don't need your heel don't need Joel here boy Don't need that really just cut you and shunt you Draw for a blade. Thank you done Did Fortify okay That's a slight annoyance we will fortify as well. Ah ha, I thought you could be better than us We can match you And you're gonna pass okay, that's cool Just pass, you know. Waiting for that last playday. There it is, perfect. Yay! Another blade! Yes! I don't know if I want to hit because of that fortify. Which, I mean, is not a good reason not to hit, but it's fair enough. I mean, around is left one. Yeah, it's going around this round anyway. So next round we can do it. If he doesn't do it again, it should be good. Perfect! Fight a spell. Yay. And away we go! This should definitely kill a vampire at half the south. This can do the rest. Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doooo da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Three, six, five, seven! Perfect! Noom. There we go! Amazing. Amazing for health. Yay! You battle bravely and with honor. The light of the Stars clearly led you to this place through the Sea of Night. I release unto you the Star of Celestia. Use it in pursuit of knowledge and learning. You may proceed." You remove the Star of Celestia from the Stellarium. It glimmers with astral power. To base camp we go. Ha ha! So that is now the second area of Celestia finished. Which is fantastic. Two more to go. You slot the Star of Celestia into the Grand Astrolabe. Two more to go. Yay. You could say we're a third of the way through Celestia. Which is kind of not true but it is sort of true. Edith. We go to the surface and speak with Piers Stanton. Piers is our dark master. Overseeing the landing area when we first arrived on Celestia. To get to see Piers you'll have to head up to the surface. He can set you up with the submersible parts. Okay so next episode we will head on up to the top side as she stayed as she called it. Which is in the floating land. So yeah the only above ground bit. Which is fantastic. So yeah thank you for watching until the like and subscribe and if you've already subscribed press the wee little bell so you know exactly when I post another video. And remember craft outside the box.