Narrative Telephone Ep. 6: Story of Beau's

Marisha Ray leads off an all-new Narrative Telephone. How much of her story will survive the cast's flurry of Beaus?
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Ashley Johnson: / thevulcansalute
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[@fernatticus5134]

The first story: Beau sabatoges the wine supply of a rival family The last story: Beau sees a poster, goes over to a house and angry drinks until she pukes and gets kicked out

[@dracowolf3212]

And yet they both sound straight accurate to Beau's character

[@Tyloric]

Both are equally plausible.

[@Jasper_Silva]

It's all about boundaries.

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

@@Jasper_Silva Beaoundaries

[@sadiemcc9363]

I'd like this comment but you're at 666.

[@noamshavit]

This episode proves the power of commercial jingles. "Why drink like an animal when you can drink like a king?" was the only detail that survived.

[@FulcanMal]

They also got "can't argue with the results". Not precisely, because the original word was effectiveness, but close enough I think.

[@Flax42DayHiHi]

@@FulcanMal nope that got lost too

[@dig8634]

@@Flax42DayHiHi You set your boundaries XD

[@nikolaosmoustakis5314]

@@dig8634 Boundaries are important

[@danielchurchill2661]

Boundaries are results that you can't argue with.

[@wizrad2099]

Head canon: Every telling of this story is in fact still Beau, but she's at a bar telling it, and gets progressively more drunk each time someone asks her to tell it again.

[@Ghost2rific]

I know it is a year later but I cannot express more how accurate that sounds haha

[@laramangino6797]

Petition for Marisha to recreate each of these in character

[@TheFeiful]

Favorite quote: You know, you did what you did because you did what you had to do and you did it because you had to do what you did. BOUNDARIES.

[@neerGdyahS]

You did what you did, and what you did is what you did and you did what you had to do, and you set BOUNDARIES. *kshh* Boundaries.... I liked Liam's version more because it just came out of nowhere XD

[@tuesdaynext7370]

I want that on a t-shirt

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

19:49

[@IceMetalPunk]

I think Liam actually grew fangs from that amount of vamping 😂

[@sheeanagangadoo1852]

I want this as an inspirational quote in my home

[@hvilluminati]

Of course Sam nails the one about wine.

[@sagescribe_]

He is a wine-oisseur

[@that_dnd_nerd4978]

Figures

[@johnekare8376]

My thoughts as well! 😂

[@JeronisLeror]

🤣I didn't notice until you mentioned it. 🤣

[@dehro]

going second kinda helps. most of the guys do well when they're the first to retell the story

[@Marshal_Diomitus]

Travis: The story Beau tells at parties. Marisha: The story Beau told the Judge.

[@aeon106]

so she tells the judge she purposely engaged in sabotaging a rival business?

[@sorufa888]

Aeon yes, but articulately

[@almarc86]

I saw it as every retelling just Beau at the same party telling the story over and over whilst getting more and more hammered.

[@idawantu838]

@@aeon106 We've seen Beau in front of judges. That sounds exactly like what she'd do.

[@redforest9269]

I feel like it'd be the other way around: "Yeah, so I was drunk and went to the Stassmans' place and drank a bunch of their alcohol." Stassman lawyer: Objection! Judge: Let her continue. Beau: And then they were like "woah she's so cool and can drink so much, let's give her the good stuff". *Stassmans confused in the background* Beau: And then, after some drinking, *barfing noises*. I spewed all over their stuff. Y'know, 'CAUSE OF THE ALCOHOL. Judge: Seems legit. *later recounts original story at a party*

[@joshorton9061]

“Where are your eyes Matt?” The wald hexe took them, clearly.

[@annafantasia]

Man after this sweet frat party we're gonna hit up the Vortex! FUCK YOU!

[@guidetoanything]

Wald hexe :) means forest witch

[@beanbomb47]

@@guidetoanything no no, im pretty sure they just misspelled vortex, the hottest club in Rexxentrum

[@livijusk.7522]

@@beanbomb47 vortex is the hottest mind palace in rexxentrum *

[@YoeranLuteijn]

OMNOMNOMNOMNOM

[@Quadraxis]

Marisha: Eloquent Beau Sam: Surfer Beau Laura: High-as-balls Beau Taliesin: Really tired Beau Matt: Blind Beau Ashley: Actual Beau Liam: Drunk-as-shit Beau Travis: Beau with a concussion

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

Tal is also very much giving me Drunk Beau vibes lmaooo

[@Ajehy]

Sam’s Beau is less “surfer” and more “uncomfortably intense”

[@princemills6022]

Leave it to Yashley to capture the essence of Beau ( ooOOoOooO )

[@emobitch1027]

Thought the exact same about Ashley 😂

[@Clownbunnycosplay]

I prefer to think of Sam as Buffreguard

[@MelodicQuest]

Start of the episode: "Greetings, I am Expositor Beauregard Lionet, tonight I shall regale you with a tale of deception and quick thinking End of the episode: "Sup, it's Beau. Yeah I'm drunk, what about it!? Anyways here's a story about some cool shit I did."

[@hvilluminati]

Inside you there are two wolves:

[@beingsadisoverrated8552]

@@hvilluminati one of them is a lesbian. the other one is also a lesbian. you are a lesbian.

[@jetvulcan2020]

& F U

[@jamesmorehouse9896]

Started out, level 20 Beau. Ended...Level 1 Beau

[@Taylermaed]

Well he also went first lol

[@alvintollah]

First story: some Hitman, No Kills shit. Last story: Untitled Goose Game, but Beau's stealing alcohol instead of furnitures.

[@sirtony0114]

It's another day in Kamordah & you are a horrible expositor

[@warlock1080]

Best thing is - either one of these could fit Beau perfectly!

[@lilebluecaboose]

This is the perfect venn diagram of my interests.

[@settheshallow8913]

@@sirtony0114 horrible rebellious teen

[@holycheeseburger2981]

Beau: "All clerics know about this herb." Jester, the Cleric: "Like, some kind of thistleberry thornbrew... or something..."

[@Drakan21]

Well - to be fair - Jester is hardly a classically trained cleric. lol presume Beau meant your average cleric.

[@tomlaptain646]

@@Drakan21 then again, that sounds exactly like something Jester would know about to prank somone with.

[@tomlaptain646]

Though she probably has a more imaginative name for it.

[@sundavar]

why dose thistleberry thornbrew sound like something i use to by in world of warcraft

[@keiths.7848]

@@sundavar Thistle Tea from World of Warcraft, probably?

[@jailyngordon4798]

Marisha as Beauregard: I punched one guard Ashley as Beauregard: I took down the entire Stossman family

[@TheGrumbleduke]

More importantly, Marisha included a single "pop" when punching, presumably because she knew Beau wasn't a monk yet so could only do one unarmed strike a round, perhaps while correctly predicting that no one else could resist doubling it to a "pop pop."

[@elsaandersson1652]

@@TheGrumbleduke and ashley turned it into: pa pa pa pow boom

[@gabrielbastos18]

Marisha's story actually had a twist for me, because when she said Beau ingested that herb to puke I thought the plan was to pretend to have food poisoning to ruin the winery's reputation. Then she went and puked in the wine. In hindsight, that is the Beau thing to do.

[@tomlaptain646]

That's where my mind went to first too, but possibly because that's what my most recent character would have done.

[@CharlotteMcGonagall]

I thought the same thing. I was very confused for a moment.

[@sevencats4964]

Same

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I was right there with you. 👍

[@Starhartdeer]

I thought the same, but i forgot pretty quickly lol

[@danielodonnell360]

I like how everyone's impression of Beau involves the same three things: -Swearing -Y'know -Auuuaughuaheeeugh sounds

[@emrekulac3207]

Hahaaha so true

[@B3RyL]

And "pop, pop"

[@RedDawn430]

Pop pop, fuck yeah, I'm Beau yo. Y'know!

[@regandonohue1782]

Bob bob

[@ScorchHellfire]

And drinking heavier than Nott somehow.

[@eskilmyrenberg323]

Number of words including f**k: Marisha: 0 Sam: 1 Laura: 1 Taliesin: 0 Matt: 3 Ashley: 12 Liam: 12 Travis: 11 Conclusion: ... Travis really held back on the f**ks.

[@Ajehy]

Additionally, Talesin had no fucks to give.

[@OtakunoShojo]

i love that sam added a bunch of curses to beau’s story, taliesin cleaned it up, and then it magically came back tenfold

[@joshhaworth2155]

Also, Ashley swears like a sailor.

[@MrGunsnrosesfan100]

I counted 14 for Liam, did you include the part where he says "I'm fuckin' Beau" a bunch? 12 for Travis, which is still a jump down from Liam by my count

[@annaptakova3242]

Thank you, youtube branch of CritRoleStats

[@09spidy]

Original: Expositor Beauregard Loinette here... Final: YO YO YO! IT'S YA GURL BEAU...

[@BebeQueens1]

Talieson: *messes up the name of her hometown* Matt: *fixes it right away because mistake or not HES got that shit memorized*

[@johnp1806]

I was actually sad that Matt was next, I wanted "Gomorrah" to survive

[@VanniSenpai]

John Polkowske that would have been hilarious 😂

[@toshomni9478]

In Taliesin's defense, he's actually old enough that Gomorrah could well be his hometown.

[@celebiRULES555]

"You know, you did what you did because you did what you had to do and you did it because you had to do what you did" -Travis Willingham, 2020

[@gracewallin7971]

Just give him a minute, he’s buffering

[@deekeller9562]

And boundaries...

[@Ethan-nl2wg]

I try to make sense of that sentence and then my brain hurts

[@celebiRULES555]

@@Ethan-nl2wg Yeah it actually took me a while to be able to write that down :P

[@notronsivart]

I'm getting this tattoo.

[@ForeverWog]

Ashley went sleeveless, and that automatically makes her rendition the most accurate.

[@hoperogan]

Also the first who made the spew inducing drink something that the rivals provided.

[@emo6577]

She also did so much talking with her hands, whether it was on purpose or nervousness it was pretty on point

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

Beau: *polite nod* Expositor Beauregard Lionett here. Ashley-as-Beau: HEY GUYS I'M BEAUREGARD LIONETT AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU A FUCKIN STORY

[@sivsi6598]

I’m still reeling over the fact that Liam had my art as his desktop background sdfghjk god

[@corporalvale102]

It looks awesome dude. I'd love to use it too.

[@melissametivier4]

Nice!

[@TiliaCordata]

It's super awesome. It has great Empire siblings vibes.

OH MY GOD HELL YEAHHHH

[@Samantha-dq7jm]

Good job. It’s beautiful.

[@r0be077]

This feels like it’s Beau telling the same story while getting progressively drunker with every retelling.

[@sarahandjeffdavenport3881]

r0bE0 this is the most accurate thing I’ve ever read.

[@mazie1874]

Very true. It’s pretty much what happens with all of the Narrative Telephone videos.

[@Orceh]

Ashley: Gag me with a spoon, Stausmans!

[@kaizen5023]

Haha i was totally thinking that watching Ashley!

[@roybenari9472]

Exactly my thoughts 😂

[@jordanmathenia1966]

Duuuuude! The Tossmans!! Y'all wanna go to the Vortex later? I hear they've got some dope lupine stew and apple fruit. Yo bro, quit touchin' my Potnums! Anyways, just make sure you bring the desert plum to give to Schmoopsie so you can get in the door.

[@shewolfblacklink1062]

Perfect

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

Can I get extra beaks in the stew

[@princessblazena]

Is Larkin going to be there?

[@hotcrossbuns6585]

Ohhhhh no this is great

[@9til5wizard]

I feel like each rendition after Marisha's was just Beau retelling the story as she gets increasingly high

[@copycrow4486]

*Taliesin "I'm sorry I thought you could hold your shit."

[@aurinsaint9058]

That is hilariously accurate.

[@emarusso5758]

There’s one of these comments under every Narrative Telephone video

[@grey8288]

The background music seems to agree!

[@Goomyx1492]

@@emarusso5758 this one feels especially applicable, although I'd change it to increasingly drink rather than high.

[@lichterin143]

"This show is about blame, and this is your turn in the spotlight" what a great summary of this format

[@houseofsledge6891]

All of the "yes."

[@estri5402]

Christopher John terribly good

[@tungstenzephyr]

It's his improv background showing xD "find the game within the scene" is one of the big things I've been taught and might be the same for him...

[@douglasmiller523]

You are a tpretty I gotta keep your eyes fup was

[@douglasmiller523]

You have it done for the

[@meridianelmlinger2124]

The Lionette Guide to Setting "Boundaries": 1. See a flyer. 2. Go to the Tossman's house. 3. Drink all their booze. 4. Barf all over their possessions. 5. Beat the hell out of them. 6. Have a thoughtful conversation with your dad about cause and effect.

[@mast3734]

I can’t wait for the story composed entirely of the best parts of each other story. The Wolf with a beak named shmoopsi robs the casino called the vortex, then crashes at Markita Bicardi’s house and drinks all her good shit

[@mxveewz]

Don't forget the pick-a-deli plum! 🤣

[@bleaketh]

Excuse me, I think it is a wolf wearing a putnum

[@eveescastle5866]

And the Heart shaped like a Rock

[@carolinemckee7009]

And the spirit of the Arkheart Cart that leads to a higher consciousness.

[@finleycarroll2208]

I literally laughed out loud at this, and have been crying for the last five hours I invested into these videos. I CAN'T!!!

[@zigzagzoom369]

Concept: Taliesin's story is a game of Narrative Telephone between Percy, Molly and Caduceus retelling the same story three times.

[@sonofaquiche6717]

That's some Traveller shit right there

[@nobody_5982]

It’s the three of them having a conversation... it’s letters they sent being read aloud... epistolary narrative telephone

[@druid_zephyrus]

That is literally what I was thinking too!!! But all through the guise of THE OWLBEAR. So it is the owlbear playing all three parts.

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

I was thinking the same!!!

[@vomitfountain]

Whoa, calm down Artagan! :D

[@pinkast5241]

The group watching Marisha's version for the first time. Travis: VISIBLE CONFUSION

[@Wolf_Star_84]

Honestly the moment i was looking forward to the most, seeing Ashley, Travis and Liam's reactions to the story lol

[@rosscalhoun3389]

I feel like this was actually one of the easiest ones, and they completely biffed it.

[@isaaceshleman2833]

I was so excited for him. I was kind of upset when he was just in pure shock.

[@JDub-TV]

@@rosscalhoun3389 They Ashley'd it all over the place.

[@JDub-TV]

I love watching the late goers view the original for the first time.

[@biker9476]

Every time Liam goes after Ashley, he is fully committed to recreating all her panicked reactions and I am HERE for it.

[@verfuncht]

He did it with Laura too

[@emo6577]

I love his face acting so much. All his expressions are comedy gold! I especially love when he does that surprised face where his eyes bug out

[@Critter_Farm]

Ashley loudly exclaiming "WE LOST THE HAGGIS!" is so good

[@PhilosopherWR]

So did Beau! XD

[@squattingheads]

Marishas Story: What Beau *thinks* she did Liams Story: What Beau actually did

[@theadultdemon]

🤣🤣🤣

[@guppy1291]

This is perfect

[@christopherbacon1077]

Marisha's story: How Beau would do it now Liam's story: What probably happened then

[@TexTheBest]

nope. Beau is highly competent and super smart

[@tomlaptain646]

Marisha's Story: The one Beau tells when sober Liam's Story: The one Beau tells when drunk

[@alongstorycutshort]

I love how Matt just keeps correcting place names and geography every time it comes around to his turn

[@VegetaLF7]

The Jester one was particularly fun to watch Matt's mind break with all the wrong geography in the stories compared to what Wildmount actually has.

[@Fawriel]

What really struck me is how he just started describing the Stassmans‘ gaudy interior design, which was never part of the story, but he _knows_ what their house looks like and he’s just DMing on autopilot.

[@chrisb9921]

@@Fawriel Hardout, poor bastard is too bashful to just own it lol.

[@katiegyring2728]

Me too!

[@constanza722]

i love how when everyone else's video is on freeze at the beginning the entire cast is like "LOL LOOK AT THEM LMAO!! PANIC EYES!!!" but as soon as it's ashley's everyone just "WOW BEAUTIFUL!! MAJESTIC!! YOU LOOK LIKE AN ANGEL!!!"

[@StretchyPlays]

Laura: "We also have the Darrington brigade that no one has touched on yet." Travis: "MACARONI SAMSONITE!"

[@Ajehy]

I want Waffle! Make everyone play gangster bears!

[@natetheknight2809]

Oh, you have no idea. 😂

[@zebbin9640]

@@Ajehy YEEEEEES! Oh that’d be awesome! 🐻🍯

[@caseybaker7935]

I love the face he makes when she says that

[@135mikerules23]

(At the Beginning) Dairon: “That’s my star pupil, I recently promoted her to an expositor.” (At the Ending) Dairon: “I’ve made a terrible mistake.”

[@davidparkes7741]

At the ending or about 5 minutes later lol.

[@JeronisLeror]

Yaaaaas

[@myrojyn]

Beau: (blackout drunk) Fuck you Dairon it’s a dope story

[@herz5159]

*Camera shows Travis starting filming* Laura: "hey that's in our closet"

[@LexFrank-Arcaneium]

name twins!

[@LinwoodLTHR]

Yup

[@lilystorz1358]

Recorded Travis : Yep

[@SquatBenchDeadlift455]

Everyone laughs Recorded Travis: Sure.

[@MelodicQuest]

The 3D recreation of the Bailigham residence must be coming along quite nicely

[@Ballzorz]

"I think around here Taliesin started closing his eyes." 2 minutes later "I think around here Taliesin opened his eyes" 😂

[@misterthegeoff9767]

Marisha: 'My home town of Kamorda' Taliesin: 'My home town of Gomorrah' Yeah that checks out

[@akiraking00]

LMAOOOO

[@l50I50l]

I love how Marisha had Beau only do a single pop because Beau hadn't been a Monk yet.

[@Ajehy]

I like that!

[@WolfiePH]

Everytime taliesin closes his eyes, I just imagine him communing with the elements beyond to assist him to remember the story.

[@laurenhawes7201]

Theres something very funny to be ablout gods using extreme powers to do mindane tasks

[@zanite8650]

And they're like "I dunno bro, got any more of that weed?!"

[@FunkBastid]

It’s actually a mind TEMPLE

[@valacarno]

That's precisely how it works

[@shewolfblacklink1062]

@@laurenhawes7201 Apollo whispering: I need to win this poker game... How can I use my god powers to cheat... Artemis: We can hear you...

[@pondrthis1]

I want a T-shirt that says "You did what you did, and what you did is what you did, and you did what you had to do, and you set... BOUNDARIES."

[@alexmiller9249]

Trying to pass off Beau's laid-back tone while frantically remembering details is a tough balancing act.

[@Ajehy]

Hence why they all start sounding like they’re on various substances.

[@Marshal_Diomitus]

Sometimes, The Mind Palace is Hotel California, sometimes it's Castle Ravenloft, sometimes it's the jungle gym at Chuck E. Cheese.

[@CainLatrani]

Too funny!

[@cosplayerkittie]

Sometimes its maze runner

[@hiddenrangerstreaming7350]

Sometimes the Mind Palace is Sanford & Son's junkyard.

[@pebble_highleaf]

Bruuuh I feel that.

[@sethkeown5965]

But its always an adventure

[@charlestunnard5250]

I'm kind of sad they missed Ashley forget the word for disguise: "I get myself different looking".

[@TenaciousCarn]

Yep this is like Marisha. - sober Sam - 1 bottle in Laura - 3 bottles in Tal - 6 bottles in Matt - 8 bottles in Ashley - 1 bucket in Liam - 2 buckets in Travis - 3 buckets in Beau getting drunker every retelling

[@bluemrpony]

also everyone collectively forgot that Beau has 19 intelligence and is just very straight forward and direct - idk how we ended up at Travis' rendition lmao

[@hannahc875]

Beau isn't an idiot, she's an asshole.

[@Kiki-uu6pc]

Perhaps each drink is -1 intelligence - 1 charisma - 2 constitution

[@CathrineMacNiel]

first we had Keyleth who was wise as fuck, now we have Beau who is rude as fuck.

[@zigzagzoom369]

I felt really defensive, like "Beau's an Expositor, she definitely knows long words"!

[@sybariticcupboardrat3763]

Well, to be fair, Beau's intelligence was actually a 14 until they found the circlet in the happy fun ball that raised it up to a 19. And even when it was a 14, she purposefully hid that she was educated by talking like a punk. Now she lets her smart jock show, but Sam decided to do an impression of original Beau with even more attitude, and thus the dominoes were triggered.

[@sourwitch2340]

Did Sam, Sam of all people, just get THE. MOST. ACCURATE. RETELLING of a story we've seen so far?!!

[@aether1356]

Of course he did, it was about wine

[@MushyUndTingly]

Well, it was about wine. Seems legit.

[@llewtree3013]

I feel like Travis’ retelling of Ashley’s story was up there

[@natetheknight2809]

And who can forget Liam’s of Laura’s story? That was incredible!

[@panheaddragonwolfpaw]

It's also important to keep in mind that Sam was number 2 this time. The 2nd person to go is always the most accurate to the original. The 3rd person begins the quick and dramatic downward spiral that Sam is known for escalating.

[@apsalaris]

I need a sleeveless “Boundaries” Beauregard shirt so badly...

[@madsw7253]

I think maybe if we combined it to be “sleeves are bullshit but... boundaries” would be best! I still need it though.

[@les2730]

Did anyone else notice that Matt started the "boundaries" line, but everyone thinks it was Ashley? 😂

[@thewatcher6478]

Les because the way matt used it kind of made sense and he added in other details. From ashley on it was just “YOU MUST SET BOUNDARIES”

[@soren5312]

@@thewatcher6478 Yeah Matt used it as an organic part of a sentence, and I think it was the only part Ashley remembered so she hit it hard.

[@KarmaOfTheVoid]

"Mr. Laura Bailey" is Travis' best title

[@Titoichi1986]

You have Will Friedle to blame/thank for that

[@MrAntiLatein]

Can we please talk about Liam trolling everyone at the end with the mindpalace exit? Pure Gold.

[@flashlynx2209]

I wondered at nobody mentioning that, I about died XD

[@B3RyL]

Pure gif gold.

[@melissametivier4]

Yep.

[@AidanOgilvie]

That was hilarious

[@paperorplastic]

Favorite moment of the entire video!

[@ewangilchrist5797]

Laura's internal monologue: 'Sound like a badass!' 'Shit what's the story...?' 'No wait still sound badass!' 'But what did Sam say again?' 'Screw it, improv with badass Beau voice!'

[@dogtato]

taliesin is that anime character that only opens their eyes when they get serious

[@minatauri]

Coincidentally, he voiced Snake in Zero Escape: 999, a character who only opens his eyes once in the game, when he gets very serious :D

[@bleaketh]

Gin Ichimaru

[@TheBiggreenpig]

I like how Ashley fixed the timeline with the pop-popping of the guards. It is rare that the story can fix itself.

[@ckannan90]

And then Liam dropped it!!!

[@RaukGorth]

Not so rare. In every episode someone fixes a part of the story.

[@Bloodyshadow1]

marisha's story: canon beau Everyone else (other than sam surprisingly): fanon beau

[@lokithecat7225]

Marisha: What Beau thought she did last night Travis: Dude, here is what you did last night, we filmed it.

[@herz5159]

Sam talking about Beau was fanon tho

[@Ajehy]

@@herz5159 - OP means “how fans portray Beau in their own works” as opposed to how Beau really acts.

[@kzeriar25]

the boundaries that Beau set was not being allowed inside the Tossmanns' house ever again

[@Logan_Baron]

I love how their personal quirks of trying to remember the story, get taken by the next persons as part of the story. Like Liam's repeating the name over and over, and saying "we've established that" was due to his rambling and trying to get back on track, but it was assumed that was just part of the story. Or Talesin remembering the fighting at the end and saying it might have happened definitely happened was because he forgot and needed to confirm to himself whether it happened or not, and then it was assumed that was part of the original version and comes off like Beau tagged that on at the end and may not have actually happened.

[@davidcroucher6262]

Same, and not just in this one, in most of them, like how Two episodes ago people commented how Marisha's Zemnian accent sounded like Jester, so when she did Pike she commented that she was Pike, not Jester, and then everyone after made some comment about not being Jester, or having some Laura Bailey-Jester enegery.

[@Matsas11]

I'm loving the steadily increasing rate of swearing between all the people.

[@FatalBurnz]

By Liam's story: I'm Beau. Fuckin'.

[@robosbabydoll]

More swearing and more martial arts 😂

[@TheJerbol]

It's Ashley haha

[@emmawilson4526]

Travis's face when Laura mentioned the Darrington Brigade made me think he really might pick Macaroni Samsonite for his story

[@vomitfountain]

Oh, I hope so! Everyone trying to imitate that would be pure gold.

[@mattrenteria7951]

But I NEED my grog fix I miss my big loveable guy

[@superfluouslyme]

Imagine the rest of the cast trying to do Macaroni's voice. *chef's kiss* Pure comedy gold.

[@coburn8810]

Ashley trying to do the Macaroni Samsonite voice. Incredible

[@caelanreid7884]

God I hope so

[@disastergirl888]

I love how every episode the whole cast is always blown away by how gorgeous Ashley looks in her segment

[@danaemitchell7257]

I don't feel like this one was very difficult and yet it still somehow became a different story. As for Taliesin's story.... I personally think a Cad story would be the hardest because nearly everything he says sounds super important, but a Molly story would be more entertaining and if he does a Percy story I want him to use his full name like 10 times and add in a bunch of complex engineering/gun terminology Edit: If it's a Percy story Taliesin should start out with "My name is Lord Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III and I'm going to tell you a story about my family..." And then list all of his family members who have equally long names.

[@hannahc875]

I actually think Cad would be easiest. Molly and Percy would both intentionally mess with people.

[@evansaschow]

Hannah C I think the thing to do with a Cad story is make it like it’s already the second position. Give it a bunch of ums and uhs, backtrack to details he forgot, add in a few stammers

[@hannahc875]

@@evansaschow True, true. He would also forget pieces. But I still think Mollymauk and Percy intentionally screwing with people would be worse. They would find ways to sabotage.

[@FluffieXStarshine]

I hadn't even thought of Percy's name .... that would be painful....

[@hiddenrangerstreaming7350]

I kinda want him to do a story featuring... The Owlbear.

[@aedanferrara3544]

setting boundaries by showing up to someone's house and getting wasted

[@haichie1341]

Works every time, that's what I've done with all my exes

[@treyadams2484]

Travis does not get enough credit for the most consistently accurate story teller.

[@mickey4125]

That's what I've been saying! I wonder if he's always near the end cos they know how good he is at this so if they put him towards the back the story'll already be toast by the time it reaches him?

[@shambhvilokre]

So was Liam till suddenly he wasnt

[@Anon-qp3kt]

@@shambhvilokre Liam took it seriously the first 3 times then he just went ham on all of them

[@awakeindeath]

The group- "everybooooody" Laura- "No!" The group- "yeeeeeaaaaaah'

[@levil3409]

and how Matt immediately stops them because of fear of DMCA... :/

[@alexkoder1982]

And now back to Ashleying it. Starring the Cast of Critical Role.

[@percivalchase780]

Petition to change the name!

[@ethanpeterson5640]

That's a sitcom I would watch.

[@evilbeardedman]

@@ethanpeterson5640 that's basically "You've got Gale" spin-off.

[@MadSwedishGamer]

Damn, Sam actually did incredibly well this time around.

[@averageopinion1251]

MadSwedishGamer the first one always has it the easiest.

[@Xob_Driesestig]

@@averageopinion1251 No? The first one has to remember the most details so it's actually the hardest

[@orsolyafekete7485]

@@Xob_Driesestig maybe, but they also get the most coherent version of the story (or more like the only coherent version)

[@averageopinion1251]

Krisztián Fekete plus if your going after the original storyteller you will have the most confidence in what you heard.

[@evansaschow]

Xob Driesestig everyone else has to hear the story through the stammers and backtracking, the first person is the only one who hears it clean

[@thejammiestjam]

Marisha: tells us a story about Beau's early years of clever infiltration and deceit. Travis: tells us a story about Beau just busting into these people's house and having a kegger, getting wasted and vomiting all over their house, and somehow that's setting boundaries.

[@Feasco]

And yet both are equally valid

[@matthewlyons6544]

I love how the end changed from “Miss you all” to “See you all next Thursday ;)” It truly has been a long time, can’t wait for it!

[@jito7377]

Just you wait.

[@williamedward1666]

After 10000 years, WE’RE FREE!

[@Ethan-nl2wg]

Ashley: I will butcher this story the worst! Liam: ...Hold my special stuff

[@jeanvalero1597]

Hold my fey cat haha

[@sailorsaturn1060]

Hold my daggers

[@Senorfacetube]

Gotta say, I love how 95% of Travis's was "I'm Beau"

[@jesterssketchbook]

lol his voice

[@notallthatevil]

Well liam's did make a point of establishing that he was, in fact, beauregard lionette

[@cancerino666]

@@notallthatevil The story before him also stated 3 times, so he copied that.

[@ajaguar27]

I feel like Taliesin's just gonna go the route of Percy being the proud father and bragging about all the accomplishments of his and Vex's multiple elaborately-named clever children.

[@Ajehy]

That would have been far, far kinder than what he wound up doing.

[@Drakan21]

Ashley brought full Ellie energy to the Beau show. lol

[@beardedjb2273]

The way Matt looks at Marisha in every single one of these episodes restores my faith in love. I love these nerdy people so god damn much.

[@johnp1806]

Ditto for Trambus' wide eyed look at Laura when she mentioned the Darrington Brigade characters. His face LIGHTS up and he turns to her with the look of absolute "DAMN but do I love this woman", and it's refreshing.

[@annafantasia]

Same!!

[@tuesdaynext7370]

Liam Ashleyed a lot harder than Ashley this time, imo. Also, I was low-key hoping that the title of this one would be The Expositor's Exploits or something similar

[@sourwitch2340]

And Sam nailed it the most. I feel like this episode was drunk...

[@dig8634]

50:43 Liam is about to disparage Ashley's retelling, and then he remembers that he is next XD

[@walter081095]

@@dig8634 yeaaah, Ashley's did actually still made sense, Liam's didn't at the end

[@SweetiesSys]

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage: Thisselberry Mildew

[@cindywomack1113]

The Team: Who are you gonna be Taliesin? Taliesin: (dropping his voice, tilting his head just so) Aw, its gonna be great. The Team:... Who are you gonna be, you could be three guys! Its right there you guys, right there. sigh

[@copycrow4486]

Laura - "Can we know who you're gonna be?" Taliesin in Caduceus voice - "Yeah, no, it's gonna be great." Marisha - "You have three options." I like to think Talisien gave a hint.

[@Fionor01]

I secretly hope for Molly. Our time with him was really short and I love that cheating devil...

[@shadow_wulf4064]

Probably Molly. He said it would be painful. Although i can see Caeduces talking slowly being painful

[@copycrow4486]

@@Fionor01 I'm sure that any character Taliesin chooses will be a treat. Percy could go on about his younger years with Cassandra. Molly could weave a fantastic show of the circus. Caduceus sits down with a cup of tea and retells of a prank he pulled on his siblings.

[@hallyholly5375]

Same i think it's cad. But it would be awesome if it's Molly :(

[@Vegas242]

@@copycrow4486 Not only that, but Percy has a ton of esoteric knowledge about science and history that he'd be able to easily insert into the story; I think a Molly story might end up around a more chaotic Jester, with his half-truths and eloquent wording; Caduceus would talk so slow and he'd definitely forget some earlier plot points and add them in later. Edit: Also I've just been reminded about Owlbear and I don't think I need to say why a story from him would be fun to watch and hard to retell What I'm saying is, while I also hope he goes with Molly because we saw so little of them, each of his characters are going to be really entertaining and cruel in one way or another.

[@bjornseine2342]

This series cannot be allowed to end. Ever.

[@megadev9099]

It is pretty ridiculous how entertaining they are.

[@MultiHippie13]

Travis's face when he realizes he has Macaroni Samsonite as a character he can do for this. His is gonna be hilarious.

[@nathesford9701]

I love Matt's Beau voice. Just an LA stoner. Also this is just an exercise in how many times Ashley can say "fuck"

[@OffbeatWorlds]

The funniest part about this is Marisha didn't say the word "fuck" once in her story, and by the end of it every other word was "fuck" 😂

[@AFLoneWolf]

Part 1: The Story Rules 0:13 Marisha 0:51 Sam 3:01 Laura 5:54 Taliesin 8:53 Matt 11:16 Ashley 14:42 Liam 17:30 Travis 20:23 Part 2: Show and Tell Everybody 22:18 Marisha 24:28 Sam 28:08 Laura 32:35 Taliesin 37:38 Matt 41:28 Ashley 46:40 Liam 51:16 Travis 55:29 Marisha 58:41 Who's next? 1:03:57

[@tuesdaynext7370]

Bless you

[@tarakoyomac9493]

U are doing Gods work

[@Samantha-dq7jm]

I am sorry I ruined you like number. Now we hav to get you to 690.

[@Jorephthefirst]

Laura: We technically still have the Darrington Brigade that nobody has touched on yet" *Travis eyes light up and smiles with the whole new possibilities*

[@hhylobates4098]

For anyone wondering where they've heard the name Stassmans in the show before: it was their wine at the Dalens Closet wedding, and also (spoilers for ep85) . . . Collectors of antiquities, the Gentleman had sold them the skull of Jourrael. Two members of the family were killed when Obann, the Hand and Orphanmaker broke into their estate to recover the skull.

[@lukasbhame9384]

I think they were also mentioned in the the first episode

[@corporalvale102]

I love how Liam at the end suggests to exit through mind palace, waits until all of them close their eyes and then just stares into the camera. Well played.

[@FunnyFany]

New CR in 5 days, and another Narrative Telephone. I am very pleased. Edit: the process of the story getting distorted overtime feels like Beau getting increasingly drunk at a tavern, as she tells it over and over to the people who love it and are begging her for endless encores. Edit 2: AU where Beau multiclasses as a Bard.

[@nucleargandhi2709]

Hey, she could still take the actor feat and MC into Bard.

[@klillym1461]

Oh my God

[@meandtheweirdos]

Travis: "I was like FUCK YOU, and they we're like, DRINK THIS"

[@Zesprit15]

Me half way through: “This is going pretty smooth, actually Me by the end: “Oh no what is going on”

[@lvl91soldier55]

I like how Marisha just made a fan version of that one Skyrim quest from the thieves guild

[@ambskater97]

And it slowly turned into the quest with Sam Guevene/Sanguine.

[@Justin_42]

I like how every retelling after the first has a saying of something along the lines of "I knew it was the stotsmans" where they would be really bad advertising posters if that wasn't obvious

[@Vegas242]

"I knew it must have been the Stotsmans, because the posters had their logo on it and it was clearly advertising Stotsman wine. Another case solved by future Expositor Beauregard Lionett."

[@FulcanMal]

Since later versions dropped the rival wine family thing, I think they assumed it was meant to be an anonymous "fu" to the Lyonettes, rather than an advertisement.

[@Justin_42]

@@FulcanMal that's fair. I just found that difference to be funny

[@thegreenassassin553]

@@Vegas242 She's almost as great a detective as the duo of Nott & Jester.

[@minervawantspizza8826]

Laura : "Well technically we also have Darrington Brigade that nobody have touched yet" Travis : 👀 1:04:40 Me: IS MACARONI SAMSONITE RETURNING SOON?!?!

[@VegetaLF7]

I *need* to hear the rest of the gang try and pull Macaroni's voice, especially that high pitched laugh.

[@iristhai5969]

Yes that happened lol

[@johnvillamayor2756]

I adore how whenever it’s Ashley’s turn, the background music shifts into a reggae sound. Blue-dreads Vacation Pike comes to mind and it makes it all the better.

[@Clairembify]

Matt channeling all the jock energy he can, god bless.

[@Chris_Meade]

First time I've ever looked at a straight couple and went, "oh, hes definitely the bottom"

[@jeanlannes4396]

I was getting Jax from Sons of Anarchy.

[@AmyTheArtist9]

He was just straight up Kima, so YUP xD

[@sourwitch2340]

Matt, talking like a stereotypical rapper: So, I prepped for some subterfuge, and then I set out for this crazy... Me: heist? Matt: ...wine tasting.

[@korenn9381]

centrifuge*

[@wholesomeevil118]

Ashley: '' I got out of the mind palace early. I got bored.''

[@Growlithe52]

Watching Marisha's story it seemed like it was going to be so much easier than the last few... and yet... apparently I was VERY wrong with how much it got messed up by the end. XD I LOVE these, hope they don't stop doing them now that they can actually somewhat go back to their normal things

[@dracowolf3212]

1:04:40 And that is when Travis decided...he is gonna make his friends talk like Macaroni

[@hannyboop]

Oh I hope

[@deborahelder2212]

Chutney could also be amazing

[@MsWells]

A hundred percent. I had that same thought when I saw his face.

[@TheNextStar1000]

@@deborahelder2212 I NEVER CONSIDERED CHUTNEY ?!?!?! I WANT THAT SO BAD

[@davidfrance2915]

I love how Matt's version of Beau is basically Beau's version of Tracy. "And like, I knew, that like, that poster was just not like...gonna fly here in this town." It's not a knock against Matt anyone. I just really feel like this is how he sees Beau. lol

[@notronsivart]

There's a Tracy somewhere deep inside all of us.

[@Cyyberslam8]

"It's Traci with an 'i'."

[@caseyjones8246]

Matt plays a better Beau than Marisha does. Lol