Open and Shut Season 1 Episode 10: "Ouroboros"

Content Warning: Character Death
Hot on the trail of the Grixitt, Evrard and the rest of Open and Shut find themselves descending deep below the city. Away from the watchful eyes of the Dabu and the safety of their cozy office, a final showdown begins. Will they bring an end to this portal-closing undead's reign of terror? What will is cost to balance the scales?
--Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--
With this season finale we have a little announcement from our dear table-mate and beloved bunny, Wally:
"Being a part of Rolling with Difficulty has been an amazing opportunity but unfortunately I need to take a mental health break. Due to real life circumstances I have not been able to focus on bringing my best self to the pod. Luckily I'm not entirely gone and will occasionally pop back up with artwork and maybe even an episode or two during my break. Until then, thank you all for the laughs and good rolls." -Wally
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Dungeon Master - Austin Funk
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Bileyg - OSP Red
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Evrard - Wally
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Oobtaglor - Noir
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Character Art by @stuckinspace
Background Art by @tanukimi.s
Music by: Dominic Ricciardi
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Featured Tracks:
Open and Shut Theme
Tense Moment
Investigation Theme
Mysterious Theme
Final Battle
City of Doors

[@pokeperson1000]

“The real use of Many Hands as a contact is that they see Garbage that is thrown away” So…. The house keys of a certain Dr. Door inspired character? XD

[@pyrosianheir]

There was a death note musical?! Blerg, forget that. Not the important part. Another great season, gang! Farewell to Wally, and may your break - however long that may be - bring you peace.

[@FluffyTheKnight]

0:56:32 A Hare Out of Place is the autobiography for Evrard 😂

[@catrianheir]

Lapann really being like "that's my secret mon ami. I'm always angsty."

[@criticalmaz1609]

Y’know, I was initially a little unsure about this campaign because I loved the crew of the Per Aspera so frickin much… but these new characters have really grown on me. By far the most unexpected delight has been Wally’s French accent. Can’t wait for Season 2! 🐀

[@lexgray42]

"i'm not depressed, i'm mechanically sad" i say to my therapist

[@Nightsaber100]

Here I am, at the end of about a 2 month journey, I started listening to the first campaign while driving around for work. I'm just saying, the Rat Cafe could serve this emotion, the exhilaration and heartache of waiting for a biweekly upload you previously binged. Love y'alls work!

[@mjnotthemarvelone356]

holy shit, what a finale. i'm going to continue losing my mind over this for the foreseeable future

[@thecam6450]

Oh my gods the ending... It was probably the most powerful one in all of rolling with difficulty

[@MultinationalCrabLegion]

They just need to find VR-LA he can probably piss the lady off enough that she'll show up

[@shadowldrago]

For a minute, I heard de-Grixxit-inator as de-Brexit-inator.

[@MultinationalCrabLegion]

God I wish I had one of those

[@professorplumish]

Thank you for a wonderful season! This campaign has been so fun! It's been a delight to get to know these characters and get to know more about Sigil.

[@furiousTjr]

Oobtaglor is so depressed that he crawls into a bottle. "Not sure how this was supposed to help."

[@christopherrobinhood9802]

Githzerai should have Kiwi/Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu accents

[@CMelon-xe1qc]

Jeez well, that was insane. I’m so sad. I can’t.

[@Fanciest_Panda]

This is sooo hyped XD

[@gabrielrussell5531]

We never got to see the dog steed.

[@alexandercross9081]

Here we go again

[@danamulter]

adults pretending to be children is gross, will NOT be watching the adverted show

[@naomifisher7097]

Genuinly curious, how exactly is the concept of "adults pretending to be children" in an acting setting gross?

[@danamulter]

@@naomifisher7097 First, you have to examine it from the real setting. That of adults expecting to get paid to take on the role of children, and behave like children. What fantasy does this fulfill, in a fantasy roleplaying circumstance? Why playact as children in the first place? Examining it from the setting of "these are adults who could have framed their discourse and branding through a near-infinite selection of lenses" should ~always~ lead to asking, "why are these adults choosing to portray children?" What facet of the presentation or material demands that adults playact as children? It's an active choice with a gamespace designed around that choice. Why are they so ~invested~ in pretending to be children? Why write and compile such circumstance around that idea, then try to get paid for it? There are two rationales for adults playacting as children in a catered and cultivated ecosystem oriented around taking on those roles. 1. Boy Scout Leaders and Catholic Priests are your role models, and you're trying to legitimize a predatory behavior set or community space. or 2. You didn't get to be you as a child, and now you expect people to pay you to play out your regressive closure therapy sessions. Both of these are gross. One is distorting the nature of TTRPGs and trying to turn them into grooming factories at worst, and the other is "ttrpgs are therapy" misrepresentation that is a detriment to the ttrpg ecosystem as a whole. You pick -- perv pedos, or people who want to get paid to treat collaborative creativity as an emotional labor factory. I don't care, it's gross and I'm not interested.

[@danamulter]

​@@naomifisher7097 I replied but youtube deleted it, so I'm not gonna bother again. The abridged version is either it's pedo trash or trying to get paid for me to sit through their regression therapy. Not interested in either.

[@danamulter]

@@naomifisher7097 I've replied a couple times, but it seems like it's being deleted. You know, external moderation to prevent discourse.

[@naomifisher7097]

If your replies are being blocked fast enough I don't even get a notif, I am now curious as what kind of wordage you're trying to use to justify your stance that is being caught by the filters. To be frank, I disagree with you and I think your opinion is flat-earth levels of ridiculous, I am just curious how you got to that conclusion so I can avoid that kind of thinking in future.