Original story: The living embodiment of poise and authority, could silence kings with a single look End of the story: Ah, yes, the plan. The plan for Kuzco. Kuzco's plan. That plan.
Aabria: Mafia-boss Robin Hood doing spoken word Marisha: Mafia-boss Robin Hood Laura: 5% Vex, 95% Laura Matt: Jack Sparrow in Jesus cosplay Travis: Travis Talisen: Humpless Igor Liam: Merchant from Resident Evil 4 Ashley: Uncovered audition footage of Gale for the role of Mafia-boss Robin Hood Sam: Undercarriage-phobic Goblin
Aabria: Perfectly sane "shop keeper" with a decent plan to get some quick money. Has a tendency to monologue Marisha: Same shopkeeper trying to recreate their monologue a couple of days later, because they liked it so much and were proud of it Laura: Another slightly goofy team member trying to remember the plan. She paid some attention Matt: The friend that said that he understood the plan and was called on his bluff and asked to retell the plan Travis: somehow less confused then the guy that told him the story Taliesin: the slightly mad cousin that only agreed to the plan because he heard the words horses and something about "against the bourgeoise" Liam: No one knows how he got involved with the clasp, clearly can't keep a secret, is utterly mad and doesn't understand the plan at all. At least he's excited Ashley: Got distracted when someone talked about the rich people of Emon, because she tried to figure out what you would call them. Only heard the words "horses, no plants, druids and undercarriage" and later tried to make up a plan from that 12/10 would let her plan everything Sam: Heard the plan and decided to just make fun of it and see how the mess plays out in the end.
The beginning: Don't talk about the clasp This is my druid friend who made the horses into fairly intelligent beings No harm done to anyone Liam: Welcome to the clasp we hate druids and attack horses We will ruin the emon business folks! Everyone: There was a plan to do something... with horses probably, but it's definitely not about plants. I love Narrative Telephone
Aabria and Marisha: cool badasses Laura: Bard bullshitting a plan Matt: Drunken jack sparrow Travis: Russian grandma Taliesin and Liam: creepy store owner Ashley: doesn't know what's going on Sam: anti-captialist conspiracy theorist
Dear diary, today I learned that being "tossed in the sea" is a euphemism for being "thrown like a salad upon the waves". I still don't know what any of it means though. Maybe I'll ask babushka next time she visits.
"This plan is a HORSE PLAN... definitely not plants, there are NO PLANTS in this horse plan! ... The horse plan... We're going to destroy them from beneath the undercarriage!" -- Ashley
If Aabria and Marisha were members of the Clasp, and Laura was a bard lying her way in, then Matt was 100% the Traveler fucking with the lot of them. lol
@@kaikorzon Laura new a detail Marisha had forgotten, the detail that the inside man was a druid. Marisha figured it out later in the narrative though. :)
Pretty much everyone in the comments of most of these has said Ashley messed up the most, but like… The story she would be given was already chaos when she got it in almost all the NTs 😭
@@harmony8623 i think her performance as the first ever 2nd spot just set her up fr 😭 how panicked she sounds and looks definitely plays a part too but you're right she gets handed a mess a lot of the time and just tries to survive the next 3 minutes - even though she's the verb they're the ones who have been Ashley-ing it for her i swear 😔
@@SSJKenpachiZaraki Matt got the vibes wrong, which Travis then compounded by committing to the babushka persona, but i'd argue it was Taliesin who truly derailed it because all he really had was "plan" and "horses", forcing Liam to just make shit up because wtf was he supposed to do with that.
I love that Aabria sounded like the mob boss that created the plan, Marisha is the second in command that kinda gets the plan, and the rest of the cast is the group they are explaining it to that just aren't getting it
I just love the Narrative Telephone so much. I hope they keep doing these, even if its less consistent. Thank You for playing Ashley! I know it's not your favorite thing, but they are so enjoyable.
Ashley Johnson is the M.V.P. I never thought it would be so enjoyable to repeatedly watch someone trying, badly, to cover an internal nervous breakdown.
POV: you're a planewalker trying to figure out which instance of this plane is the correct one and the only difference is this shop keep and their plan
I love the idea that it's this mess of a plane that would make Jace cast memory wiping spells on himself. This is the plane that gave us the self-milling Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.
Aabria: Ice-cold badass Marisha: Literally almost perfect Laura: Drunk noblewoman Matt: Rambling drunk fancy hobo Travis: An actual crazy person Taliesin: Eldritch cultist Robin Williams Liam: Fancy Gollum has a PLAN Ashley: Surfer tries to bluff her way into an anarchist gang Sam: Deranged communist pirate
Now I want a show with Aabria as a hardened crime boss who has to deal with her incompetent underlings who are all hammy weirdo caricatures trying to pull this heist.
@@knarp7063 That always makes me feel a little bad ever since I learned he has body dysmorphia and HATES to see video of himself. I know it's not as simple as telling him not to worry but I hope he sees how much merriment he spreads and that he has nothing to worry about!
@@JB-xl2jc I can relate! I may have both Dysphoria and Dysmorphia because I'm trans and hate my body. I also think my face and head shape are weird, odd, ugly, maybe all three. Yet I'm told I'm attractive, but I fail to hold that confidence. I have tried to move past it and my partner/therapist has helped me with my self esteem and confidence issues. (The result of me using my actual self in my profile picture, actually! Even though it's hard to see myself.) Anyway, I feel Matt on that. I totally get it. I wish we could all swap self perceptions or eyeballs because to me Matt is very handsome and attractive. He cleans up nicely, yet rocks the beard like a foxy man would. (Also his iconic hair anyone? Anyone? Anyone at all? Bueller?) Yeah he's hotter than Hades. I think in great moments of skewed self perception, we should look outward for validation. Given it doesn't create a negative personality complex out of it or anything. Just remember, not all beauty is outer beauty...and inner beauty lasts longer.
All I got from Liam’s was “oh the plan… oh the plannnn.. no plants in our plansss” and repeat 😭 Ashley panicking because she thought she forgot things but Liam gave her nothing but “oh the planss” lmaoo
Aabria: an original suspenseful heist Laura and Matt: "Pirates of the Caribbean" Travis: "Monty Python" Taliesin and Liam: "What we do in the Shadows" Ashley: Ashley Sam: "Ace Ventura"
Without a doubt - Narrative Telephone is the BEST thing to come out of the pandemic! I really hope they continue it after things open back up! It is a guaranteed belly laugh every time!
@@frisbeedan8905 I'd love to see them try to imitate body movements and hand movements face to face though. Like instead of copying hust the story they could maybe try to copy a solo scene face to face in the studio/office they work in. I wasn't saying do it on a livestream or anything lol
@@battousaix4263 Yeah I could definitely get on board with this! Honestly, I don't really care what they do with it, I just hope that it sticks around in some form!
I am so goddamned happy Matt added the tiny "ocean" explanation at the end, not only did THAT make me laugh but so did everyone else's rendition of it!
When Laura starts giggling you know it's all going south. :p But Liam, Liam gave it his all, performed a masterclass in derailing every last bit of storytelling left in the remains of the original tale. :)
Aabria = cunning thieves guild representative Marisha = American-British chav Laura = Vex working undercover Matt = Babushka Travis = Clasp member who doesn't deal with pressure well and has forgotten their perfectly worded script Taliesin = Cult member who has to explain all their inferences in great detail Liam = Mad Irish Clasp planner who played Gollum and Hamlet in amateur dramatics Ashley = Anglo-French saleswoman who used to work as a telemarketer and still brings that 'sunshine energy' to her new job as a recruiter Sam = Scanlan during his Meatman phase and also on a Suude high
So somehow we went through: Classy crime boss, The one who left the meeting early, The bard, Drunk Jack Sparrow, Russian Grandmother, Igor, The creepy store owner, The math lady meme, Doofenshmirtz.
I just can't stop thinking about those 3 horses wearing golden "thug life" necklaces with their 5%... Hope Aabria gets involved again in the future. :)
i love how this one was the opposite of chutney's story where veth had a cameo but it didn't make it all the way, while this one started with no cameos but ended with a keyleth one
Aabria: an intriguing tale of espionage and a heist. Marisha: Hey! She did great. Laura: Hey! She's doing grea... oh no! We lost her. Matt: "We're going to spook them" Travis: Babushka. Tal: Spooky shop keeper. Liam: "Pick a plan, any plan" Ashley: "Destroy the Bostonians & horses" Sam: "Use the horse to destroy the undercarriage"
why did Matt's part remind me of "potion seller, i am going into battle and need your strongest potions." "you can handle my strongest potions traveler"
For what I think is maybe one of the more tame / solemnly told original stories of the show so far, the cast really took this and RAN I'm loving this horse plan (without plants)
Timestamps (for funky fresh friends) 0:14 - Intro 0:50 - Aabria's story! 3:04 - Marisha 5:28 - Laura 7:42 - Matt 10:14 - Travis 12:42 - Taliesin 14:36 - Liam 17:09 - Ashley 19:40 - Sam 21:40 - Show and Tell time :) 23:19 - Reacting to Aabria (ends at 26:17) 27:29 - Reacting to Marisha (ends at 30:00) 31:12 - Reacting to Laura 33:22 - Will the ocean float higher tomorrow? 34:21 - Reacting to Matt (ends at 37:06) 37:50 - Reacting to Travis (ends at 40:36) 41:10 - Reacting to Taliesin (ends 43:21) 42:30 - It all goes downhill from here 43:53 - Reacting to Liam (ends 46:39) 47:49 - Reacting to Ashley (ends at 51:03) 51:45 - Reacting to Sam (ends at 54:17) 55:20 - Back to the beginning (ends at 57:47) 57:48 - Final remarks 58:53 - The Ashley Cut 1:00:36 - Sam's Pitch 1:01:35 - Laura's Ptich 1:03:07 - Outro
"Which is code for you will be dead in it. The sea. Floating. Forever." I need to use this in a campaign. I'm writing this down for my character. They must say this. We're near a lake in game, it can work.
No other show on any medium so consistently makes me laugh to the point of tears. Thank you all so much, you beautiful people (and please keep going...please).
After watching the last 2 episodes of Narrative Telephone, I really want the Critical Role cast to expand for Campaign 3 with Aabria Iyengar as a permanent member.
Travis' Spooktacular was an animated series stretch goal, but I'm sure we could raise a million for the CRF if Ashley's Narrative Nightmare was the target!
Narrative Telephone definitely helped me through the pandemic, I looked forward to every episode. I knew I was guaranteed to have tears in my eyes and be unable to breath in stiches every time. Thank you guys for doing these! I sincerely hope you come back with more, cause I can never get enough lmfao so good
Hello everyone revisiting this after the Exandria Unlimited announcement! So excited to see Aabria DM, you can already tell here she is so in the stories of Emon!
The narrator at the beginning: secretive criminal organizer
The narrator by the end: communist shopkeeper witch who hates plants and undercarriages
My first D&D character.
My thirteenth D&D character.
@@Verillionmiles I don't care how many likes this gets, underated
Couldn't have described it better.
Literally how telephone works in all of its glory, it is magnificent.
With the Crypt Keeper in the middle.... for good measure.
Original story: The living embodiment of poise and authority, could silence kings with a single look
End of the story: Ah, yes, the plan. The plan for Kuzco. Kuzco's plan. That plan.
WRONG LEVEEEERRRrr...!!!
@@Blackthorne369 Why do we even have that lever?
I love this comment!
YEEEEES
Oh yeah, it's all coming together
Aabria: Mafia-boss Robin Hood doing spoken word
Marisha: Mafia-boss Robin Hood
Laura: 5% Vex, 95% Laura
Matt: Jack Sparrow in Jesus cosplay
Travis: Travis
Talisen: Humpless Igor
Liam: Merchant from Resident Evil 4
Ashley: Uncovered audition footage of Gale for the role of Mafia-boss Robin Hood
Sam: Undercarriage-phobic Goblin
Im crying omg
Your take for Ashley has me rolling good gosh
Gale for the role of mafia-boss robin hood OH NOOOO 🤣🤣
Bahahaha jack sparrow in Jesus cosplay
@@saskiascott8181 that one has my crying considering I just watched the pirates trilogy yesterday 🤣
Aabria: Perfectly sane "shop keeper" with a decent plan to get some quick money. Has a tendency to monologue
Marisha: Same shopkeeper trying to recreate their monologue a couple of days later, because they liked it so much and were proud of it
Laura: Another slightly goofy team member trying to remember the plan. She paid some attention
Matt: The friend that said that he understood the plan and was called on his bluff and asked to retell the plan
Travis: somehow less confused then the guy that told him the story
Taliesin: the slightly mad cousin that only agreed to the plan because he heard the words horses and something about "against the bourgeoise"
Liam: No one knows how he got involved with the clasp, clearly can't keep a secret, is utterly mad and doesn't understand the plan at all. At least he's excited
Ashley: Got distracted when someone talked about the rich people of Emon, because she tried to figure out what you would call them. Only heard the words "horses, no plants, druids and undercarriage" and later tried to make up a plan from that
12/10 would let her plan everything
Sam: Heard the plan and decided to just make fun of it and see how the mess plays out in the end.
To be fair, that’s pretty much Sam in every narrative telephone
Matt was asked to retell the plan while drunk. So much sass
Fully accurate. Love it.
Yeah 100% I'd let Ashley plan a heist
Matthew: *Just Captain Jack Sparrow*
The beginning:
Don't talk about the clasp
This is my druid friend who made the horses into fairly intelligent beings
No harm done to anyone
Liam:
Welcome to the clasp
we hate druids and attack horses
We will ruin the emon business folks!
Everyone: There was a plan to do something... with horses probably, but it's definitely not about plants.
I love Narrative Telephone
And you better comply or we're definitely throwing you into some kind of body of water.
But if you want in on the chaos, make sure you check this invisible box
@@Jasper_Silva Is that a euphemism for something? 🤔
Liam really went full potion seller for this one
I love that Matt is the one who Ashley'd it and then Liam Riegel'd it
Oh damn, you're right
Aabria: Don't mention the Clasp
Liam: Welcome! We're the Clasp!
sam saved the story!
"They are here to help us destroy this horse!" oh god Ashley
xD
Favorite line. She says it so matter of factly
19:10
Dog: bark
Matt: He's a dog now, wild shape is a weird thing.
Excellent moment of improv on Matt's part 😂
And then the dog thing lasted, which is even better. Lol
Omar wanted to be included and got his wish 😂
Dagon with Marisha, Omar with Matt... Guess we know which kid will go with which adult if they break up x^)
The ultimate gag is that the druid is an awakened dog that occasionally wild shapes into a human.
And because Matt's word is usually law in the world of Exandria people were just like "Yeah thats what happened."
Aabria and Marisha: cool badasses
Laura: Bard bullshitting a plan
Matt: Drunken jack sparrow
Travis: Russian grandma
Taliesin and Liam: creepy store owner
Ashley: doesn't know what's going on
Sam: anti-captialist conspiracy theorist
Matt is just jack sparrow cause sparrow is always drunk
Liam: Dutch at the end of RDR2.
I HAVE A PLAN!!
Nope Matt was Gilmore's and Jack Sparrows's love child
Matt: Jack Sparrow fighting being taken over by Artagan
Babushka... That's my favorite part
I'm gonna start saying "tossed like a salad upon the waves" holy shit
"THROWN like a salad!" hahaha
Dear diary, today I learned that being "tossed in the sea" is a euphemism for being "thrown like a salad upon the waves". I still don't know what any of it means though. Maybe I'll ask babushka next time she visits.
@@kaizen5023 Tossed is funnier 😆
Aabria: South London crime boss
Matt: flamboyant posh lunatic
Taliesin: Igor
Matt: Rogue babushka
Ashley: trucker mage
Matt: Artagan drunkenly reciting a story he half remembers
@@1SophieDEF1 this is better
I haven't even heard it yet and I'm already laughing just at this
This went from a Godfather/Ocean’s 11 crossover to Team Rocket really fast.
ACCURATE.
Whell your are not wrong
By the time it got to Liam, I am pretty sure the power broker turned into 3 goblins in a trenchcoat.
@@DreadPirateRobrt kobolds in a trecnchcoat
This is one of the most ruined story and I LOVE IT!
"This plan is a HORSE PLAN... definitely not plants, there are NO PLANTS in this horse plan! ... The horse plan... We're going to destroy them from beneath the undercarriage!" -- Ashley
It sounds like a formerly incredibly talented lyrical wordsmith who is slowly succumbing to dementia
“Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. That poison?” -Kronk
@@MercuryPilot021 That is my favorite line in that whole movie
Destroy the bourgeoisie from beneath their undercarrieges!
@@valacarno Or you'll float a little higher in the bourgeoi-sea!
"Narrative Telephone S3: Oops! All Ashley!"
ded
id literally pay for it
I'd throw my tv out the window and watch nothing but that from now on
[x] Haunted Ashley
Yeah, I think we just found the stretch goal for the Kickstarter for Campaign 2 Animated series.
“HORSES!” Travis proclaimed calmly.
In the words of the Gentleman:
“Your sentence structure confuses me”
Who crime like would do you some?
What episode was this?
@@commanderbacon6426 episode 85.
Liam: PLANS!
If Aabria and Marisha were members of the Clasp, and Laura was a bard lying her way in, then Matt was 100% the Traveler fucking with the lot of them. lol
Marisha: on point
Laura: a little forgetful
Matt: totally drunk
Liam, Ashley, Sam: straight up Norgorber fanboys. "the plan. the plan."
The way Matt keeps slipping in little bits of commentary is so much more destructive than simply forgetting things, and it's a glorious car wreck. XD
Laura was more than a "little" forgetful
But what about Travis?
@@kaikorzon Laura new a detail Marisha had forgotten, the detail that the inside man was a druid. Marisha figured it out later in the narrative though. :)
Travis: What was that?
Talisen: Crypt Keeper
Aabria: How dare you mention The Clasp, we're trying to keep a low profile
Sam: Ah yes I am a member of The Clasp, as we all love to announce.
Everyone’s like ‘oh Ashley’ but look what the hell Liam gave her.
Pretty much everyone in the comments of most of these has said Ashley messed up the most, but like…
The story she would be given was already chaos when she got it in almost all the NTs 😭
@@harmony8623 i think her performance as the first ever 2nd spot just set her up fr 😭 how panicked she sounds and looks definitely plays a part too but you're right she gets handed a mess a lot of the time and just tries to survive the next 3 minutes - even though she's the verb they're the ones who have been Ashley-ing it for her i swear 😔
Exactly! She gave pretty much what she got this time.
Y’all I lost it when Liam said “You will be thrown, like a salad upon the waves”
Travis took it off the rails. Liam took it off the planet.
Liam fucked it up SO bad. It was delightful and I love him
@@lettherebemorelight6 well I don't know if he fucked it up or purposely threw the cards up in the air lmao
I'd argue Matt took it off the rails xD
@@SSJKenpachiZaraki Matt got the vibes wrong, which Travis then compounded by committing to the babushka persona, but i'd argue it was Taliesin who truly derailed it because all he really had was "plan" and "horses", forcing Liam to just make shit up because wtf was he supposed to do with that.
NO PLANTS IN THE PLAN THE PLAN WITH NO PLANTS IN THIS PLAN
This went from "cool underworld crime boss planning a heist" to "weird creepy shopkeeper talking about his hatred of undercarriages"
I like how the story went from a husky low sexy voice, and then just progressively getting higher and sillier and crazier as it went on lol
At the end of his, for a moment, Travis brought the sexy back ... or maybe it was just cute 40:15 especially 40:30
I love that Aabria sounded like the mob boss that created the plan, Marisha is the second in command that kinda gets the plan, and the rest of the cast is the group they are explaining it to that just aren't getting it
I just love the Narrative Telephone so much. I hope they keep doing these, even if its less consistent. Thank You for playing Ashley! I know it's not your favorite thing, but they are so enjoyable.
Ashley Johnson is the M.V.P. I never thought it would be so enjoyable to repeatedly watch someone trying, badly, to cover an internal nervous breakdown.
I feel like they hit the perfect timing with doing them once a month, we still get it regularly while it doesn't get old, especially with the guests.
POV: you're a planewalker trying to figure out which instance of this plane is the correct one and the only difference is this shop keep and their plan
I love the idea that it's this mess of a plane that would make Jace cast memory wiping spells on himself. This is the plane that gave us the self-milling Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.
Aabria: Ice-cold badass
Marisha: Literally almost perfect
Laura: Drunk noblewoman
Matt: Rambling drunk fancy hobo
Travis: An actual crazy person
Taliesin: Eldritch cultist Robin Williams
Liam: Fancy Gollum has a PLAN
Ashley: Surfer tries to bluff her way into an anarchist gang
Sam: Deranged communist pirate
I'm dying
Yes! I also recognized a little bit of Robin Williams in Taliesin's performance.
Fancy Gollum and Communist Pirate took me out
Bravo!
Matt just 'yes and'ed his dogs bark and it carried on in the story
I love how Travis can't be bothered to take off his hat while he's wearing his hood.
Matt somehow turned into a drunk 70 year old gay man and I don't know how it happened but I'm in love.
Matt is Gilmore if he met the Gentleman when they were kids.
@@aceofspade2120 yes! There were definitely hints of Gilmore there. Like if Gilmore got older and absolutely hammered lol.
Matt went full Stewie from Family Guy.
Drunk Gilmore crossed with a bit of John Waters
Words cannot describe how much I love this series...
...and yet...the words you gave suffice perfectly. (I'm giving you a like because I couldn't agree more!)
Try it via narrative telephone with "a bunch of nerdy voice actors" involved. It should describe it perfectly. 😂
Now I want a show with Aabria as a hardened crime boss who has to deal with her incompetent underlings who are all hammy weirdo caricatures trying to pull this heist.
oh gosh
you called it
Well, once more it was shown, be careful what you wish for...
one of them has to be an awakened horse
Welp. Good call.
And her one friend Marisha who's actually trying to do a good job
Oh gods, I'll never tire of Laura's facial expressions when she knows there's parts she's forgetting.
That and the fact she has such a pleasing face to stare at. Her eyes matched the painting behind her, man! Like c'mon how is she that pretty? haha
Also Matts when he knows he's next and what he did to the story.
The panic in her face when Sam suggested doing it live was pretty great too
@@knarp7063 That always makes me feel a little bad ever since I learned he has body dysmorphia and HATES to see video of himself. I know it's not as simple as telling him not to worry but I hope he sees how much merriment he spreads and that he has nothing to worry about!
@@JB-xl2jc I can relate! I may have both Dysphoria and Dysmorphia because I'm trans and hate my body. I also think my face and head shape are weird, odd, ugly, maybe all three. Yet I'm told I'm attractive, but I fail to hold that confidence. I have tried to move past it and my partner/therapist has helped me with my self esteem and confidence issues. (The result of me using my actual self in my profile picture, actually! Even though it's hard to see myself.)
Anyway, I feel Matt on that. I totally get it. I wish we could all swap self perceptions or eyeballs because to me Matt is very handsome and attractive. He cleans up nicely, yet rocks the beard like a foxy man would. (Also his iconic hair anyone? Anyone? Anyone at all? Bueller?) Yeah he's hotter than Hades.
I think in great moments of skewed self perception, we should look outward for validation. Given it doesn't create a negative personality complex out of it or anything. Just remember, not all beauty is outer beauty...and inner beauty lasts longer.
"You will be thrown like a salad upon the waves", the crone said.
Liam leaning full tilt in the camera to start slayed me.
Liam repeatedly headbutted the self-destruct button on this one.
I love how he commented 'let me get back into the shadows' and then immediately moves close up again.😂
It went from tactical mastermind to drunk pirate to creepy merchant to a cartoon villain real fast lol.
All I got from Liam’s was “oh the plan… oh the plannnn.. no plants in our plansss” and repeat 😭
Ashley panicking because she thought she forgot things but Liam gave her nothing but “oh the planss” lmaoo
Aabria: an original suspenseful heist
Laura and Matt: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Travis: "Monty Python"
Taliesin and Liam: "What we do in the Shadows"
Ashley: Ashley
Sam: "Ace Ventura"
I'll never get tired of these beautiful dorks doing Narrative Telephone
I love how Matt took Laura’s panic as part of the character and made it ✨eccentric✨
Sam's commitment to just delivering the heap of mess that made it to him is amazing.
That's a Bard for you!
This went from pacifist Robin Hood to "Hello Comrade" by the end, and I'm dying.
Without a doubt - Narrative Telephone is the BEST thing to come out of the pandemic! I really hope they continue it after things open back up! It is a guaranteed belly laugh every time!
I wonder how a live action NT would work lol
Agree
@@battousaix4263 I don’t see any reason to do it live. It works as it is… no need to change it.
@@frisbeedan8905 I'd love to see them try to imitate body movements and hand movements face to face though. Like instead of copying hust the story they could maybe try to copy a solo scene face to face in the studio/office they work in. I wasn't saying do it on a livestream or anything lol
@@battousaix4263 Yeah I could definitely get on board with this! Honestly, I don't really care what they do with it, I just hope that it sticks around in some form!
I am so goddamned happy Matt added the tiny "ocean" explanation at the end, not only did THAT make me laugh but so did everyone else's rendition of it!
Part 1: The Story
0:50 Aabria
3:04 Marisha
5:29 Laura
7:43 Matt
10:14 Travis
12:43 Taliesin
14:36 Liam
17:10 Ashley
19:40 Sam
Part 2: Show & Tell
21:40 NOW there's a theme song
23:16 Aabria
27:17 Marisha
31:06 Laura
34:20 Matt
37:50 Travis
40:59 Taliesin
43:53 Liam
47:58 Ashley
51:46 Sam
55:18 Aabria
58:56 Ashley's prank
59:40 Room for improvement
1:00:38 Season 3 pitch
1:01:42 Ashley's worst nightmare
1:03:07 Check yes for Season 3
When Laura starts giggling you know it's all going south. :p
But Liam, Liam gave it his all, performed a masterclass in derailing every last bit of storytelling left in the remains of the original tale. :)
I could listen to Aabria's character all day and still need more. Thank you CR for making this happen and introducing me to so many amazing people.
So hype to see more of her in EU
Aabria = cunning thieves guild representative
Marisha = American-British chav
Laura = Vex working undercover
Matt = Babushka
Travis = Clasp member who doesn't deal with pressure well and has forgotten their perfectly worded script
Taliesin = Cult member who has to explain all their inferences in great detail
Liam = Mad Irish Clasp planner who played Gollum and Hamlet in amateur dramatics
Ashley = Anglo-French saleswoman who used to work as a telemarketer and still brings that 'sunshine energy' to her new job as a recruiter
Sam = Scanlan during his Meatman phase and also on a Suude high
Matt is definitely artigan
Matt as Babushka...LMAO!!! I can’t unsee this now...XD
Something about the blanket on Matt’s head really let him embrace the chaos for once... his energy was wild
Matthew absolutely losing it over Ashley's part warmed my soul.
So somehow we went through:
Classy crime boss,
The one who left the meeting early,
The bard,
Drunk Jack Sparrow,
Russian Grandmother,
Igor,
The creepy store owner,
The math lady meme,
Doofenshmirtz.
I love how quickly this turned into a story of class warfare
I'm never tired of seeing space behind Taliesin.
It just looks natural
I just can't stop thinking about those 3 horses wearing golden "thug life" necklaces with their 5%... Hope Aabria gets involved again in the future. :)
Where do you get horse-sized emerald grills?
Click Clack, Lil Horsey, and Ed.
They call him Mister Ed!
Matt needs to do a call-back to this some time in C3: either a town crier mentioning the heist in Emon in passing, or horse wearing jewelry.
I look forward to Ashley's performance every time and Im never disappointed
the dead look on marisha's face after seeing matt's version of the story is priceless
This took a turn from menacing to adorable VERY quickly
i love how this one was the opposite of chutney's story where veth had a cameo but it didn't make it all the way, while this one started with no cameos but ended with a keyleth one
Me, a Bostonian: 😧 “how did we get involved in this plantless horse plan?!”
You know what you did.
"It's like drunk history but just Ashley" had me literally choking on a peach.
I can't believe it took this long for someone to do a NT in this style. That's amazing and is going to decimate the cast.
I stared at this comment for a good two minuets before I realized NT didn’t mean neurotypical
@@beepboop2816 New Testament?
@@d4n4nable North Toronto
Nougat Train?
@@beepboop2816 dyslexic true neutral?
"This is game of Thrones shit" Travis is not wrong about how it starts
There's certain similarities with the quality of the ending too... :(
Bruhh 😂, Sadly true though
Oh wow. I knew Aabria was going to be great at this, but that story was awesome. Now to hear the mangling.
“…not everything is about leaves and shit…” I died 😂
Aabria: an intriguing tale of espionage and a heist.
Marisha: Hey! She did great.
Laura: Hey! She's doing grea... oh no! We lost her.
Matt: "We're going to spook them"
Travis: Babushka.
Tal: Spooky shop keeper.
Liam: "Pick a plan, any plan"
Ashley: "Destroy the Bostonians & horses"
Sam: "Use the horse to destroy the undercarriage"
Please get Brennan Lee Mulligan in for a round! It would be majestic chaos!
Omg, this is an amazing idea. It would be so much fun.
Sombody at this to the cast!! YESSS
Fantastic idea
PLEASE omfg PLEASE I love Brennan so much!!!!! IT WOULD BE CHAOS
OMG YESSSSS
The reflection of the ring lights in Liam's eyes takes his performance to a whole other level.
why did Matt's part remind me of "potion seller, i am going into battle and need your strongest potions." "you can handle my strongest potions traveler"
so did taliesin's
I didn’t see it till I saw your comment, but oh man, yes. Big potion seller vibes
For what I think is maybe one of the more tame / solemnly told original stories of the show so far, the cast really took this and RAN I'm loving this horse plan (without plants)
Liam is just basically viktor's twin brother who went into definitely not crime
😂🤣
THIS HAS TURNED INTO THE BEST AND MOST CHAOTIC EPISODE TuT
this was Ashley's best PEAK performance ever, I can't X'D
I really hope Narrative Telephone comes back for a third season. I love this so much.
Timestamps (for funky fresh friends)
0:14 - Intro
0:50 - Aabria's story!
3:04 - Marisha
5:28 - Laura
7:42 - Matt
10:14 - Travis
12:42 - Taliesin
14:36 - Liam
17:09 - Ashley
19:40 - Sam
21:40 - Show and Tell time :)
23:19 - Reacting to Aabria (ends at 26:17)
27:29 - Reacting to Marisha (ends at 30:00)
31:12 - Reacting to Laura
33:22 - Will the ocean float higher tomorrow?
34:21 - Reacting to Matt (ends at 37:06)
37:50 - Reacting to Travis (ends at 40:36)
41:10 - Reacting to Taliesin (ends 43:21)
42:30 - It all goes downhill from here
43:53 - Reacting to Liam (ends 46:39)
47:49 - Reacting to Ashley (ends at 51:03)
51:45 - Reacting to Sam (ends at 54:17)
55:20 - Back to the beginning (ends at 57:47)
57:48 - Final remarks
58:53 - The Ashley Cut
1:00:36 - Sam's Pitch
1:01:35 - Laura's Ptich
1:03:07 - Outro
"Which is code for you will be dead in it. The sea. Floating. Forever."
I need to use this in a campaign. I'm writing this down for my character. They must say this. We're near a lake in game, it can work.
And did they?
@@MissCaraMint Sadly they did not, but many silly and fun things happened and my character ended the campaign with a lifelong paranoia of deep water.
PLEASE have Aabria as a guest on CR! What a legend!
Your wish is granted.
Well… you got your wish.
You said please so they have her for a whole mini series now 😂
Well, she's the GM for the mini campaign, Exandria Unlimited. 🤣
not only Aabria but this character is also back
I frickin live for Ashley’s version of the story
OMg when sam is the last one you KNOW its gonna be insane
Always leave the guy with the "pornstache" to finish last. Lmao
No other show on any medium so consistently makes me laugh to the point of tears. Thank you all so much, you beautiful people (and please keep going...please).
this one may be my favorite narrative telephone yet
"Now... this little babushka, inevitably, wants to ask you... are you in or are you out???" Bwahahahahaa
26:32 Travis: "She needs a miniseries!"
Me, after the announcedment of EXU: Ohhh, I see what he did there.
Right?? Scrolled down through the comments to see if anyone else noticed this
also you got that shons version that was a clasp like structure against the burgoisie made in into campain three?
So that is Poska?
@@luvleighangel Absolutely
48:35
Ashley: HIIII!
Matt: AHHH the French champagne...
Matt gave it such a twist; if you never seen the previous stories it would look like an original story.
After watching the last 2 episodes of Narrative Telephone, I really want the Critical Role cast to expand for Campaign 3 with Aabria Iyengar as a permanent member.
how do you feel?
@@Ross_mo Excited! She's a great pick. I like what they are doing here and to have a new DM create lore in the same world is going to be cool.
The last time I was this early, the ball eater was still the Squall eater
Listen to me: I would pay A LOT of money to actually get the Narrative Ashley concept that they pitch at the end
A LOT
Travis' Spooktacular was an animated series stretch goal, but I'm sure we could raise a million for the CRF if Ashley's Narrative Nightmare was the target!
@@InexplicableInside With her being the head of the donating campaigns, she may strongly be inclined. I hope so!!
A series so popular even Omar wants to get in on the act.
Wonderful improv from Matt 🤣
Matt giving us monty python's life of brian energy. One of the three wise men played by king julien.
Aabria is amazing hopefully we will see her again it would be cool to see them in a guest game even
they were a cast member in Pirates of Leviathan with Matt and Marisha- maybe that might scratch the itch for you!
The return of Bursa....
A. Oda yes thank you
😏
Well, now Aabria is the GM for the 8 episode mini series, Exandria Unlimited. ☺️
No joke, this was one of the absolute funniest and most entertaining NT we’ve had so far 😂 everyone killed it in their own special ways (literally)!
“There are upper-crust Emonians here in Emon.” -Matthew Mercer, c. 2021
Everyone got kinda mysterious music... and Ashley got Ashley music
Also, 48:40 we have a drunk Orson Welles refference in CR, my life is complete
That look marisha gave matt at the end of his video it was so adorable
Narrative Telephone definitely helped me through the pandemic, I looked forward to every episode. I knew I was guaranteed to have tears in my eyes and be unable to breath in stiches every time. Thank you guys for doing these! I sincerely hope you come back with more, cause I can never get enough lmfao so good
Marisha's look at Mat when hearing his retelling was the greatest cutest thing!
Hello everyone revisiting this after the Exandria Unlimited announcement! So excited to see Aabria DM, you can already tell here she is so in the stories of Emon!
I’m only revisiting because I noticed I never actually finished it originally… so now I’m hoping it’s this sort thing we see in her campaign.
Travis's little "god dammit Laura" had me laughing so hard
I love how seamlessly Matt included his dog barking into his version of the tale.