To preface, I think that Beau and Caleb are fine, and somewhere in Exandria they're being super effective using their respective 10 strength scores to try to smash their restraints into a rock before giving up and trudging off to find a smith shop or an arcane store. HOWEVER.
I am thinking about what a HORRIFIC few moments they just had. Of course they're here chasing Ludinus to this end, because that's what they set out to do, but I don't think there was any imagining in their epilogues to what extent this would go. They signed up for riskier-than-average private investigation work and found a plot to unleash a second Calamity.
And then, when it came down to it, they failed.
They were about as trapped and restrained as they could be, fully at Ludinus's mercy. Behind the charm, did Beau think about how much Yasha was forced to do when her will wasn't her own? Silenced and without magic, did Caleb remember being at the complete mercy of another Cerberus Assembly archmage?
And amidst it all, when was the last time Beau saw Yasha and their kids, whom she's had for no more than five years? When did Caleb last visit Veth or speak to Essek? Does he even know where Essek is right now? Do any of the Nein know specifically where Beau and Caleb are?
They've failed, they're trapped, and they're restrained in ways that explicitly cut off any possible way they might tell their loved ones goodbye, let alone warn them about what they are near certain is about to happen.
And the nature of what looks inevitable in that moment means that even that warning would mean nothing in the end, because while Beau and Caleb are already trapped, there is no escape for anyone in Exandria if Ludinus gets his way.
Oh my god â so, imagine, separate weeks, alternating between the two stranded parties, and then, a one shot â just Liam and Marisha as Beau and Caleb working out their end of the story
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Actress, singer, and author Anjali Bhimani is always on the move. You may recognize her from Netflixâs Special, or from Critical Roleâs Exandria Unlimited as the fire genasi Fy'ra Rai. Anjali also voices main characters in popular video games including âSymmetraâ in Overwatch, âRampartâ in Apex Legends, and âKalaâ in Indivisible. Her first book entitled I Am Fun Size, and So Are YOU: Thoughts from a Tiny Human on Living a Giant Life will be out soon, and Anjali took time out of her busy schedule to chat with us about her upcoming book, which video game she'd want to be stuck in, and more:
If a series were made about your life, what would it be titled and what type of show would it be (comedy, musical, mystery, drama, etc)?
It would be a musical romantic action comedy. I know that seems like a lot of disparate genres, but my life has been as all over the place as that. It would be the âEverything Bagelâ of television. I see a whole number where Iâm doing full on stunts and singing while I unwittingly and clumsily fight off bad guys and eventually find my perfect partner - and given that my husband and I run around the house singing songs to the dog, the only part thatâs missing in real life is the action hero part. I just have always wanted to be an action hero, so Iâm throwing that in there. And I want to get to wear incredible corseted gowns or stretch leather pants as we do it.
The title? WelllllâŠ.truth told, Iâm writing something that isnât exactly autobiographical, but has a title that I would TOTALLY use if it were my life story. So, youâll just have to wait and see when it comes out and guess if thatâs the one. Either that or Iâm Not Your Freakinâ Auntie (If you know, you know).
Can you teach us something?
There is an INCREDIBLE creature in India called the Malabar Giant Squirrel and it isâŠI kid you notâŠPURPLE. Multicolored, actually. I learned this doing a show called Rival PeakâŠmy character was a nature expert and she mentioned this magical creature and I couldnât believe it existed. So I went online and went down the proverbial rabbit hole. Or the squirrel hole, I guess. I was in such disbelief when I learned about it, I actually looked it up on Snopes and yepâŠitâs real. (Iâm still nervous someone is going to tell me someday that itâs a hoax, so I think Iâm going to have to go to India and see one in person before I can fully believe. But that day will be as magical as the day I first hung out with quokkas in AustraliaâŠmaybe even better.
What would you like a review of your book to say (we're manifesting!)?
âAlthough the cover I Am Fun Size and So Are You may look whimsical and lighthearted - and it is at times - once I dove into its pages I learned so many new ways of looking at challenges, I realized it was something I'd be going back to visit again and again, like that good friend youâre always excited to see, for years and years.â
Basically, Iâd love to hear that the reviewer found somethingâŠeven just one thing, but hopefully more, that helps them in their life too. And that they can keep going back to for new ways to look at the world.
What are you overthinking about right now?
These answers! Ha! No, noâŠ
It sounds a little weird, but I think Iâm overthinking about thinking. I can get so caught up in how the mind - or my mind works - and trying to psych myself out to get myself to do things the "rightâ way, rather than just DOING the thing, and going with simple but not easy solutions. Being a perfectionist is a great way to never get anything done.
What are your favorite catch phrases or lines from the video games that you voice over?
Iâve loved  âWelcome to my reality,â one of Symmetraâs voice lines, since Overwatch first came out, because itâs sort of a declaration of being in her territory - like sheâs saying âYouâre in my world now.â And her ultimate in Hindi sounds so powerful, Yahi Param Vaastavikta Hai (which, translated, means âThis is the ultimate realityâ) that I love saying it. I also love âIf I can think it, I can create itâ - so aspirational. And Iâm pretty thrilled that Rampart says âDopeâ because I say it in real life all the timeâŠalthough 90% of her lines are guaranteed to make me smile. Iâm definitely a little more like her in real life than Sym, as much as I may aspire to be as elegant as Symmetra is, Rampartâs âno filterâ style is probably closer to me in the real world.
If you were caught in the universe of a video game, which game would it be and what would you do?
Okay, I havenât finished playing it (another embarrassing admission, but itâs a time issue) but the Last Guardian, because that beautiful puppy dragon is a creature I NEED to have in my life.
Whatâs a class that you think should be part of every high school curriculum?
Two classes: Personal Finance and Civics. Itâs ridiculous to me that I learned how to balance a checkbook in grade school and then everything else I learned about money came from my parents. Iâm shocked by how many people graduate from school with no understanding of basic personal accounting. And civics because I think weâve lost the ability to have civil discourse about different opinions about policy. The whole basis for a democracy is that we should have an understanding of how the system works and that the electorate should be privy to all the information we need to make informed decisions.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to enter the entertainment industry, but either doesnât know where to start or lacks the confidence to put themselves out there?
There are so many aspects to being an entertainer or an artist that I donât think there is any one right way to do any of it, so lead with what gives you the most joy. Usually, our way âinâ to something is a combination of what brings us joy and what we either have natural talent at or a burning desire to learn. If you love dancing, youâre likely to train more in it, and be better at it, and maybe thatâs your way in to the industry. While itâs so easy to look at someone elseâs path and think you have to do it the way they do, really itâs your uniqueness combined with your passion and focus that is going to make you successfulâŠat anything, really. So combine what brings you joy with dogged determination to be good at it and create, and find that excitement that drowns out the fear.
Can you share an insight or excerpt from one of the sections in your upcoming book that especially impacted you/your life, and tell us a bit about it?
SureâŠin the book I talk about the time - a specific series of events - when I realized that nervousness and excitement are essentially the same physiological sensations, but with different thought processes: for me, I noticed when I was nervous I was thinking about everything that could go wrong, and when I was excited, I was thinking about how fun it was going to be to tackle the unknown. Itâs changed the way I look at live performance, auditions, and really so many times in life. And itâs actually made me welcome so many of those physical sensations that I used to try to tamp down. When I get that sensation of my breathing get a little bit shorter or my heart start to go a little faster, usually I can clock it, and focus my thoughts on what could go right instead of wrongâŠthen it feels like my body is preparing rather than panicking.
Do you have a mantra?
Success through lowered expectations. HonestlyâŠit sounds like pessimism, but for me itâs actually more about not attaching to outcomes. Iâm very impressionable AND have a lot of very high expectations of myself. So when I think I have to achieve something, I tend to get so attached to the outcome that I shut myself off to other, potentially better outcomes. Iâve learned for myself that the less Iâm focused on specific expectations, the more open I am to wonder and surprises. Some of the best things in my life have come when Iâve completely let go of the âhopeâ of something and just focused on knowing something good will come, eventually, even if I donât know what it is.
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