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Bryan Baker
An #actualplay podcast focused on communal world building and having fun. Join us as we explore interesting worlds, #lgbtq themes, romance, and lots of swearing
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Luume Ep. 31 Do You Want To Go On The Suicide Mission Or Not?

Luume Ep. 31 Do You Want To Go On The Suicide Mission Or Not?

In this world, the unexpected is all you got to rely on. You got to know, that no matter what, you are gonna jump the track and find yourself in that all to familiar unfamiliar territory.This week the team finally put into motion their plan to hit back at Stanton. They also off load a bunch of extra stuff and support their friend in his performance.
01:06:4425/06/2018
Luume Ep. 30 Good News, The Bodies Are Gone

Luume Ep. 30 Good News, The Bodies Are Gone

Plans are our way of making sense of a world that just ain't. A way of enacting some kinda control. Often, though, it ain't how we plan but how we deal with the plan falling apart that matters.This week the gang regroups and begin figuring out how to hit Stanton back as hard as he hit them. Some couples reaffirm how they feel while others do keep drifting apart. Plus, they get an invite to a show.
01:00:5218/06/2018
Luume Ep. 29 In Their Moment To Shine They All Fall

Luume Ep. 29 In Their Moment To Shine They All Fall

We are all going to reach an end. Sometimes you see it coming, sometimes you don't. It ain't pleasant either way, but if you're lucky you'll have someone with you when it comes.In the fallout of the group meeting Stanton, everyone is left shook. Dealing with the trauma that they endured and inflicted, the members of the team drift as all the shadows they've been fighting circle around them.
01:04:2811/06/2018
Luume Ep. 28 Just Like They Said In The Meetings

Luume Ep. 28 Just Like They Said In The Meetings

Mistakes are a part of life. How you move forward from them counts for a hell of a lot, but it's learning how to live with them, confront them when they push their way in, that really sets the pace.
01:28:3203/06/2018
Luume Ep. 27 When Our Loved Ones Tell Us To Be Careful, We Should Worry

Luume Ep. 27 When Our Loved Ones Tell Us To Be Careful, We Should Worry

There are a lot of folks in this world that will tell you connections make you weak. Like loving somethin more then yourself don't drive a person to do the extraordinary.
01:06:4828/05/2018
Luume Ep. 26 Here's The Part Of Your Plan That's Wrong

Luume Ep. 26 Here's The Part Of Your Plan That's Wrong

It ain't easy to come back from burnin a bridge. That chasm can feel like it goes on forever, but little by little, you can close to gap if you're willing to get out on the edge to do it.
01:06:2121/05/2018
Luume Ep. 25 Look At You You're Shaking

Luume Ep. 25 Look At You You're Shaking

Truth ain't all it's cracked up to be. Truth is only true to them folks that believe it. Even if it ain't true, if it still gets what you need, is there a reason to correct it?
01:18:5914/05/2018
Luume Ep. 24 Go Get Your Parents, I Need To Talk To Them

Luume Ep. 24 Go Get Your Parents, I Need To Talk To Them

Facing the unknown can be difficult, but it can be even more so to walk away from it and still have no more knowledge than you did before.
53:4707/05/2018
Luume Ep. 23 I Don't Want Nothin To Happen To Y'all

Luume Ep. 23 I Don't Want Nothin To Happen To Y'all

Fear can kill the mind, but ambition will hollow you out. When it's left uncheck, allowed to run with no moderation, that drive will push you to placed you never thought you'd be. Places you never wanted to be.
01:23:2830/04/2018
Luume Ep. 22 It's OK, I Have Mending

Luume Ep. 22 It's OK, I Have Mending

Can you fix someone? Mend all the broken part back together, or will the cracks still show no matter how expertly pieced together they are?
01:57:1823/04/2018
Luume Ep. 21 I've Got To At Least Try

Luume Ep. 21 I've Got To At Least Try

Some folks just want quiet. Tired of the dim of empty words and the weight of hollow actions. So when you fail to fix the world, the idea of a fresh start becomes so appealing.
01:35:3117/04/2018
Luume Ep. 20 Falls Count Anywhere

Luume Ep. 20 Falls Count Anywhere

How much can you blame something, or someone, who brings out the worst in you? Sure, maybe it amplifies those aspects, but you can't amplify something that was never there.
02:17:4709/04/2018
Luume Ep. 19 Follow Me Unpaid Interns!

Luume Ep. 19 Follow Me Unpaid Interns!

What does it mean to be chosen? It wear that kind of responsibility around your neck like an albatross around neck? To know, always, that there an expectation for you to live up to?
01:45:0802/04/2018
Luume Ep. 18 Do You Know Who I Am?

Luume Ep. 18 Do You Know Who I Am?

Is it good enough to have your goals met, or do you need to be the one to meet them? Is it about the goals or is it about you and the feeling of putting your stamp on the world? Can you let someone else have your glory?
01:48:2426/03/2018
Luume Ep. 17 Is This Not A Normal Amount of Tater Tots?

Luume Ep. 17 Is This Not A Normal Amount of Tater Tots?

What happens when you push past the line? Leave it so far behind you forget it was ever there. Is it worth trying to back track and find it again, or do you just keep forging a new path. A new you.
01:14:2219/03/2018
Luume Ep. 16 No One Guards Like Gaston

Luume Ep. 16 No One Guards Like Gaston

The only thing worse than being caught between a rock and hard place is not knowing that you are. Just a vague feeling of the walls closing in and the inevitable pushing down on you.
57:1112/03/2018
Luume Ep. 15: You Got A Little Bit Of Poison In You

Luume Ep. 15: You Got A Little Bit Of Poison In You

We all get lost. Just the nature of life. You wander off the path and soon find yourself in unfamiliar terriotry. Getting lost ain't the issue though, it's the getting found. Sometime by you, sometimes by something else.
01:34:3205/03/2018
Luume Bonus Ep. Three Months In The Life

Luume Bonus Ep. Three Months In The Life

When it's late and dark and all you're left with is you, it's hard not to think about how you got where you are. Question why you did this or that. Wonder about your past, and hopefully, your future.
01:30:4102/03/2018
Luume Ep. 14 Kingdom pt. 2: The Con

Luume Ep. 14 Kingdom pt. 2: The Con

When it comes down to it, people with power will do what they can to keep it. You can cut a deal with them cause you know what they want. Its them folk with power who ain't interested in keeping it that can really ruin your day.
01:53:4726/02/2018
Luume Ep. 13 Kingdom pt. 1: Setup

Luume Ep. 13 Kingdom pt. 1: Setup

A city with the influence and power of Luume is bound to run into problems. Upset citizens, new power player, but those who make decisions, keep the wheels turning? Well, they're the ones you have to watch out for.
02:11:1419/02/2018
Luume Ep. 12 Dread pt. 2

Luume Ep. 12 Dread pt. 2

Two forces meet. Warriors circling each other, sizing up the fight to come. They pick their soldiers. They start to pick their fights. Their hills to die on. On on side all consuming nothing. On the other, order and nothing but. In the middle, people trying to find the third way.
01:59:3112/02/2018
Luume Ep. 11 Dread pt. 1

Luume Ep. 11 Dread pt. 1

On Candle Nights Eve, a vision comes to the group. Heros from the city's past, heros who had been pushed and broken by their own pasts. Now, without knowing it, they step between two forces bigger than they could ever imagine.
01:30:0005/02/2018
Luume Ep. 10: Did The Demons Tell You To Do This

Luume Ep. 10: Did The Demons Tell You To Do This

Seshmir has to face up to what he had to do to save the group. Also, Corra has a pleasant conversation with a dead guy, there's a cool funeral amd everyone has a minor existential crisis.
01:19:3529/01/2018
Luume Ep. 9: So, There's No Good Way To Put This

Luume Ep. 9: So, There's No Good Way To Put This

As time runs out on the team, one of the members makes a drastic move to save everyone. Plus, Orran has a heart to heart, Corra poorly pours beer and two people finally kiss and all their friends basically ruin it.
01:25:0022/01/2018
Luume Ep. 8 I Got Kicked Out Of The Storage Unit

Luume Ep. 8 I Got Kicked Out Of The Storage Unit

With Tessa under house arrest, the rest of the group encounter a new threat that make some very lofty claims. Plus, daring rescues, sleepless nights and maybe just a little bit of foreshadowing.
01:51:5815/01/2018
Luume Ep. 7: Insubordination. Massive, Ridiculous, Crazy Insubordination

Luume Ep. 7: Insubordination. Massive, Ridiculous, Crazy Insubordination

As everyone deals with the fallout of the fight with Wyatt, the team brings in a few friends to get information on the artifact and to help patch them up. Also, Cora and Tseer get a face lift. Seshmir makes a pawn shop buddy, and Tessa is just way, way to honest.
01:36:2808/01/2018
Luume Ep. 6: Are You Going To Charge Him Again?

Luume Ep. 6: Are You Going To Charge Him Again?

The fight with Wyatt kicks into high gear as temper and temperatures rise. Plus Orran goes on a trip this week, Tessa has a bad time and everyone takes a very nice car ride.
01:36:1101/01/2018
Luume Ep. 5: Your Face Turns Into Your Face

Luume Ep. 5: Your Face Turns Into Your Face

As team emerges from the underground temple they run into some resistance and way, way more than they bargained for. Otto gets a tan, Tseer takes a trip and Tessa works those acting chops.
01:26:0025/12/2017
Luume Ep. 4: A Space That Is Not A Space

Luume Ep. 4: A Space That Is Not A Space

As the group descends into the the underground warehouse and deeper in the secrets held by the Keepers they will dig up ghosts of the past in the most literal sense. Some folks get some fancy accessories too.
02:02:0018/12/2017
Luume Ep. 3: You Could Definitely Try

Luume Ep. 3: You Could Definitely Try

After a 'fun' in the spooky house, the team begins to put the pieces together and find the trail to whatever it is that Wyatt wants them to get. Plus, one particular bird person drinks way to much and Bryan puts all his NPCs in one place like a dummy.
02:30:3011/12/2017
Luume Ep. 2: You'll Have to Pay Me to be Your Friend

Luume Ep. 2: You'll Have to Pay Me to be Your Friend

As they get pulled deeper and deeper into the mystery of the Keepers, the group must entice one of their old comrades back into the fold. Plus, spooky places and an awkward not date.
02:15:0004/12/2017
Luume Ep. 1: What Do We Keep?

Luume Ep. 1: What Do We Keep?

In our first episode we meet our team and learn a bit about the world they live in. We pick up with a group of people trying to make a broken world a little bit better and not die doing it. We meet our heros, well they're at least hero-ish, as they face the consequences of a big fight.
01:46:1828/11/2017
Luume Ep. 0 Welcome To The City Of Luume

Luume Ep. 0 Welcome To The City Of Luume

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03:0126/11/2017