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Season 2, Episode 13: All I Wanna Do, Is Sink My Fangs Into...

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Whiskey Jays are hired by a client that knows a bit more about the crew than they should. There's a lot of coin on the line, but can they be trusted? Also: Dusty sends Aki and Velvet to the Shadow Realm.

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Season 2, Episode 12: Going Off the Rails On A Spooky Train

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:36:53 +0000

The Whiskey Jays and Dr. Cruz embark on their train heist! With plenty of supplies and intel, what could possibly go wrong?

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Season 2, Episode 11: Mind the Plasm

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays are back! Led by GM Dusty Hill, join Darling, Echo, Arlene, and Val as they once again confront the ghosts, gangs, and golden opportunities of Imperial City.

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Season 2, Episode 10: Thank You

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Assassins from yet another Market have found the Whisky Jays. Out in the Deathlands, no one has to hold back--but there's more at risk than any of them realize.

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Season 2, Episode 9: This is Me Being Nice

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays and their Breaker companions continue their journey into the Deathlands and find themselves under attack from hungry Lifeseeker Crows!

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Season 2, Episode 8: A Little Bit of Blood Curse

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Breakers contact the Jays, looking for help with a Deathlands smuggling job that's a bit more complicated than usual. What will be worse: learning how to ride horses, or spending multiple days with Darling and Arlene's girlfriend in the same group?

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Season 2, Episode 7: Stand Back and Mind the Tiger

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Jays head into the depths of the Devil's Tooth prison in search of the relic. Will they be able to escape before the full force of the prison's cult comes down on them?

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Season 2, Episode 6: Just Out of Reach

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Echo knows the location of the relic that her nemesis, The Vulture, is hunting down. The only problem? It's locked up somewhere in a prison on a volcano run by a cult that worships a maybe-real maybe-dead leviathan living under said volcano.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Season 2, Episode 5: Exceptional Ability

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays and Dr. Cruz continue to search the basement underneath the Tower of Glass for a missing person. But the doctor's stolen friend isn't the only person trapped down here...

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Season 2, Episode 4: All Good Ghost Doctors

Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Dr. Marquez Cruz (played by special guest Dusty!) just wants to run his underground clinic in peace. Unfortunately, outside forces are making that impossible... and so he turns to the Whisky Jays for help.

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Season 2, Episode 3: Cat and Mouse

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Jays get a nice, straightforward job negotiating a smuggling deal among the criminal underclasses. If only Val's ex wasn't on their trail.

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Season 1 Q&A

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000

The Season 1 Q&A! The cast of The City That Never Dies answers all your burning questions about the setting, the characters, who would be the sole human in a Muppets production, and what the characters' Pokemon teams would be like.

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Season 2, Episode 2: When The Gunshots Start

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Deep within a mine overseen by the Spirit Wardens, the Whisky Jays will have to lie like their lives depend on it to get the relic they've been sent to steal. But the greatest threats wait beyond the confines of the mine...

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00:52:31 - 00:56:13

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Season 2, Episode 1: Music to My Ears

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Their first few months as independent smugglers have been a bit slow for the Whisky Jays. But a new job from a mysterious occult collector promises to turn their luck around.

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Season 1, Episode 24: The Person I Need to Kill

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Benny Barsotti tasks the Whisky Jays with a job that none of them will do: reignite the gang war between the Breakers and Brigantines so the Nightcaps can profit. What lengths will they go to stop his plans... and what schemes has he already set in motion?

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Season 1, Episode 23: Four Pieces of Blackmail

Tue, 4 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays and their friend Archie sneak into a Bluecoat station, smuggling in evidence to frame their rivals. But they won't be leaving empty handed when the job's done. Meanwhile, Darling has a gardening project to take care of...

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Season 1, Episode 22: A Nice Change of Pace

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000

With Darling out on a private mission, it's up to Echo, Arlene, and Val to complete a job on behalf of the Nightcaps. All they need to do is break into a Bluecoat station and plant some evidence!

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Season 1, Episode 21: Noise Complaint

Tue, 6 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays continue their joyride of distraction through the streets of Imperial City, pulling attention to themselves so their comrades can smuggle goods to the train station. But while getting attention is easy, losing it in order to escape is much harder...

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Season 1, Episode 20: Something Notable We Could Explode

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Nightcaps have a high-value shipment that needs to be moved, and the Whisky Jays are just the crew... to be a distraction and keep the cops off the crew that's actually doing the smuggling.

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Season 1, Episode 19: A Party You Can Win

Tue, 9 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays get to enjoy a day (mostly) free of crime as they attend their neighborhood festival and union fundraiser!

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Court of Blades Episode 7: The Greatest Player of the Great Game

Thu, 4 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Prince of Tatters has arrived. But the truths and betrayals the Prince brings are ones the coterie never saw coming...

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Season 1, Episode 18: Iron Never Dies

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Jays must decide whether or not to utilize the ramp as they make their way across the city, avoiding trouble while carrying a carload of military-grade weapons for the Skovlan revolutionaries waiting for them at the Docks. But it's not just the Skovlanders who are waiting for the crew...

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Court of Blades Episode 6: Those Who Seek Greatness

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000

With broken hearts and steeled resolve, House Battalia's coeterie figures out their next steps in their quiet fight against the Prince of Tatters. Will they find a path forward to prevent Ilrien from descending into bloodshed, violence, and another war?

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Season 1, Episode 17: Your Winning Smile

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays, minus Darling, get a job offer from the Breakers to move some delicate cargo across the city. What complications will arise? Who is the cargo for? And how will the crew handle meeting Arlene's girlfriend?

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Court of Blades Episode 5: Doomed to End in Blood

Thu, 7 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000

In the calm after the near-explosive, near-disaster they averted, House Battalia's coterie licks their wounds and waits for their next call to arms. Trouble is brewing in the Twist, and they'll need to head it off before it spills into the rest of Illrien...

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Season 1, Episode 16: All Kind of Misfits

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays and their new, temporary ally search the warehouse for the goods they need to achieve their goals. But they won't all make it out without some secrets being revealed...

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Court of Blades Episode 4: By the Light of Burning Fuses

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0000

As the House Battalia coterie bursts into the palace basement to find an explosive plot in progress, they enter a pitched fight for not only their lives, but the lives of all those in the House above. The stakes couldn't be higher for our coterie...

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Season 1, Episode 15: Someone Dangerous

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Bailey reaches out to the Whisky Jays for a job: get alcohol from anyone, anywhere to fill in the gaps in the Nightcaps' supply. After selecting a target, the Jays move in, but things are never as simple as they appear...

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Court of Blades Episode 3: Remember Your Place

Thu, 9 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0000

In the aftermath of the Welcome Ball, House Battalia's coterie resumes their lives and begins investigating the mysteries that were revealed. But a new one unfurls itself immediately, and there's no time to waste in pursuing it to the very heart of power in Ilrien.

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Season 1, Episode 14: How Big and Scary We Could Get

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The showdown in Shadowfields continues as the assassin Lavender confronts the Whiskey Jays over their smuggled person... and her shared past with Darling and Arlene.

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Court of Blades Episode 2: Rags and Tatters

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The guests are evacuated to the gardens, leaving the coterie free to investigate the source of the strange, arcane gas filling up the ballroom. Old foes, familiar faces, and a mysterious threat await them beneath the Battalia manor...

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Season 1, Episode 13: All The Lights Come Up

Tue, 17 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

A friend of the Whisky Jays needs help getting someone out of town in a hurry. But what's already a complicated job turns dangerous when a figure from Darling and Arlene's past emerges...

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Court of Blades Episode 1: The Welcome Ball

Thu, 12 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Ilrien, the greatest city in this or any age, where House Battalia has thrown open the doors of its estate to celebrate the start of a new social season. But not everyone at this party has the House's best interests at heart, and it's up to Aurelia, Luciana, Alessa, and Inanna to foil the plot before it explodes...

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Season 1, Episode 12: Dangerous Secrets

Tue, 3 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays board the train! With only a few hours before it leaves Imperial City, will they be able to find the cargo they've come here to steal and overcome perhaps the greatest threat they've ever faced: an incredibly inquisitive child?

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Hiatus Announcement

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Going on a (hopefully brief) hiatus. Thanks for your support and understanding.

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Season 1, Episode 11: It's A Gift

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays are out of debt, but their relationship with the Nightcaps has soured, leaving them looking for other work. When their friend Raine, a Railjack, tips them off about valuable cargo they can lift from a train passing through Imperial City, it seems like the perfect opportunity to change their fortunes.

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Season 1, Episode 10: How to Fall Safely

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays head into the depths of Bayrise for a score that's landed them squarely between the reignited conflict between the Breakers and Brigantines. Will they make it out without kicking off a new gang war?

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Season 1, Episode 9: An Uneasy Peace

Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Nightcaps' operations are expanding, and no one can be bothered to tell the Whisky Jays all the details of a pickup in Bayrise that will send them into the middle of a simmering conflict between two rival gangs.

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Season 1, Episode 8: The Water's Nice To Look At

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays have a truck full of illicit contraband and a chatty know-it-all along for the ride. They just have to get across the city and onto a ferry without raising any alarms. Should be smooth sailing, right?

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Season 1, Episode 7: If The Gods Had Wanted Me To Fly

Tue, 8 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Benny's old friend Matty needs a favor: moving his precious collection of liquor across the city without getting caught, and without the liquor getting damaged. Even down a member, surely this should be an easy score for the Whisky Jays!

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Season 1, Episode 6: You're Very Special

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays begin their alchemical heist! With high-end security and cargo that attracts ghosts, what could possibly go wrong?

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Season 1, Episode 5: A Shopping Trip No One Asked For

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays are tasked with helping a potential new supplier acquire the rare ingredients she needs to produce her pricey brews. Somehow this leads to an extended shopping montage and a tour of a high-end shopping mall.

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Season 1, Episode 4: An Educational Moment for Us All

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000

The Whisky Jays have bluffed their way into the base of an enemy gang. Now all they have to do is grab the stolen ledger and get out. It'll probably go just fine...

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Season 1, Episode 3: We'll Look Like Ruffians

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Hedwig Riverford's auto dealership is a staple of the community--and a crucial resource for the criminal underworld. When her dealership is trashed and her ledger stolen, she turns to the Whisky Jays for help in getting it back.

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Season 1, Episode 2: This is a Little Grim

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:05:00 +0000

Hot on the trail of their stolen cargo, the Whisky Jays tear through the streets of the Docks district in hot pursuit. Will they evade ghosts, police, and bullets long enough to reclaim their prize?

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Season 1, Episode 1: The City of Light

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Imperial City, the capital of the Empire. It's a metropolis filled with opportunity and oppression, with countless people grasping for the former as they try to escape the latter. And in this city, the Whisky Jays ply their trade as smugglers, transporting liquor for the Nightcaps. Tonight's no different--just a simple pickup job, right?

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